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Walking through a tunnel in a disused mine, guide Jefferson tells in detail what the daily lives of slaves who worked in the gold mining industry were like - from the minimum amount they had to collect each day to the harsh punishments they suffered. The Santa Rita Mine was dug by blacks during the first gold rush in Ouro Preto, at which time the mines were dug by hand, without the use of explosives. They usually brought a black mina (a black man with experience in mine digging brought from mines in Africa) who supervised the work of the other blacks. These were treated and selected like animals.