Salomon iron bridge and tunnel on the line from Rio Tinto to Huelva. Still exists today. 
Calle Palacios 
The Buitron and Huelva Railway and Mineral Company Limited. Diego Bull, the director, seated in the middle 
The Deadwood Coach involved in the robbery of the Rio Tinto payroll 
Tharsis Station belonging to the Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Company. 
Rio Tinto Pavilion at the Madrid Mining Exhibition 1883 
Floating Baths on the Odiel River 
Zafra Huelva Railway Station. The line was inaugurated 4 November 1888 by Cánovas del Castillo 
Columbus Hotel advertisement 
The Jane Cory whose crew played one of the first football matches organised by Dr. W. A. Mackay with the Rio Tinto staff 
View of the Rio Tinto Railway 1875 
Village and Mines of Rio Tinto 1875 
Workers at the Huelva Pyrite Mines 
Nursing staff in the Rio Tinto Company Hospital 
Calle Monasterios, Today named after Manuel Vazquez Lopez 
Copper smelting 
Huelva-Seville Train Station opened 15 March, 1880 
Hotel Colon North Pavilion 
Calle La Fuente 
First houses in Punta Umbria for leisure and convalescence of the British mining staff 
The convent of Franciscan friars, dedicated to Santa Maria de Rabida 
North Pavilion of the luxury Columbus Hotel in Huelva (demolished) 
Interior of La Rabida Monastery where Christopher Columbus stayed before his journey of discovery. Still exists today 
English houses and tennis courts Bella Vista in Rio Tinto built for the British mining staff 
Concepcion Church in Concepcion Street. Still exists today 
Huelva fishing port 
Working the Huelva pyrite open-cast mines 
Hotel Colon Interior 
Minas de Riotinto 1878 
Oxen bringing blocks of marble from the quarries in Fuenteheritos to build the monument in La Rabida 
Working class dwelling in Huelva 
La Cinta Sanctuary 
Calle Sagasta, now known as Calle Plus Ultra 
View of the Rio Tinto Company Pier on the Odiel River. Still exits today. 
British residents in Huelva most likely employees from the mining companies 
Lawn Tennis at Hotel Colon 
Barges at San Juan del Puerto operating under the Buitron and Huelva Railway and Mining Company 
The Hotel Colon 
Heap roasting of the pyrites 
Huelva fishing port 
Bullring at Rio Tinto 
The Gran Hotel Internacional in Calle Sagasta 
Building the Tharsis Warf end of the 1860s 
Royal Procession in Merced Square during the IV Centenary celebrations October 1892 
Old town hall in Calle Cánovas, currently Calle Puerto 
The Rio Tinto Company English Hospital in Calle San Andrés designed by William Alexander Mackay 
La Zarza open-pit mine (1887) run by the Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Company from Glasgow. 
Huelva Seamen’s Institute. Built Feb. 1890 on the initiative of Mr. Hugh Matheson as oasis of moral Presbyterian values. 
Rio Tinto Company train station in Huelva with the Seville station (1880) in the background 
View of Huelva Port on the Odiel River 
Huelva Gas Company Limited 
British ladies (most likely Scottish) in front of the Presbyterian church at Rio Tinto 
Bella Vista at Rio Tinto Mines mid 1880s
In the middle of the 19th century, a sleepy agricultural province of Andalusia was thrown onto the world’s stage and into the limelight of international attention. Almost overnight the Huelva Pyrite Mines became a key player in the industrial revolution and world trade. On one level, this is the fascinating story of copper and sulphur, of innovation and breathtaking progress in science, engineering and communications, but on another deeper level, it’s also the human story of a crucible of cultures in Huelva, and how both the Spanish and the British overcame the challenges they faced the best way they knew how.
The Huelva Chronicles – A collection of 19th century news articles and events
1868 1869 1870 1873 1880 1883 1885 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 Alfonso XII Calañas Charles Tennant Charles Wilson Adam Christopher Columbus Copper Mines Cuba Cánovas del Castillo Ernesto Deligny Guillermo Sundheim Henrich Doetsch Hotel Colon Huelva Port Hugh M. Matheson Isabella II La Rábida Manuel Vázquez López prospectus Queen Victoria Rio Tinto Rio Tinto Company Pier Rio Tinto Mines RTCL Spanish Republic telegraph teleras Tharsis Tharsis Sulphur and Copper Company The Glasgow Herald The Pall Mall Gazette William Alcock William Alexander Mackay William R. Lawson
