last month i visited the mining towns of Sewell and Coya with EAP. since Chile is the main producer of copper in the WORLD, it made sense why this was a mandatory field trip. Coya wasn't very exciting so i didn't take any pictures, but Sewell was pretty interesting. we took a tour given by a man who grew up in the old mining town and he explained that everyone now lives in the larger city of Rancagua and commutes to the mountains for work. the town was so unbelievably small i could not imagine what it would be like to ever live there.
some stats:
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| the 10 principal copper-producing countries (from mines) |
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| the 10 principal countries that produce refined copper |
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| principal countries that consume copper exported from chile |
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| super old chilean flag |
mining attire
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| minero época 1905-1930 |
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| minero 1930 - 1970 |
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| minero contemporáneo |
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| my friend trying on the mask that you weren't supposed to touch |
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| huge copper locks! |
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| me and nat |
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| miki :) |
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| going to miss living in santiago with these girls |
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| had to sneak a picture of my program director - repping UCSB gauchos! |
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| REAL MINERS! |
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