Chaarcillo (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Chaarcillo is a town and mine in the Atacama Desert of Copiap Province, Atacama Region, Chile, located near Vallenar and 75 kilometres from Copiap. It is noted for its silver mining. The town grew up after the Chaarcillo silver mine was discovered on May 16 1832 by Juan Godoy. It grew in prominence in the second half of the nineteenth century and became important in the Atacama mining industry and one of the most important mines to the Chilean economy. It was connected by railway before 1862. Today it is something of a ghost town, since mining activity has declined today.