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Gold Mining in Ecuador Past and Present on Stamps
A NEA Service feature notes Ecuador's mining history from early Spaniard expeditions to 16th century discoveries on the Chinchipe and Paute rivers, the 1849 Zaruma boom, and a later resurgence. It remarks gold's current modest role, but highlights undeveloped mineral wealth and rising foreign interest, with copper, lead, zinc, coal, silver and other resources believed buried in the Andes. The stamp depicts a placer miner.
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Pizarro
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Zaruma
Mercadilte
Tumbez
Zamora
Chinchipe
Paute
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