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Copper Mining in Chile • Chilean Copper Mining Facts o In 1911, copper deposits were discovered north of Calama, and quickly exploited by the US Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Chuquicamata grew into the largest open-pit copper mine in the world, producing more than 600,000 tons of copper annually. It was this mine where Che Guevara's political consciousness began to stir, as described in The Motorcycle Diaries. o By the late 1950s, the three principal copper mines in Chile were: Chuquicamata, El Salvador, and El Teniente. Chuquicamata and El Salvador were owned by the Anaconda Copper Company and El Teniente was owned by the Kennecott Copper Corporation. The La Exotica mine, an adjunct of Chuquicamata, was added to these big mines in 1966.These large mines were mainly self-contained and self- sustaining settlements with their own cities to house their workers, their own water and electrical plants, their own schools, stores, railways, and even in certain cases their own police forces. o Mining accounts for 40% of Chilean state revenues. o Chile's copper mines provide over 30-40% of the world's mine production of recoverable copper. o Within the Chilean economy, copper accounts for 45% of exports. • Chuquicamata Copper Mine o http://www.showcaves.com/english/misc/mines/Chuquicamata.html • San Jose Mine (33 miners rescued in October, 2010 o Panoramic view of mine: . http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2010/10/world/pano.chile.mine/ o Copiapo, Chile: . http://maps.google.com/maps?q=copiapo,+chile&rls=com.microsoft:en- us:IE-SearchBox&oe=&um=1&ie=UTF- 8&hq=&hnear=Copiap%C3%B3,+Chile&gl=us&ei=SyG- TKecL8Wclge5553gBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1 &ved=0CBsQ8gEwAA o San Jose miners out-of-work: . http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11567213 o Chilean Mine Rescue Scene and “Caravan of Death” . http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/world/americas/15copiapo.html?_r= 1&ref=chile • Atacama desert: o http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0308/feature3/ • Motorcycle Diaries o Scene 10, Struggle to Survive o http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/m/motorcyclediaries.html • Quantum of Solace o http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/artsandculture/3209360/Quantum-of-Solace- James-Bond-returns-to-Latin-America.html .

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