Cerro de Pasco
Americannoun
noun
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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
Its terminus, the ancient mining town of Cerro de Pasco, is 14,300 feet above the sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
At a short distance behind the river, the road, called the Camino de Valles, joins that leading to Cerro de Pasco.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Thomasina Ross
The operation of separating the silver from the dross is performed at some distance from Cerro de Pasco, in haciendas, belonging to the great mine owners.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Thomasina Ross
In the first place, señor, I think it would be well to go to the north to see the Cerro de Pasco silver mine, they say it is the richest in the world.
From The Treasure of the Incas by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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