For the Huichol Indians, the desert mountains here are sacred, a cosmic portal with major mojo, where shamans collect the peyote that fuels the waking dreams that hold the universe together. For a Canadian mining company, these same hills look like a billion dollars' worth of buried silver...The Canadian company First Majestic Silver, and its Mexican partner, Real Bonanza, promise not to disturb this sacred place...There will be no open-pit mining. The companies are seeking permits to drill deep subterranean shafts, which will approach the tops of Cerro Grande and Cerro del Quemado — two sacred peaks — but will stop a mile short...The mining company has promised that the mountain will look the same, [said Marciano de la Cruz, one of the few Huichol who live in Real de Catorce]..."But it won't be the same if you take away its soul."