The depths of height 2
Sunday, December 26th, 2004A trip to Potosi wouldn’t be complete without a tour of the mines that made this place both a source of fortune and a source of death for millions of people over the centuries right up until the present day. While Em was content to come along and see what happened outside, I plucked up the courage to enter the mountainside and experience the truly horrific working conditions that have barely changed since the first traces of the mountain’s vast riches were discoveredin the 1500’s.
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