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La minería del hierro en Arcentales

Artzentales, Enkartazioak / Encartaciones, Bizkaia

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La minería del hierro en Arcentales

Historical milestone · Artzentales, Enkartazioak / Encartaciones, Bizkaia

Image of Artzentales, not of the place itself.

As early as 1488 it is documented that Juan de la Cuadra, a resident of Arcentales, extracted and traded iron from the area. Between 1880 and 1890 the mining expanded to copper and other minerals, with a strong impact on the local economy until its decline after the mines closed.

1488; auge minero 1880-1890

Photo: Itziar ibabe (Tagzania user ID: 22861) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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