The mountain on which Tiahuanaco (fig.145) is situated is itself also extremely rich in tin
bearing ores. Tin of course is not a naturally accessible metal like gold and must be smelted and
extracted by various chemical processes and then mixed with a required percentage of copper to
produce bronze, it’s not just a straightforward and simple procedure. The ancient bronze clamps
that are still evident on many stone slabs are intriguing because only minimal supplies of copper
with which they could have been made are available anywhere near the location of Cuzco. In
startling contrast to this lack of a local copper source, many of the river rocks on the shore of
Lake Titicaca, especially near the remains of ancient docks and port facilities at Puma Punka, are
stained a deep bluish green.
What causes rocks to turn a bluish green?
The only thing that can cause such a reaction is prolonged exposure to copper – end of list. It’s
similar to the way rocks rich in iron turn red as the iron oxidizes with the water, rocks rich in
copper turn a bluish green. Yet the rocks at Lake Titicaca contain no copper! It therefore stands to
reason that there was once a good deal of copper brought into Cuzco via the Puma Punka port
facility. Then of course we need to ask why would all this copper have been brought in if not to
mix with the abundant source of tin that already existed there in order to make bronze? It would
certainly seem more reasonable than taking the ore bearing tin to the source of the copper. The
manufacture of bronze at the site is further confirmed from the presence of the bronze clamps.
Fig.145When considering this shoreline of greenish rocks on Lake Titicaca high in the Andes (fig.146)
and the possibilities of an ancient metallurgy facility founded by the Gods and the descendents of
Cain, there are also some comments made in an enigmatic passage in the Bible to consider in
which such distant and remote mines and even the forgotten descendents of Cain seem to be
suggested. The passage occurs when Job is talking to Yahweh complaining about all of the trials
and tribulations heaped upon him and Yahweh says to Job:
Surely, there is a source for silver
A place where gold is refined
Where copper is obtained from ores
And iron is smelted out of stones
To darkness He puts an end
The usefulness he researches
Of stones in depths and obscurity