The Recent “Paraiba”-Tourmaline Mines at Batalha (Paraiba, Brazil)
Fig. Par15a View into a mining landscape with many claims and shafts. Same view as in Fig. Par14a-b but 13 years later. Note extensive mining activities have created a deepened valley with numerous fences and walls between the claims in the decade since the mine was opened. Picture by Markus Paul Wild in 2005. P. Wild Archive.
Fig. Par15b shows the so-called “Heitor-wall” at the top of a hill for the purpose of protecting the “Heitor”-mine claim. P. Wild Archive.
The Recent “Paraiba”-Tourmaline Mines at Batalha (Paraiba, Brazil)
