Miners of Potosi, Bolivia (35 images)
The images show men that toil deep in the bowels of the high-altitude Andes in the Cerro Rico mine located above the colonial-era Spanish city of Potosi using rudimentary hand tools and work very hard for very little and die young.
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working the tailings on Cerro Rico in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
Miners working inside the mine shafts of Cerro...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_CerroRi...dng
A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in...
-

080116_Potosi_LaMoned...dng
The Casa de la Moneda mint located high in the...
-

080116_Potosi_LaMoned...dng
The Casa de la Moneda mint located high in the...
-

080116_Potosi_LaMoned...dng
The Casa de la Moneda mint located high in the...

