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Chanarcillo mine

Chanarcillo mine, Chile. Closed, underground, mining silver.

Why Chanarcillo is famous

Silver rush after Juan Godoy's discovery, dated 16 May 1832 from one literature entry. Active 1832 to 1890 and now abandoned.1,2

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Chanarcillo today

Where silver is mined todayMining in Chile

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An example ofComstock LodeSilver rush in Chile in 1832, then Nevada in 1859. Chanarcillo ran to 1890, Comstock to 1881.1

Sources

  1. Chanarcillo entry Geovirtual Chile
  2. Wikidata entity Q450443

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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