According to legend, this place earlier in the Chinese miners extracted copper, but during a storm, they were struck by lightning.

At the same time in the same mine extracted gold, copper and tin.

The mining industry, mainly extracting gold and copper, also contributed to the growth of the region when numerous mines were opened.

Likewise, mining activities increased by a manifold in other parts of the province, primarily extracting gold and copper.

The Atacameños extracted copper from this area for more than a thousand years.

The mine originally extracted copper, the 1850s being the mine's peak production of the metal, with a work force of 130.

Shimokawa was originally a mining town, extracting copper and gold.

Miners made about $3 a day extracting gold, silver, copper or tungsten.

The principal method for extracting copper was heating the rock via large fires, known as fire-setting.

Around the year 1900, Kombat Mine was opened to extract copper.