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To: TrueScouse who wrote (82971)	3/7/2002 3:07:53 AM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 116815

True, the six miles wide mountain of silver rivals Cobalt, Ontario for silver production. Largest single silver mine ever found. The confusion of Potosi's historic location arises from what was defined as Peru in those times. What Pizarro conquered was an immense empire which included what is now several independent states, including Argentina. Originally they may have referred to it as Peru, but I am not sure what they called the dominion at the time. I believe we have to wait for Simon Bolivar to get the present political boundaries. Boundaries of Uruguay, Paraguya and Ecuador are subject to ongoing disputes. Copper and silver production of the Americas now and for while was predominant. It is not as important in gold. Gold is harder to find, and harder to mine. Silver on the other hand is pockety usually and can be difficult to separate without high losses. A huge silver mine is Kidd Creek. The precious metal in abundance in Kidd is silver. There is no gold or so little it can be ignored. But Kidd is a major producer of silver through its large tonnage.Kidd B tailings in 1976 had 3 ounce per ton silver in them. Inco on the other hand in Sudbury produces lots of gold, and so did Geco mines, a copper producer in Ontario. Flin Flon's sulphide mines produced a lot. The majority of gold production in Canada used to come from copper mines, not gold mines. The majority of silver came from lead and zinc mines in North America. The declining production of lead and zinc has led to a reduction in silver production world wide. Argentina promises to have some primary sources of silver that may someday be exploited. BC has lots but good luck ever getting a mine going there. Better you should try mining the moon in a submarine than getting through gov regs in that province. Washington State, New Mexico and Colorado could start primary silver production. The ore is there. The money to mine is not. EC<:-}