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Miners in South Africa Risk Their Lives to Harvest Gold Two Miles Deep

When the credit crunch hit, I panicked. What to do with my meager savings? Apparently, in bad times, your best bet is to hoard gold. So I watched the price on the London and New York exchanges rise and fall. I was too scared to dip my toe in the investment waters, but it got me thinking... What's life like for the guys who actually mine the stuff? We persuaded "Nightline" that this would make a story and headed for South Africa, producer of half the world's gold. Just after dawn, our crew... Full Story
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