Talk:Brazilian Gold Rush

Peer Review
So far, it's a good start. Here's what I would change:
 * Subheaders for certain sections like workforce, history, etc.
 * Is there an ending to the gold rush?
 * Fluff sayings like 'in the then', 'the then aptly named' could be changed to 'in the' and 'formerly'
 * Is there a way to view these sources on the internet? if not, could they be made available by the original editor who put them up? A scan of the images could be taken and uploaded to a picture sharing site like Imgur or photobucket or flickr — Preceding unsigned comment added by OrangeBouy (talk • contribs) 03:35, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Two different Gold rushes in Brazil
The gold rush in colonial Brazil was centered mostly in the southern half of the current Brazilian state of Minas Gerais (which translates to General Mines). This is hundreds if not thousands of miles from the Amazon Rain Forest.

There was a gold rush that started in the late 1970's that did cause some damage to the Amazon forest, but that one is not mentioned in the rest of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CCAD:D850:D96F:63FA:8F8E:5F65 (talk) 18:29, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Unit error: kg vs. Arrobas
"In 1730 they killed 400 people and captured 600 arrobas (900 kilos) of gold." The arroba page says 1 arroba is 15 kg, so 60 arrobas is 900 kg. If it was 600 arroba, then that would be 9000 kg.

Assuming the 400 people killed is accurate, if it is 900 kg, then each person is carrying about 2 kg of gold. That seems to be on the low end of plausible. If it was 600 arrobas, then that is about 20 kg of gold per person, which is a large amount, but could be possible with pack animals or river boats. 198.232.211.130 (talk) 14:07, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
 * My fault from 09sep20. Changed 600 to 60, 5 pounds to six, removed 150 kilos downstream. Source is Boxer, Golden Age of Brazil, p265. The 150 kilos and 900 kilos and downstream may have come from another book that I cannot locate at the moment. Benjamin Trovato (talk)