The Treasure Of Toquepala

Tells the story of how 350 Peruvian natives, in 18 months, with the supervision of eight Americans and assisted by 7,000 horsepower of modern tools built the 40-mile pipeline that brought the impounded waters of a mountain lake to the barren slope of Toquepala on which lay buried a rich deposit of copper.

More in How We Live in America Series

  1. Mr Both Comes To Town
  2. What We Have 1950
  3. The Treasure Of Toquepala 1961
  4. The Tree Of Economic Life 1966

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