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Mining established in the Alhambra area (Granada) in the 19th and 20th centuries

Abstract

[EN] The Alhambra was established in the 13th century in the Red Hill, elevation also known as the Sabika (The Ingot). It is situated in the most western end of a long promontory that from the Christian conquest of Granada has being known as Cerro del Sol (Hill of the Sun). It is an alluvial deposit located in the last spurs of Sierra Nevada, separating the valleys of the Darro and Genil rivers, the first one in the north and the second in the south. The Hill of the Sun is constituted by a geological formation known as "Alhambra Conglomerate", where the gold is in secondary position. In different periods of time, these auriferous alluvial soils and the placers situated in the Darro and Genil rivers have been an object of different mining attempts, explorations and excavations, though with variation in the intensity and the technology to extract the gold from the soil. In this paper it is analyzed the 19th century Granada gold rush, studying all the mining works and project established in the surrounds of the Alhambra from 1825 to 1942, when the last auriferous concession disappeared.

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