San Juancito Minero

San Juancito Minero

The history of San Juancito is inextricably linked to the mineral wealth of the mountains in which it stands.
Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the descendants of the Tolupan / Jicaque people today exploited, on a small scale, the minerals of the region. In the 16th century, the Spaniards made a short-lived attempt to extract ore from the mountains in the area. Using the indigenous population as labor, they proceeded to extract gold and silver from the mountainside; However, after a few years, the indigenous population was so devastated by abysmal diseases and working conditions that the Spaniards, without a reliable source of labor, packed and moved to other seemingly more viable sites in Honduras.

Itinerary

You will have the opportunity to visit the small mining town of San Juancito where the Rosario Mining Company was located, one of the most important in the 1880s. They will visit the town's artisanal recycling schools, then they will go to the old mine facilities and where it was the first U.S. embassy in Honduras.