Silver is breaking price records as demand for the critical metal surges. But its supply around the world is dwindling. We went inside Bolivia’s Cerro Rico, a 15,000-foot mountain that used to be the world’s largest source of silver, to see how miners spend hours searching for silver, tin, and zinc.
\nChapters:
\n00:00 – Introduction
\n01:38 – History of Potosi
\n02:18 – Ride to Cerro Rico
\n02:50 – Buying dynamite, coca, and alcohol
\n03:38 – Entering the mine & El Tio
\n04:07 – History of Cerro Rico
\n05:08 – Inside the mine
\n06:42 – Dynamite blast
\n07:33 – The elevator
\n07:55 – Health risks
\n08:41 – Sorting rocks and cooperatives
\n10:46 – Industry and supply chain
\n11:57 – A sinking mountain
\n14:37 – Paying respects to those lost
\n16:16 – Credits<\/p>\n
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