Sifting through the off flow, Kanase women are free to keep whatever they find.

Miners work a lebin, or four sided shaft mine, in the new mining area of Da Gaung Nan Dai.  The bags are filled with byon, or gem bearing gravel lifted from their mine shaft.  Later, this byon will be washed of loose particles, hopefully revealing an abundance of gems.

Panners work a stream in Da Gaung Nan Dai

In Inn Gaung, miners clean up after a hard day's work

In Da Gaung Nan Dai, a series of pullies are used to lift waste rock from this seventy foot deep open pit

Natural beauty is everywhere in Mogok.  Here, a Kanase woman in Inn Gaung takes a moment to relax.

A makeshift pulley system in Lower Dattaw is used to lift large boulders from a nearby pit mine.