The town square of Bacares. In the days of mining there were over 3,000 people living in the borough. The census for 2018 was 244. | See map. | |
El Cortijuelo near to Bacares, which was owned by The Bacares Iron Ore Mines Ltd. (known as 'The English') which, although smaller than Las Menas, was similar to a village. Iron ore was carried over the mountains to Las Menas by aerial cable. | See map. | |
Ruins of a loader. | See map. | |
View of Bacares from El Cortijuelo. | See map. | |
The entrance to Mina Nueva. | See map. | |
Inside of Mina Nueva. | See map. | |
Tetica with mist. Gustave Gillman. c.1903. Archivo de Murcia. | See map. | |
Cortijuelo house (country house in El Cortijuelo, Bacares). Gustave Gillman. c.1903. Archivo de Murcia. | See map. | |
The 'Angulo' - the half-way point to the Tíjola loader. | See map. | |
Mina Beltraneja, part of the Los Cortijuelos mines which were owned by The Bacares Iron Ore Mines Limited. | See map. | |
'Mina Herrería de Bacares' which, apparently, had calcination facilities and produced ironware. | See map. | |
'Cueva de La Paloma' near to Tíjola. This was a copper mine, now exhausted. | See map. |