Name 1
REPRODUCCIÓN CARRETA DE BUEYES
Name 2
REPRODUCTION OF THE OX CART
ID number
001.47.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Reyes Ávila Bercial, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n, 13400-Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001.003.313
Type of Object
Routes, Transport - other transport
Description
Short description
"The quicksilver produced in Almadén was taken to Seville for shipment to America.
The caravans of ox carts, numbering several hundred each year, left in April and their journey sometimes lasted a month and a half. In summer, due to lack of pasture, transportation was done with mules.
Mercury was packaged in large leather bags called buckets, which contained four arrobas (46kg), with ten buckets in each car."
The caravans of ox carts, numbering several hundred each year, left in April and their journey sometimes lasted a month and a half. In summer, due to lack of pasture, transportation was done with mules.
Mercury was packaged in large leather bags called buckets, which contained four arrobas (46kg), with ten buckets in each car."
Measures
Materials
Wood and iron.
Dating
2008
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Present use
Museum
Original location
Mining Park.
Present location
Mercury Museum (Mining Park)
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses /collections/links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
www.parqueminerodealmaden.es
Submitted
AYUNTAMIENTO ALMADEN
Submitted by
Alicia Escudero & Águeda Moyano
Date Submitted
25. 4. 2022
Date Edited
Never