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Minas de Riotinto

Boom town, Spain.

About Minas de Riotinto

Municipality of Spain.1

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Mines

Worked atRiotinto mining districtMinas de Riotinto lies close to Riotinto mining district.1

Events

Led toRio Tinto Company registered in LondonMinas de Riotinto is part of this story: Rio Tinto Company registered in London.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q923830 (Minas de Riotinto)

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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