Gold Nomads of the Karakoram | Out of Eden Walk
A young daughterinlaw, Nisha, shook a wooden rocker for hours, ladling river water on the sand to sift out heavier flecks of gold. As with many families of the Sonewal mining caste, none of the children attended school. Later, at their camp, Khan would use highly toxic mercury to purify their day''s take: a tiny bead of raw gold worth about 40.