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| old gold mine workings in Rodalquilar © Robert Bovington |
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This part of Spain has always had an abundance of raw materials and this
area of the Cabo de Gata has been extensively mined for 2000 years. The
Romans extracted silver here. Later ‘lead fever’ took hold in the
middle of the 19th century. However, the golden years for Rodalquilar
followed the discovery of gold around 1880.
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