Cerro Rico mountain is full of entryways inside for hundreds of mines inside the mountain. Here, a miner pauses before going inside one of those entries. Potosi, Bolivia. Read: Potosi, Bolivia: Through Children's Eyes © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Several workers take a break in the mines in Cerro Rico mountain in Potosi, Bolivia. Even at level two of the mine, it was hot and dusty. It gets worse at each level. Read: Potosi, Bolivia: Through Children's Eyes © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Spain brought millions of slaves from Africa to work in the mines in Potosi, Bolivia. An estimated eight million African and Indigenous slaves died working in the mines in its 500 year history. Read: Potosi, Bolivia: Through Children's Eyes © www.uncorneredmarket.com
