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.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:38 - History of Potosi
02:18 - Ride to Cerro Rico
02:50 - Buying dynamite, coca, and alcohol
03:38 - Entering the mine & El Tio
04:07 - History of Cerro Rico
05:08 - Inside the mine
06:42 - Dynamite blast
07:33 - The elevator
07:55 - Health risks
08:41 - Sorting rocks and cooperatives
10:46 - Industry and supply chain
11:57 - A sinking mountain
14:37 - Paying respects to those lost
16:16 - Credits
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