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La Rinconada

Houses are built with zinc sheets beside the mountains where a gold mine is located. City of Rinconada is located at 5400 meters above sea level in the Peruvian Andes. People have set up a system of hoses to take water from the glacier at top of the mountain.

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Contained in galleries: Gold mining in the Peruvian Andes

Houses are built with zinc sheets beside the mountains where a gold mine is located. City of Rinconada is located at 5400 meters above sea level in the Peruvian Andes. People have set up a system of hoses to take water from the glacier at top of the mountain.