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Potosi Central Railroad
Potosí or Potosi may refer to: Places United States * Potosi, Missouri, in Washington County * Potosi, Nevada, a ghost town in Clark County, Nevada * Potosi, Texas, in Taylor County * Potosi (town), Wisconsin, in Grant County ** Potosi, Wisconsin, a village within the Town of Potosi Elsewhere * Potosí, the capital of Potosí Department, Bolivia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site * Potosí Department, a department in southwestern Bolivia * Potosi, Venezuela, a disestablished town in Táchira * San Luis Potosí City, capital and most populous city of San Luis Potosí, Mexico Mountains * Potosi Mountain (Nevada), U.S. * Potosí mountain range or ''Cordillera de Potosí'', to the southeast of the city of Potosí, Bolivia * Potosi Peak, in the Sneffels Range, Colorado, US * Cerro de Potosí, a mountain near the city of Potosí, Bolivia, also known as ''Cerro Rico''; a Spanish colonial mining site * Cerro Potosí, a mountain in Nuevo León, Mexico * Huayna Potosí, a mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potosi, Missouri
Potosi is a city in Washington County, Missouri, United States. Potosi is seventy-two miles southwest of St. Louis. The population was 2,660 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. Located in the Lead Belt, the city was founded in 1763 by French colonists as " ''Mine à Breton" '' or ''Mine au Breton." '' After the United States acquired this area, American Moses Austin renamed the community for the Bolivian silver-mining city of Potosí. He was involved in lead mining. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Potosi is located in the Lead Belt region of Missouri, as such, it has mining operations in the area. It is also geographically considered part of the St. Francois Mountain Range, meaning it has hilly terrain typical of the region. The city is within close proximity to many nature areas including Mark Twain National Forest and Washington State Park. Climate History A lead mining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro De Potosí
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, which is popularly conceived of as being "made of" silver ore, is famous for providing vast quantities of silver for the Spanish Empire, most of which was shipped to metropolitan Spain. It is estimated that eighty-five percent of the silver produced in the central Andes during this time came from Cerro Rico. As a result of mining operations in the mountain, the city of Potosí became one of the largest cities in the New World. History The Cerro Rico de Potosí was the richest source of silver in the history of mankind. The extraction of mineral ores in Cerro Rico de Potosí began in 1545 by the Spanish Empire. Between the 16th and 18th century, 80% of the world's silver supply came out of this mine. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potosi Pupfish
Potosi pupfish (''Cyprinodon alvarezi'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to Mexico, but is now extinct in the wild, only surviving in captivity. Distribution The Potosi pupfish is endemic to an isolated spring known as Ojo de Potosi near El Potosi, a settlement in southwestern Nuevo Leon state in Mexico. However, the species is now regarded as being extinct in the wild, and is represented only by captive populations. Habitat and extinction in the wild The Potosi pupfish is endemic to a clear spring-fed pool in an endorheic basin known as 'La Hediondilla' near the foot of Cerro Potosi. The pool had a maximum depth of 2.5 meters, and surface area of 10,000 m2, covered by abundant vegetation including '' Ceratophyllum, Najas, Nasturtium,'' and '' Utricularia.'' Sparse clumps of ''Typha'' and '' Scirpus'' were also present in the spring. A large earthen and rock dam enlarged the original pool, and a series of seeps and secondary outf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potosi Pinyon
''Pinus culminicola'', commonly known as Potosí pinyon or Potosí Piñón, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native and endemism, endemic to northeast Mexico. The range is highly localised, confined to a small area of high summits in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental in Coahuila and Nuevo León, and only abundant on the highest peak, Cerro Potosí (3713 m). It occurs at very high altitudes, from 3000–3700 m, in cool, moist subalpine climate conditions. Description It is a medium-size shrub, reaching 1.5–5 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 25 cm. The bark is grey-brown, thin and scaly at the base of the trunk. The leaf, leaves ('needles') are in fascicles of five, slender, 3–5.5 cm long, and deep green to blue-green, with stomata confined to a bright white band on the inner surfaces. The conifer cone, cones are globose, 3–4 cm long and broad when closed, green at first, ripening yellow-brown when 16–18 months old, with only a small number of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potosi, Trelawny, Jamaica
Potosi is a former sugar estate in Trelawny, Jamaica. It was named after a fabled Bolivian silver mine. History The estate originally belonged to Thomas Partridge of St. James. His son, also named Thomas, inherited the property and, upon the son's death, ownership passed to his two sisters, including Elizabeth. Elizabeth married John Tharp in 1766 and on December 31, 1766, Articles of Agreement were signed "granting to John Tharp, husband of Elizabeth joint devisee with her sister under the Will of Thomas Partridge her brother to Potosi and Flamstead Estates, management of same until said devisees are both of age". This was the beginning of Tharp's collection of properties on the Martha Brae River. John Tharp died in 1804, and the estate was inherited by John Tharp the younger. In April 1836 there were 224 enslaved Africans on the estate, and John Tharp received £4,494 17s 8d compensation when they were emancipated. The ruins of the Works now belong to the Muschett family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potosi Mining District
:''The current Potosi Mining District in Humboldt County, Nevada is a major world-class producer of gold and includes the Pinson, Twin Creeks, Turquoise Creek and Getchell mines. There was a Potosi mine in Lincoln County, Nevada.'' The Potosi mining district, or Potosi, was an area in Clark County of southern Nevada, U.S. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes three structures. The town was named after the famous silver-mining city of Potosi, Bolivia. History The mines in the area produced gold, silver, zinc, platinum, copper, palladium, cobalt, nickel, and antimony. A small amount of carnotite Carnotite is a potassium uranium vanadate radioactive mineral with chemical formula K2( U O2)2( VO4)2·3 H2O. The water content can vary and small amounts of calcium, barium, magnesium, iron, and sodium are often present. Occurrence Carnotite ... (a vanadium-uranium mineral) was also discovered, but not mined. Geography The site of Potosi or P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potosi Correctional Center
Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) is a Missouri Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated Washington County, Missouri, near Mineral Point. The facility currently houses 800 death row, maximum security and high-risk male inmates. The facility, which opened in 1989, is a maximum security prison. In 1989 it had about 200 prisoners.Lombardi, George, Richard D. Sluder, and Donald Wallace.The Management of Death-Sentenced Inmates: Issues, Realities, and Innovative Strategies." Missouri Department of Corrections. 8-9. Retrieved on September 18, 2010. Shortly after the prison's opening, the majority of the non-death row prisoners at Potosi were serving long sentences, such as life imprisonment without parole, or sentences with a 50-year minimum before parole eligibility. A small number had shorter sentences.Lombardi, George, Richard D. Sluder, and Donald Wallace.The Management of Death-Sentenced Inmates: Issues, Realities, and Innovative Strategies." Missouri Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potosi (barque)
''Potosi'' was a five-masted steel barque built in 1895 by Joh. C. Tecklenborg ship yard in Geestemünde, Germany, for the sailing ship company F. Laeisz as a trading vessel. Its primary purpose was as a "nitrate clipper" collecting guano in South America for use in chemical companies in Germany (mainly for making explosives and fertiliser). As its shipping route was between Germany and Chile, it was designed to be capable of withstanding the rough weather encountered around Cape Horn.1890: ''At the end of the 19th century sailing ships and steamships are in equal use with the number of large sailing vessels on the decline. Yet not for the F. Laeisz shipping line whose famed sailing ships will continue to race around Cape Horn for another four decades. Even today, the "Flying P-Line" sailing ships are world-renowned.''1895: ''The ultimate of the "Flying P Liner" sailing ships, the POTOSI, is a five-masted ship designed to withstand rough weather. It completes two round trips to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
