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Nov. 11, 1972 - Workers Wait For their shift in Potosi, Bolivia: Potosi, Bolivia: Waiting for their morning shift in the tin mine workers bask in the morning sun.Potosi was famous for its silver and tin mines exploited by the Spaniards since the XVI century - Potosi's silver mines are today exhausted, but the tin mines are still important and contribute to the land's economy.Potosi, a town of about60'000 inhabitants, lies at an altitude of over 4000 meters
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