Silver mining in Potosi
Potosi,
Bolivia
Friday, June 19, 2009
Ze Sucre jsme prejeli soukromym autobusem do Potosi maleho mesta na jihu Bolivie. Potosi je zname svym dulnim prumyslem. Je to vlastne jedna velka hora, ktera je provrtana skrz na skrz. V minulosti byly doly velmi bohate, ale dnes jiz nezbyva mnoho nerostu. V dolech pracuji vsichni obyvatele potosi nepomijeje deti od dvanacti let. Tahle zastavka byla dost smutna, ale setkali jsme se z realitou v Bolivii. Po prijezdu jsme prozkoumali mesto a druhy den rano jsme sli farat do dolu. Cast penez ze kterych jsme zaplatili nasi exkurzi do dolu sla na podporu mistnich horniku. Rano pred vstupem do dolu jsme se zastavili na nakup ¨darku¨pro horniky a deti. Darky byly listi koky, ktere hornici zvykaji aby zahnali hlad, susenky pro deti a dynamity. Nase exkurze pod zemi trvala asi dve hodiny. Doly jsou velmi primitivni a hornici v nich pracuji rucnim naradim, kladivo, majzlik a dynamit. Po nasi exkurzi nam byla predvedena prace s dynamitem a nasledujici vybuch. Odpoledne jsme vyrazili do Yuni.
We took a bus from Sucre to Potosi which is small town in Bolivia. Potosi is the miner´s town. In mines work not only adults but also children around twelve years old. In Potosi there is a big mountain full of mines. In the past the mines were realy reach of silver. The next day in the morning we went to mines but first we stopped for shopping presents for miners. We bought some coca leaves, crackers and dynamits. The excursion took about two hours. In mines the miners are still working by the hands. After excursion they showed us how dynamite works. In the afternoon we took another bus to Yuni.
