{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Ghanamma.com","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024","author_name":"Ghana News","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/","title":"Illegal Mining Abound, Ghost Towns Await - Ghanamma.com","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9xPYi2reCk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/15\/illegal-mining-abound-ghost-towns-await\/\">Illegal Mining Abound, Ghost Towns Await<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/15\/illegal-mining-abound-ghost-towns-await\/embed\/#?secret=9xPYi2reCk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Illegal Mining Abound, Ghost Towns Await&#8221; &#8212; Ghanamma.com\" data-secret=\"9xPYi2reCk\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Illegal-mining-galamsey-4-754x424-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":754,"thumbnail_height":424,"description":"INTRODUCTION: Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways. Proverbs 20:30 GNT Illegal small-scale mining (popularly known as \u2018galamsey\u2019), and other forms of irresponsible mining have caused severe damage to Ghana\u2019s Water Resources, Forest Reserves and Farm Lands. As the elders said in \u201cThings Fall Apart\u201d, \u201cif one finger brought oil, [&hellip;]"}