Potosi: silver mines and dynamite!
January 10th 2007 Claire:
potosi is a small mining town that was once home to one of the most lucrative silver mines in south america. these mines had awful conditions and caused an estimated 8 million deaths in total. the mines are still operational, though most of the product is tin these days, and the tours of these mines are the main reason to come to potosi. the miners still work long shifts in awful conditio
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