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This post is a listing of observations, sayings, rules of thumb, beliefs, value statements, and even stereotypes that all integrate
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MINES IN SOUTH AMERICA
Raimondi- the Man of Peru
Antonio Raimondi (1824-1890) is Peru’s foremost geographer who was known for his extensive travels through the country documenting many aspects
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Nationalizations in South America
Recently, while reading a summary on a major mining district in Peru, a company published a book complete with color
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COMPARISON OF SOUTH AND NORTH AMERICA HISTORIC MINING TOWNS
Both South and North America have numerous old mining camps that developed town sites at one time, but there is
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GOLD IN THE ANDES
Major gold producing regions in the Andes are found in Colombia, northern Peru, and to a lesser extent, northern Chile.
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COLOMBIA’S SALT MINE TURNED INTO A CHURCH
A short ways north of Bogotá, Colombia’s capital city, is the presently no longer producing salt mine of Zipaquirá, lying
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THE DEATH MINE OF SANTA BARBARA
Perhaps nothing would strike more fear into the hearts of men three-hundred years ago than the knowledge of being sent
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AN EXPAT IN 1790- ANTHONY HELMS SOJOURN TO POTOSI AND HUANCAVELICA
The consulting gig in international mining can have its hardships, but more so when it was 1790 going to Peru
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