Oldest mine in the Americas found

Friday, May 20, 2011 - 15:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Cosmic Log: Archaeologists have discovered a 12,000 year old iron-oxide mine along the coast of northern Chile that they say is the oldest evidence of organized mining found in the Americas.

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