Caracoles
Its accurate location led to dispute between the Bolivian and the Chilean Governments because the Boundary Treaty of 1866 between Chile and Bolivia ordered that tax incomes from the region between the 23°S and the 25°S should be divided in equal parts. Negotiations led to the Corral-Lindsay agreement, which was not ratified by Bolivia, but later both countries signed the Boundary Treaty of 1874 between Chile and Bolivia which eliminated the "Mutual Benefits Zone" between the 23°S and the 25°S parallels. Mining in Caracoles begun to decline in the mid-1870s due to the exhaustion of the richest ores and declining international prices of silver. Caracoles' long distance to the ports in the coast did not help either to the economic situation.
After Chilean conquest in 1879 the town was declared head of Caracoles Department in Antofagasta Province. The settlements associated with the mines were largely depopulated and in ruins by the 1950s.
Gallery
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Map of Antofagasta Province in 1895. Caracoles is marked out east of Mejillones and south of Calama.
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The burgoing town of Caracoles in 1872.
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