The cable from the Hernán Cortés mine in El Tesorero in the Sierra de Baza (1,430m) was 15.4km long with a midway construction at 7.73km called 'El Ángulo' at 1,323m which handled the day to day running as well the maintenance of the equipment and cable. The cable then continued a further 7.67km to the Loader at Km108. (Distances as the crow flies).
The double aerial cable system was by Pöhlig and Adolfo Bleichert and was in two sections. It carried 450kg buckets to the Loader at Km108 at a velocity of 9km/hr. It climbed steeply from the mine 110 metres in 750 (360ft in 2,450), a 1 in 6.8 climb, by crossing the Arroyo de Uclías.
See also the map produced by Miguel de Vicente.
The GPS data are in two different formats. The second is the Spanish grid system which aligns with the map. If you have a Garmin etrex then it should be set as follows:
POSITION FRMT: UTM/UPS.
MAP DATUM: NAD83.
UNITS: METRIC.
NORTH REF: TRUE.
Click on a point on the map below. Blue squares are cuttings, red circles pylon bases. The cable is in the centre of the map and can be found by moving the map up and to the left.
See below the map for a graph of the elevation.
