Several other cabins were also sacked and another miner killed in the next few days.

The 84 miners killed as a result of the explosion were buried in several cemeteries in the Briceville-Fraterville area.

Investigators said the miners then hunted down and killed some Indians who had fled into the forest.

Enraged, the miner (who had up until then refused to have his inhibitor removed) kills the hunter's brother.

Also, Andean miners have killed flamingos for their fat, believed to be a cure for tuberculosis.

Arriving when most of the men were away at a festival, the miners killed six women, six children and a blind man.

On June 15, the miners killed four visiting Indians in retaliation.

The miners killed 12 Indians, most children.

Julio explains cheerfully that miners who find gold often kill team-mates to increase their share of the haul.

Those miners not killed immediately by the fire and explosion would have died quickly from afterdamp, the noxious gases formed by combustion.