How Most Of The World's Silver Was Mined From A Mountain In Bolivia For Centuries | Risky Busin

Miners in Bolivia spend hours searching for silver, tin, and zinc inside Cerro Rico, a 15,000-foot mountain that used to be the world's largest source of silver. But little has changed for miners since colonial times, with thousands putting their lives at risk inside mines that could collapse at any moment.

00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - Brief history of Potosi
02:10 - Ride to the 'Mountain That Eats Men'
02:56 - Buying dynamite, coca, and alcohol
03:45 - Entering mine & El Tio
04:14 - The History of Cerro Rico
04:57 - Inside the mine
06:50 - Dynamite blast
07:40 - The Elevator
08:48 - Sorting rocks and cooperatives
10:56 - Industry/supply chain
12:05 - A Sinking Mountain
14:42 - Paying respects to those lost/cemetery

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