Guyana gold: The story of Wellesley A. Baird. 1st Ed. 1982
Guyana Gold is Wellesley A. Baird's narrative about his life mining for gold in the interior rain forests of his native South American country from 1932 to the present. He recounts his explorations in the remote jungle, his encounters with wild animals, the Amerindian people and others, while he searched for fabulous wealth during his many years in the remote interior of Guyana. Baird was not just another "pork-knocker" or jungle miner—he was a mechanic, an inventor, an entrepreneur who brought the best technology he could afford into his increasingly complex operations. His end essay on his mining operations should be a useful source for historians of technology in the ways engineering devices entered into once harshly unfavorable areas where the cultures rapidly adjusted to the changes. And Baird was also a protector of the Indian peoples, dedicating his last years to their protection and melioration.
Kathleen J. Adams, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, is an anthropologist who has studied culture change among the Carib Amerindians of Guyana.
Guyana Gold is Wellesley A. Baird's narrative about his life mining for gold in the interior rain forests of his native South American country from 1932 to the present. He recounts his explorations in the remote jungle, his encounters with wild animals, the Amerindian people and others, while he searched for fabulous wealth during his many years in the remote interior of Guyana. Baird was not just another "pork-knocker" or jungle miner—he was a mechanic, an inventor, an entrepreneur who brought the best technology he could afford into his increasingly complex operations. His end essay on his mining operations should be a useful source for historians of technology in the ways engineering devices entered into once harshly unfavorable areas where the cultures rapidly adjusted to the changes. And Baird was also a protector of the Indian peoples, dedicating his last years to their protection and melioration.
Kathleen J. Adams, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, is an anthropologist who has studied culture change among the Carib Amerindians of Guyana.
Guyana Gold is Wellesley A. Baird's narrative about his life mining for gold in the interior rain forests of his native South American country from 1932 to the present. He recounts his explorations in the remote jungle, his encounters with wild animals, the Amerindian people and others, while he searched for fabulous wealth during his many years in the remote interior of Guyana. Baird was not just another "pork-knocker" or jungle miner—he was a mechanic, an inventor, an entrepreneur who brought the best technology he could afford into his increasingly complex operations. His end essay on his mining operations should be a useful source for historians of technology in the ways engineering devices entered into once harshly unfavorable areas where the cultures rapidly adjusted to the changes. And Baird was also a protector of the Indian peoples, dedicating his last years to their protection and melioration.
Kathleen J. Adams, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, is an anthropologist who has studied culture change among the Carib Amerindians of Guyana.