<P> Cerro Rico ( Spanish for `` rich mountain '' ) , Cerro Potosí ( `` Potosí mountain '' ) or Sumaq Urqu ( Quechua sumaq beautiful , good , pleasant , urqu mountain , `` beautiful ( good or pleasant ) mountain '' ) is a mountain in the Andes near the Bolivian city of Potosí . Cerro Rico was famous for providing vast quantities of silver for Spain during the period of the New World Spanish Empire . The mountain , which is popularly conceived of as being `` made of '' silver ore , caused the city of Potosí to become one of the largest cities in the New World . </P>
<P> Cerro Rico ( Spanish for `` rich mountain '' ) , Cerro Potosí ( `` Potosí mountain '' ) or Sumaq Urqu ( Quechua sumaq beautiful , good , pleasant , urqu mountain , `` beautiful ( good or pleasant ) mountain '' ) is a mountain in the Andes near the Bolivian city of Potosí . Cerro Rico was famous for providing vast quantities of silver for Spain during the period of the New World Spanish Empire . The mountain , which is popularly conceived of as being `` made of '' silver ore , caused the city of Potosí to become one of the largest cities in the New World . </P>
what is the primary type of mining that takes place under the bolivian mountain
what is the primary type of mining that takes place under the bolivian mountain
silver
silver