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Three men and two women work using a mineral mining trough. They are all wearing hats. The man on the left in the foreground is holding a shovel and looking at the camera. The man standing on the left in the background is looking at the camera. One of the men stands inside the trough with a shovel in the water. The woman on the right of the image watches the man in the trough. A woman stands behind the trough. Barbacoas is a city in Nariño Department, located northwest of San Juan de Pasto, the department capital. Prior to European colonization, the area was home to several Indigenous groups who practiced mining. Spaniard Francisco de Praga y Zúñiga entered the area as part of Spanish colonization efforts and founded the city in 1600, where it continued to be an important mining center for gold, silver, platinum, and coal. The city remains an important mining center for Colombia. Tres hombres y dos mujeres trabajan usando un canal de minería en Barbacoas. Todos llevan gorro. Los dos hombres sobre la primera plana de la imagen sostienen palas mientras uno de ellos yace parado dentro del canal. El hombre parado sobre la izquierda al fondo de la imagen mira hacia la cámara. Sobre la derecha y atrás del canal se observa a dos mujeres. Barbacoas es una ciudad localizada en el departamento de Nariño, al noroeste de la capital departamental de San Juan de Pasto. Antes del periodo de colonización europea, la zona fue hogar de various grupos indígenas que practicaban la minería. El español Francisco de Praga y Zúñiga entró a la zona como parte de los esfuerzos de la corona española por colonizar y fundó la ciudad en el año 1600, donde continuó siendo un importante centro minero para la extracción de oro, plata, platino, y carbón. La ciudad sigue siendo un importante centro minero para Colombia.
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