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
Besides the mines of Cerro de Pasco, which in point of importance are nowise inferior to those of Potosi, there are numerous very rich mining districts in Peru.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina
The Cerro de Pasco mines have been the richest and most famous in the world's history.
A dozen, instead of half-a-dozen, Uluans accompanied Earle as far as Cerro de Pasco, in addition to Peter and the Indians who had formed part of the original expedition.
From In Search of El Dorado by Collingwood, Harry
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