Fuentes para la historia empresarial de la minería española
ISSN: 0366-0176
Year of publication: 2013
Volume: 124
Issue: 3
Pages: 421-436
Type: Article
More publications in: Boletín geológico y minero
Abstract
This article analyzes the sources available when studying the firms that have exploited underground resources in Spain in contemporary times. The materials we have are diverse, given the variety of mining areas, minerals, types of firms, nationalities involved, etc. Large businesses are covered, in the main, by business archives, which have evolved in different ways, whilst for smaller concerns and when reconstructing an overall business and production map the researcher is better served by tax registers, in particular those on the gross production tax. A wide set of sources with details of where to find them, what they offer, the obstacles they can produce and how best to use them to study the mining business fabric is also included