Paul Isnard
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Paul Isnard is a mining concession in French Guiana, named after a gold miner.
History
Paul Isnard discovered gold in the area in 1875.{{cite web|url=https://lagedefaire-lejournal.fr/guyane-or-pillage/ |title=Guyane : or-pillage d’état|website=L'âge de faire|access-date=24 March 2021|language=fr}} The Paul Isnard mine was initially explored by CMPI.{{cite web|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/1987139488bttc130611323 |title=GRAY v. COMMISSIONER|website=Leagle|access-date=23 March 2021}} Paul Isnard is, as of 2012, part of the Montagne d'Or mine together with three other mines, and is being exploited by Orea Mining Corporation, a Canadian mining company.{{cite web|url=https://oreamining.com/properties/french-guiana/montagne-dor/ |title=Montagne d'Or|website=Orea Mining|access-date=23 March 2021}}
During the penitentiary era, many former prisoners had to serve the same amount of time as free men as their original sentence (called "doublage", "double up" in French) but were forbidden to leave French Guiana.{{cite web|url=https://www.inrap.fr/regions/guyane |title=La maison de convalescence du gouverneur Tardy de Montravel (1861-1865)|website=Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives|access-date=23 March 2021|language=fr}} Many went to the rain forest to find gold. They worked manually using mercury.
At the end of the 19th century Paul Isnard and other share holders brought a huge engine system to the mine as spare parts on horseback and foot. This machine is still there in the jungle between Citron and the airstrip.{{cn|date=March 2021}}
Mercury became ubiquitous and reached higher concentrations in ore than needed to make "amalgam" (mix of gold and mercury), a sign of intense activity in the past. Ore concentrations declined to a few grams per metric.{{cn|date=March 2021}}
References
External links
- [https://www.raoul-kieffer.net/Paul-Isnard-Track Paul Isnard Track by Raoul Kieffer]
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Category:Gold mines in French Guiana
Category:Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Category:Villages in French Guiana
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