Cerro Rico - "I am rich Potosi - Treasure of the world - The king of all mountains - And the envy of all kings" - Legend on 16th-century Potosi -
Cerro Rico is about 1000 feet lower today - than it used to be before the mining -
Ex.... It has more than 800 mines adits - many of them been covered up by 1000 yrs - of mining (National Geog.) waste piles cover - many of the original mine portals -