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The rail system introduced by RTC was essential for export of pyrites, it provided transport to the mines for imported equipment and supplies and, because roads in the province were rudimentary, it provided passenger services for company employees.
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Salkield, L.U. (1987). Infrastructure for the RTC operations. In: Cahalan, M.J. (eds) A technical history of the Rio Tinto mines: some notes on exploitation from pre-Phoenician times to the 1950s. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3377-4_10
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