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Riotionto Mines

  • Purchase of the mines

    Purchase of the mines

    In 1873 the English company Río Tinto Company Limited bought these mines, modernized the machinery, rationalized the exploitation and began to exploit the land with such intensity that in a year more ore was extracted than before in a century
  • Period: to

    Train construction

    Construction of the mining railway to the port of Huelva
  • English Club

    English Club

    In 1878 the Río Tinto Company Limited founded the ‘English Club’ in the town of Minas de Riotinto.
  • Manifestation

    Manifestation

    Manifestation against fumes
  • Huelva Recreation Club

    Football club
  • Back to Spanish people

    Back to Spanish people

    When it had already been exploited, it returned to the Spanish population
  • Closed

  • Opened to the public

    Opened to the public

  • Opening of the mining operation