The Mountain which eats Men alive - or: Potosí in Numbers

4,090 metres elevation above sea level (highest city in the world)
1546 year when Potosí was founded
420 reference number of this UNESCO world heritage site
8,000,000 people have died in mine since silver was first found
20,000 miners working 'Cerro Rico' today
10 USD - daily salary offered to us for working in the mine
14 years - age of miner Basilio Vargas portrayed in documentary 'The Devil's Miner'