Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Lecture 9 colonial silver potosi bolivia and guanajuato. Huallpa had been working for a european overseer at the nearby mines of porco, the main source of silver for the recently toppled inca empire. So when silver fever started to slowly decline after the 1800s and demand for silver around the world fell, the miners in. Potosis cerro rico, bolivia bootsnall travel articles. For centuries it was the largest source of silver in the world. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal 4,090 metres,420 ft.
Cerro rico is not only rich with silver, it also possesses zinc and tin ores. A mountain of highly altered, silicified, pyritized or chloritized volcanic. Phone 24708 bus leaves at 9am every day for a 4 hour tour of cerro rico, including the miners market and candelaria mine. Since 1545 it has been exploited primarily for silver, although tin has become the more important ore metal over the last century. To further investigate acid mine drainage amd discharges and their link to downstream contamination, data were gathered during two sampling events during the most extreme periods of the dry and wet seasons of one year. In 1545 a native peruvian named diego huallpa discovered the richest silver deposit the world has ever known. Located approximately 1km south of the city of potosi. Probably the worlds single most wellknown mining district.
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