Real del Monte Co

Sectors:

  • Extraction Silver extraction

Notes:

Traced its origins to 1824 as Company of Adventurers in the Mines of Real del Monte when established in London under Thomas Kinder and John Taylor to develop silver mines at Real del Monte, Mexico. Dissolved 1849 having made substantial and consistent losses. Assets then sold to a Mexican based business that managed the mines with success. Notably the London business employed Cornish miners and introduced machinery to deal with mine flooding

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