El Puerto de Huelva y el resurgir de la minería (1873-1930)
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El nacimiento de la Junta de Obras del Puerto de Huelva coincidió con la revitalización de la minería onubense, en el último tercio del siglo xix, impulsada por la inyección de capitales extranjeros y de su tecnología. También tuvo su importancia la legislación de bases de 1868, que desencadenó la fiebre minera. Por su parte, el Puerto de Huelva inició su desarrollo administrativo dentro de una corriente normativa por la que se crearon sucesivamente otros organismos similares en las costas españolas, con el impulso de las burguesías locales. De las entrañas de la tierra onubense comenzaron a aflorar los minerales con el trabajo de los mineros, sobre todo los minerales de cobre, manganeso y las piritas, que transportadas a través de los ferrocarriles llegaron al Puerto de Huelva, desde donde, gracias al progreso de sus infraestructuras, se exportaron, fundamentalmente a Europa, en plena Segunda Revolución Industrial.
The setting up of the Committee of Works of the Port of Huelva coincided with the revitalization of mining in the province during the last third of the 19th century, stimulated by the injection of the foreign capital and technology. The mining legislation concerning customs duties of 1868 also contributed to triggering mining fever. For its part, the Port of Huelva began its administrative development within a succession of norms by which other similar bodies were progressively created along the Spanish coasts, with the encouragement of the local middle-classes. Mineral ores began to emerge from the bowels of the earth in Huelva at the eager hands of the miners, especially copper, manganese and pyrites, which was transported by the railways to the Port of Huelva, from whence, thanks to the development of its infrastructure, they were subsequently exported, mainly to a Europe in the throes of its second industrial revolution.
The setting up of the Committee of Works of the Port of Huelva coincided with the revitalization of mining in the province during the last third of the 19th century, stimulated by the injection of the foreign capital and technology. The mining legislation concerning customs duties of 1868 also contributed to triggering mining fever. For its part, the Port of Huelva began its administrative development within a succession of norms by which other similar bodies were progressively created along the Spanish coasts, with the encouragement of the local middle-classes. Mineral ores began to emerge from the bowels of the earth in Huelva at the eager hands of the miners, especially copper, manganese and pyrites, which was transported by the railways to the Port of Huelva, from whence, thanks to the development of its infrastructure, they were subsequently exported, mainly to a Europe in the throes of its second industrial revolution.
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Mojarro Bayo, A.M. & Romero Macías, E.M. (2012). El Puerto de Huelva y el resurgir de la minería (1873-1930). En Boletín Geológico y Minero. 123, (1), 3-15. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. ISSN 0366-0176














