| |
| | Cerro de Pasco, Peru, Pictures |
 | | The town was once noted as one of the world's richest silver-mining centers but is more important now for the mining of copper, which began here in the early 20th century under the management of the Cerro de Pasco Corporation, a U.S.-controlled firm. |
 | | Gold, lead, zinc, and bismuth are also mined at Cerro de Pasco; the valuable silver deposits were exhausted by the Spanish. |
 | | Copper is smelted in one of the largest metallurgical plants in the world, in La Oroya, south of Cerro de Pasco. |
| www.greatestcities.com /South_America/Peru/Cerro_de_Pasco_town.html (173 words) |
|