Bolivian Silver mine

[Ceiriog Chris]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAtvnU4Mxlc


Quite interesting, I'm not sure H & S has caught on the way it has over here

 

[pwhole]

I noticed she was polite enough not to question the mysterious bulge in the guy's cheek throughout the second half of the video - and the fact he seems unable to stop talking. Coffee just doesn't cut it for underground work 

 

[mikem]

Many Bolivians chew on coca leaves to stave off hunger & combat altitude sickness...

 

[andybrooks]

It's everywhere, including in the beer ...

 

[Graigwen]

Potosi does indeed have a fantastic history of silver production.

A mine up in the hills some miles east of Tan y Bwlch, beyond Blaen Ceulan, usually called Esgair Hir was renamed at one time the "Welsh Potosi" to suggest it was as rich in silver (it wasn't!).


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