Chapter Three The Gavia Army
The most distressing aspect of the 19th and 20th Centuries has to be that of child labour. One third of the workforce in the mountains were children, working both above and below ground. Their treatment at the hands of their capataz, or overseer, shocked even the most well-travelled of mining engineers.
The poor layout of the mines made laying rails for ore carts impossible, but not to worry, the army of children, with ore in baskets chaffing their backs, could be used instead.
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"Mstari wa 3 ""Jeshi la Gavia"" - Sehemu ya kusikitisha zaidi ya karne ya 19 na ya 20 ni kazi ya watoto." Thuluthi moja ya wafanyakazi katika milima hiyo walikuwa watoto, wakifanya kazi juu na chini ya ardhi. Usimamizi wa kazi ya kuchimba madini uliwafanya waonewa na capataz, au mwangalizi, hata wahandisi wa madini waliosafiri sana. Kwa sababu ya hali mbaya ya migodi hiyo, haikuwezekana kuweka reli za magari ya madini, lakini haikuwa lazima kuwa na wasiwasi, kwa kuwa jeshi la watoto, wakiwa na madini katika vikapu, wangeweza kutumiwa badala yake. "Kama unavyoona, ""Kama ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli, ni kweli.""" Anaweza kuwasiliana na tovuti yake.