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Humberstone

Ghost town, Chile.

About Humberstone

Ghost town in Atacama of Chile. Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, inscribed in 2005 and removed from the Danger List in 2019.1,2

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Mines

Worked atHumberstone and Santa Laura saltpetre worksHumberstone lies close to Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpetre works.1

Places

ExamplesLotaAnother ghost town in Chile: Humberstone.3

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q60741838 (Humberstone)
  2. Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works nomination file UNESCO World Heritage Centre
  3. Wikidata item Q16911 (Lota)

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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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Chuquicamata from the ISS by Alexander Gerst (ESA), CC BY-SA 2.0.