Abandoned Places That Are Trapped in Time
| February 27, 2017
Humberstone, Chile
Humberstone is another former mining town that now sits abandoned. It was previously a populous town whose central industry was saltpetre mining. Saltpetre, used to make fertilizer, was incredibly valuable in the late 19th and early 20th century. The town was crushed when synthetic chemicals were invented that could mimic the function of saltpetre in fertilizer. With their main industry now obsolete, the town was abandoned.
Since the hot desert air preserves so well, tourists can still visit and see the town exactly as it was in its heyday.
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