Potosi: The Mountain That Ate Men

<p>A mountain in the Andes made of silver — so rich it bankrolled the Spanish Empire, flooded the world with coin, and made a freezing city on a barren plateau one of the largest on Earth. But the silver was dug out by human beings in conditions so lethal they called it the mouth of hell.</p><p>August Mercer follows the silver from the tunnels to the markets of the world, and asks why the coins never carried a mark to show what they cost. This is Six Feet of History — five minutes of the past they'd rather you forget.</p><p><em>Follow for a new story every day. A Dark Whisper Studios production.</em></p><p><em>#history #truehistory #truestories</em></p>