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Foreign News
December 24, 1784
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In Potosi, South America, several Indians perished descending into silver mines, with over 100 suffocated by a sudden exhalation from deep veins, making descents extremely dangerous. The mountain is nearly hollowed out from extensive silver extraction.
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Advice has been received by the Court of Spain, of several Indians having perished in descending into one of the mines of Potosi in South America; and that upwards of 100 were suffocated by a sudden exhalation from the veins, which are sunk to such a prodigious depth that a descent into them is become exceeding dangerous. This same place, Potosi, or Mount Potosi, which is in the form of a sugar loaf, is reduced literally almost to a shell, from the vast quantities of silver which have been torn from its bowels.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Colonial Affairs
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Potosi Mine Accident
Indian Suffocation
Silver Extraction Dangers
Spanish Colonial Mines
South America Mining
Where did it happen?
Potosi In South America
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Potosi In South America
Outcome
several indians perished; upwards of 100 suffocated
Event Details
Several Indians perished descending into a Potosi mine; over 100 suffocated by sudden exhalation from deep veins, making descents exceedingly dangerous. Mount Potosi, sugar loaf-shaped, reduced almost to a shell from vast silver extraction.