Cerro de Pasco
Americannoun
noun
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Its terminus, the ancient mining town of Cerro de Pasco, is 14,300 feet above the sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
For two years they had been in Oroya, Peru on the staff of New York's Cerro de Pasco Copper Corp.
From Time Magazine Archive
Coca is still held in superstitious veneration among the Peruvians, and is believed by the miners of Cerro de Pasco to soften the veins of ore, if masticated and thrown upon them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
We were laughing, I remember, as we left behind us the edge of civilization represented by Cerro de Pasco.
From Under the Andes by Stout, Rex
There are times when the boyas bring such an influx of miners to Cerro de Pasco that the population is augmented to double or triple its ordinary amount.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina
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