Potosí, the city built on silver

Crushing ore

A mine worker acting as a guide demonstrates crushing ore by hand, underground in the Cerro Rico mine, Potosí. Miners are constantly exposed to mineral dust.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sat Mar 18, 2000
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