The Bolivian mining city of Potosí is the only ... The Cerro Rico became known as “The Mountain That Eats Men” — a name that persists among miners to this day. Potosí soon grew into ...

Much of the mining takes place in the nearby red "Cerro Rico" (literally, "Rich Mountain" in English), which was given its name due to the enormous wealth it formerly gave to the Bolivian city.