Dennis Cassinelli, Nevada Appeal: Many years ago, a fabulous city sprang up on the slopes of an incredibly rich mountain of silver. The country was a high desert region of mountains and canyons. The miners soon found that the local native Indian tribes had to be tamed before the full potential of the silver strike…
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Cerro Rico production stops after nearly 500 years
Paul Harris reports for Mining Journal: Revolution, war, plague and genocide couldn’t stop production from Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia, but COVID-19 has seen it suspended after almost 500 years. Editor’s Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see…
A journalist reveals the human cost of modern mining through the vivid story of a young Bolivian mine worker
Karen Hudson-Edwards reports for Science: Alicia Quispe is preparing to go to work in the adobe hut she shares with her mother, Rosa, and sister, Evelyn. The hut, located on the outskirts of the Bolivian town of Potosí, has no windows, running water, or electricity. As she walks to the job site, she carries stones…
Potosí, to the rescue of its first Mint House
Daniel Oropeza writes in Pagina Siete: The Historical Research Society of Potosí has informed that a joint action has allowed the transfer of the property to the FCBCB follow its course. First Mint House and Royal Funds before its remodeling. Photo: Archivo Casa Bolívar, Potosí. Potosí is happy. A joint action between authorities and the…
The Bolivian mountain that eats miners
The Rich Mountain of Potosi (Cerro Rico) has been an enormous source of wealth. An old say, worldwide: “It is worth a Potosi” (Vale un Potosi) summarizes its world class! Potosi was larger than New York, had electricity before Paris … and yet … we rad below the sad, real life that those miners had…
Argentina Returns 16th-Century Coins to Bolivia
Latin American Herald Tribune reports: Argentina Returns 16th-Century Coins to Bolivia LA PAZ – Bolivia’s foreign ministry announced Wednesday the repatriation from Argentina of 82 coins that were minted here in the 16th century. The ministry gave credit for the recovery to “efforts made by the Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in Argentina,”…
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