# 1964 Andacollo mining accident

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Chile mining accident

1964 Andacollo mining accident Date 19 February 1964 (1964-02-19) Location 30°15′01″S 71°05′38″W / 30.250181°S 71.093953°W / -30.250181; -71.093953 Outcome All 7 trapped miners rescued Andacollo Andacollo (Chile)

The **1964 Andacollo mining accident** began on 19 February 1964, with a [cave-in](/source/Cave-in) at a gallery of an improvised small-scale gold mine, located in the vicinity of the town of [Andacollo](/source/Andacollo), 39 kilometers southeast of the regional capital of [La Serena](/source/La_Serena%2C_Chile), in north-central Chile. In the accident seven *[pirquineros](/source/Pirquinero)* were trapped a for days while [ENAMI](/source/ENAMI_(Chile)) led an ultimately successful rescue.[1] Two miners were rescued on the third day of entrapment and the remaining five in the seventh day.[2] The event generated an intense news coverage via radio and the press in Chile.[1]

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](/source/Carmen_de_Andacollo) copper-gold mine begun operations in 1994.[3][4]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDanús2007184_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDanús2007184_1-1) [Danús 2007](#CITEREFDanús2007), p. 184.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Recuerdan 50 años de rescate minero en Andacollo"](http://www.impreso.diarioeldia.cl/region/recuerdan-50-anos-rescate-minero-en-andacollo). *Diario El Día* (in Spanish). 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2025-07-31.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDanús2007187_3-0)** [Danús 2007](#CITEREFDanús2007), p. 187.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-intmin_4-0)** ["Teck Cominco successfully acquires Aur Resources"](https://im-mining.com/2007/08/23/teck-cominco-successfully-acquires-aur-resources/). *International Mining*. 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2025-07-30.

## Bibliography

- Danús, Hernán (2007). "V. La geología y las exploraciones mineras". *Crónicas mineras de medio siglo (1950-2000)* (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: RIL Editores. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-956-284-555-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-956-284-555-7).

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