El Chiflón del Diablo or The Devil's Blast (in reference to the natural draft that flows through the mine) is a mine located in

Lota, Chile Lota is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune located in the center of Chile on the :es:Golfo de Arauco , Gulf of Arauco (in Spanish), in the southern Concepción Province, Chile, Concepción Province of the Biobío Regi ...

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coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when ...

production fell in the Lota area in the 1990s, the mine was shut down. Currently, El Chiflón del Diablo serves as tourist attraction.CHIFLON DEL DIABLO MINE, Copyright 2006 Lota Sorprendente.cl. January 6, 2009
/ref> Image:Chiflon_Stairway.jpg, Stairway down into El Chiflón del Diablo. Image:Mine_Entrance.jpg, Top of El Chiflón del Diablo. Image:Walking_through_Chiflon.jpg, Walking through El Chiflón del Diablo.

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