Photos from a Mexican Gold Mine

A view of part of the open cut mine in southern Mexico, about an hour's drive northeast of Acapulco. You can see part of the Rio Balsas in the distance.

Unfortunately I did not see this myself, a geologist at the mine gave me this photo. He lives near this cave full of massive selenite crystals (similar to gypsum) in northern Mexico. They are not mining the crystals but they take tourists through. It would be a very interesting place to visit but it is tremendously hot inside, they say.