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A report on Moab Khotsong, an ultra-deep gold mine in South Africa, and how it is attracting a new kind of miner. Scientists who study extreme life have found organisms that survive and withstand these seemingly uninhabitable conditions. Includes interviews with Leroy Lee, miner; Monga Kasongo, mine...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Abbott, Heather (Producer), Whitaker, Bill, 1951- (Interviewer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2018.
Series:60 Minutes
Subjects:
Miners > South Africa.
Gold miners > South Africa.
Gold mines and mining > South Africa.
Mineurs > Afrique du Sud.
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:A report on Moab Khotsong, an ultra-deep gold mine in South Africa, and how it is attracting a new kind of miner. Scientists who study extreme life have found organisms that survive and withstand these seemingly uninhabitable conditions. Includes interviews with Leroy Lee, miner; Monga Kasongo, mine engineer; Tullis Onstott, Princeton geoscientist; Gaeton Borgonie, biologist; and Bernard Swanepoel, owner of Moab Khotsong.
Physical Description:1 online resource (15 minutes)
Playing Time:00:14:06