A local man from Huoyantu village climbs on a truck of a mining company to collect ores. In the last two decades lead and zinc mining in the Hunan province has polluted the soil and affected the health of the local population, who has seen no compensation from the government or the mining companies. Many villagers are on the road every day to ask for money to buy drinking water or, like this man, to venture on trucks transporting ores. 

开矿严重影响了火焰土村村民的生活。然而，多年来，采矿企业和政府未对村民进行丝毫补助。两年来，无论刮风下雨，每天路上都有二十多个村民拦车以讨要饮用水钱，每天每人能分到20余元。甚至有些村民冒着危险爬上运矿车捡些矿石，以补贴家用。