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LINARES

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 702 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LINARES  , a

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town of
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southern Spain, in the province of
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Jaen, among the southern foothills of the Sierra Morena, 1375 ft. above sea-level and 3 M . N.W. of the
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river Guadalimar . Pop . (1900) 38,245 . It is connected by four branch
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railways with the important argentiferous lead mines on the north-west, and with the main railways from
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Madrid to Seville, Granada and the
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principal ports on the south coast . The town was greatly improved in the second
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half of the 19th century, when the town hall, bull-ring, theatre and many other handsome buildings were erected; it contains little of antiquarian
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interest save a
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fine fountain of
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Roman origin . Its population is chiefly engaged in the lead-mines, and in such allied
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industries as the manufacture of
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gunpowder, dynamite, match for
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blasting purposes, rope and the like . The
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mining plant is entirely imported, principally from England; and smelting, desilverizing and the manufacture of lead sheets, pipes, &c., are carried on by
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British firms, which also
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purchase most of the ore raised . Linares lead is unsurpassed in quality, but the output tends to decrease . There is a thriving
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local trade in grain, wine and oil . About 2 m . S. is the
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village of Cazlona, which shows some remains of the ancient Castulo .

The ancient mines some 5 M . N., which are now known as Los Pozos de Anibal, may possibly date from the 3rd century B.C., when this

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part of Spain was ruled by the Carthaginians .

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