10th October 2016. Site visit Los Jarales de Carratraca. Mining Heritage

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10th October 2016. Site visit Los Jarales de Carratraca. Mining Heritage

   Sin categoría   October 11, 2016  No Comments

This site visit exposes the losing of local mining heritage in Málaga province, in such case, ancient chromium-nickel mines “Pozo San Juan and Los Jarales district”  at Carratraca village,  which were mined since early middle of XIX century (1852).

During the stage 1940-1960, those mines were worked actively by the national government, as ores in conjunction with platinum and some others minerals were included inside a strategic and military planning.

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