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The gold mine at El Callao, started in 1871, was for a time one of the richest in the world, and the goldfields as a whole saw over a million ounces exported between 1860 and 1883. The gold mining was dominated by immigrants from the
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In 1854, the first miners settled in the area of El Callao, dedicated to the exploitation of gold-bearing quartz in the area of Ejidos de la Nueva
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CristĂłbal, Trinidad among others, generating a varied cultural conglomerate, both idiomatic and gastronomic, making this area of
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