Miners manually dig out the large pits that yield the diamonds. Just before the Sierra Leone Civil War, miners used Caterpillar machinery to mine these very same fields, but since the war, transporting large machinery to Sierra Leone has become logistically difficult.
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THE HARSH WORKING CONDITIONS THE MINERS IN SIERRA LEONE FACE ECHOES THE EXPERIENCE ARCH FLANAGAN DOCUMENTS THE SOLDIERS ON THE LINE EXPERIENCED. THANKS FOR THE INTERESTING POST MADDIE.
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