THE CABO DE GATA MINING STORY

Introduction

The exhibition hall at the Rodalquilar Mines contains many rooms regarding the geological, industrial and ecological highlights of Andalucia. Specifically, however, there is a room dedicated to the history of mining in the Cabo de Gata. A series of posters illustrate this history. I have overlaid the Spanish text and put them in chronological order.

For those who would like a detailed look at a model of the mine, and an explanation of its component parts, there are four links after the posters.

Prehistory

16th Century - Alum

19th Century - Lead and Silver

20th Century - Gold

State Control

How the Denver Plant worked

The End of the Dream

Damage to the ecology

NB. The following four picture links are to large files and may take a minute of so to download. They are deliberately so to give clarity. Click on the pictures to enlarge them. Press the back button or Alt-left arrow to return to this page.

Denver Plant Gold Mine Model

The following three pictures are of the model in the exhibition hall.

Front view

Side view

Back view

Detailed Description of the Mine

If you would like a detailed plan of each part of the Denver model, click below. Again, click on the picture to enlarge it. Press the back button or Alt-left arrow to return to this page.

Plan of site

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