Name 1
EXPLOTACIÓN EN HURTOS
Name 2
PREDATORY EXPLOITATION
ID number
001.140.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Javier Carrasco Milara, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n. Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001.003.235
Type of Object
Mine
Description
Short description
The system of predatory exploitation was used in Almadén from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. It consisted of extracting the ore along the way as the excavation of the galleries progressed, leaving irregular and disorderly hollows that were supported by wooden props, more or less numerous depending on the stability of the gables and roofs. With this system, the exploitation was disorderly, because once they extracted the ore they were interested in, they did not follow the lode, which was abandoned at that point.
Measures
Materials
Rock
Dating
From the Middle Ages to the 18th century
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
System of mine exploitation
Present use
Museum (inside view of the mine)
Original location
Almadén mine, 1st floor
Present location
Almadén mine, 1st floor (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
Águeda Moyano & Alicia Escudero
Date Submitted
28. 4. 2022
Date Edited
Never