Hunting for Gold

It is about my travels and experiences in a few gold mining districts in Guyana selling consumer goods to miners (land miners and river miners) Shop-keepers prostitutes indigenous peoples and eventually working for gold. I first visited a town known as Bartica the gateway to the mining districts . I took some consumer articles with me to sell and defray my travelling expenses . There at the town I met new friends who advised me to sell these commodities in the mining districts . I seized the challenge and immediately ventured to some of these areas . One year later I returned to some of these areas to sell to miners and did this on a regular basis for approximately one year. Twice during that year (1987) I stopped selling and engaged in routine working for gold being allured to the activity by the apparent large gains to be obtained . All the experiences gained during those travels are narrated in this monograph .