For these Bolivian women, going 200 meters underground every day is an achievement. They inherited the right to enter the mine when their husbands died or became invalid for work in the mine, that’s how the cooperative works. Some time ago they were pressured to sell their place and work on less paid jobs outside the mine. Like the myth of women and bad luck at sea, there is also a belief among miners that they drive away the grain of ore. That is why for them it is an achievement to lower every day, even with few safety measures and the coca leaf as the only relief against fatigue.