The Abangares Mining Company was a
gold mining company in the
Tilarán mountains, located in the
Abangares district of the province of
Guanacaste in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. Founded by
U.S. railroad, fruit, and shipping magnate
Minor C. Keith
Minor Cooper Keith (19 January 1848 – 14 June 1929) was an American businessman whose railroad, commercial agriculture, and cargo liner enterprises had a major impact on the national economies of the Central American countries, as well as on th ...
,
[ ] it established one of the earliest major commercial gold mining operations in the area of the country's oldest mining traditions, dating back over a century.
It established several isolated mining towns, and brought many
foreign laborers from Honduras, Nicaragua and Jamaica into the district.
References
Foreign relations of Costa Rica
Defunct companies of Costa Rica
Mining in Costa Rica
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