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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 See also:

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

part of Spain was ruled by the Carthaginians.

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