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La Compañía Minera de Sierra Menera

Ojos Negros, Jiloca, Teruel

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La Compañía Minera de Sierra Menera

Historical milestone · Ojos Negros, Jiloca, Teruel

Around 1900 the Compañía Minera de Sierra Menera industrialised the extraction of iron over a deposit of some eighty million tonnes. The population reached its historical maximum in 1910 and the working ceased in 1986 with the steel crisis.

1900-1986

Photo: Julen Iturbe-Ormaetxe (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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