Chilean silver rush
Between 1830 and 1850 Chilean silver mining grew at an unprecedented pace which transformed mining into one of the country's principal sources of wealth. The rush caused rapid demographic, infrastructural, and economic expansion in the semi-arid Norte Chico mountains where the silver deposits lay. A number of Chileans made large fortunes in the rush and made investments in other areas of the economy of Chile. By the 1850s the rush was in decline and lucrative silver mining definitely ended in the 1870s. At the same time mining activity in Chile reoriented to saltpetre operations.
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Chilean silver rush
Between 1830 and 1850 Chilean silver mining grew at an unprecedented pace which transformed mining into one of the country's principal sources of wealth. The rush caused rapid demographic, infrastructural, and economic expansion in the semi-arid Norte Chico mountains where the silver deposits lay. A number of Chileans made large fortunes in the rush and made investments in other areas of the economy of Chile. By the 1850s the rush was in decline and lucrative silver mining definitely ended in the 1870s. At the same time mining activity in Chile reoriented to saltpetre operations.
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Between 1830 and 1850 Chilean ...... ented to saltpetre operations.
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Entre 1830 y 1850 la minería d ...... ia las operaciones de salitre.
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Drawing of early 19th-century Chilean silver miners
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Location of Chañarcillo and the cities of northern Chile as of 1830.
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Major discoveries of silver in Chañarcillo in 1832 and Tres Puntas in 1848
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Influx of silver miners led to ...... Chico mountain region of Chile
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Chilean miners
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Chilean Silver Rush
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Between 1830 and 1850 Chilean ...... ented to saltpetre operations.
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Entre 1830 y 1850 la minería d ...... ia las operaciones de salitre.
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Chilean silver rush
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Fiebre de la plata en Chile
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