{{Short description|Chile mining accident}} {{infobox news event |image_name = |image_alt = |caption = |date = {{start date|1964|02|19|df=y}} |time = |place = Pique Flore de Te & Pique G3, near [[Andacollo]], [[Coquimbo Region]], Chile |coordinates = {{coord|30.250181|S|71.093953|W|region:CL-CO_type:event|display=inline,title}} |outcome = All 7 trapped miners rescued |reported injuries = |reported death(s) = |reported property damage = |litigation = |notes = {{Location map|Chile|width=200|float=center|label=Andacollo|lat_deg =-30.250181|lon_deg =-71.093953}} }} The '''1964 Andacollo mining accident''' began on 19 February 1964, with a [[cave-in]] at a gallery of an improvised small-scale gold mine, located in the vicinity of the town of [[Andacollo]], 39 kilometers southeast of the regional capital of [[La Serena, Chile|La Serena]], in north-central Chile. In the accident seven ''[[pirquinero]]s'' were trapped a for days while [[ENAMI (Chile)|ENAMI]] led an ultimately successful rescue.{{sfn|Danús|2007|p=184}} Two miners were rescued on the third day of entrapment and the remaining five in the seventh day.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Recuerdan 50 años de rescate minero en Andacollo |date=2014-02-20 |url=http://www.impreso.diarioeldia.cl/region/recuerdan-50-anos-rescate-minero-en-andacollo |access-date=2025-07-31 |work=Diario El Día |language=es}}</ref> The event generated an intense news coverage via radio and the press in Chile.{{sfn|Danús|2007|p=184}}
Later in 1975 ENAMI started to buy much of the property where small-scale mines existed around Andacollo and the large-scale [[Carmen de Andacollo]] copper-gold mine begun operations in 1994.{{sfn|Danús|2007|p=187}}<ref name=intmin>{{Cite news |title=Teck Cominco successfully acquires Aur Resources |date=2007-08-23 |url=https://im-mining.com/2007/08/23/teck-cominco-successfully-acquires-aur-resources/ |access-date=2025-07-30 |work=International Mining}}</ref>
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==Bibliography== *{{Cite book |title=Crónicas mineras de medio siglo (1950-2000)|language=Spanish |last=Danús |first=Hernán |publisher=RIL Editores |year=2007 |isbn=978-956-284-555-7 |location=Santiago de Chile|p=|chapter=V. La geología y las exploraciones mineras}}
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