Spanish Abstract: Este texto pretende avanzar en la construccion de un enfoque alternativo para mirar la realidad minera colombiana. En contraposicion a la estigmatizacion, aqui se destaca el potencial que existe en los pobladores de territorios mineros. Para ello se toma como punto de partida el estudio de la confianza como factor desencadenante de cambios sociales, luego se describen generalidades de la economia politica de la mineria aurifera y tambien se aborda el problema del abastecimiento de oro a los joyeros para proponer soluciones cooperativas con beneficios economicos y sociales para la comunidad minera.English Abstract: This paper is intended to develop the construction of an alternative approach regarding the reality of mining in Colombia. In contrast to its stigmatization, this article highlights the existing potential of inhabitants of the mining territories. In order to do this, the starting point is the study of trust as a trigger for social change. Then, the generalities of the political economy of gold mining are described and the problem of the supplying of gold to jewelers is addressed, in order to propose cooperative solutions with economic and social benefits for the mining community.