REVISTA MINERÍA 540 | EDICIÓN SEPTIEMBRE 2022

MINERÍA la mejor puerta de acceso al sector minero MINERÍA / SEPTIEMBRE 2022 / EDICIÓN 540 171 partículas de oro obtenidas en la operación eran entregadas a los Curacas; mientras duraba el laboreo minero, se les suministraba a los participantes y a las familias de estos, los alimentos necesarios para su subsistencia. «...las minas de oro y plata antiguas, o halladas de nuevo, concedía a los curacas y a sus parientes y vasallos que tomasen lo que bien les estuviese...» (Garcilaso de la Vega, pág. 190). El trabajo que realizaban los habitantes de los ayllus en los yacimientos mineros constituía una prestación personal que se le adeudaba al Inca gobernante, sin embargo, estaba relacionado con las costumbres de subordinación entre el ayllu y el Curaca. De lo que se obtenía en los yacimientos auríferos, el Curaca destinaba la producción, en partículas de oro u objetos elaborados con este metal, a las autoridades superiores. La cantidad de oro que podían extraer de los yacimientos al parecer, no era detallado. Los yacimientos auríferos donde se desarrollaba el laboreo, eran supervisados por funcionarios, entre ellos los Tucuyricuy o Tuccui ricuc, los cuales debían certificar el número de trabajadores asignados, así como llevar la producción a la capital. «...visitando los que por los Incas son enviados las provincias...mandaban a la tal provincia que, puestos en las minas tantos mil indios, sacaban de aquellos metales la cantidad que les señalaban, mandando que lo diesen y entregasen a los veedores que para ello ponían...» (Pedro Cieza de León, pág. 68). community, the gold particles obtained in the operation were given to the curacas; while the mining work lasted, the participants and their families were provided with the food necessary for their subsistence. "... old gold and silver mines, or newly found, granted to the curacas and their relatives and vassals to take what was good for them..." (Garcilaso de la Vega, p. 190). The work performed by the inhabitants of the ayllus in the mining sites was a personal service owed to the Inca ruler, however, it was related to the customs of subordination between the ayllu and the curaca. The production obtained in the gold deposits was destined by the curaca, in gold particles or objects elaborated with this metal, to the superior authorities. The amount of gold they could extract from the deposits was apparently not detailed. The gold deposits where gold mining took place were supervised by officials, among them the Tucuyricuy or Tuccui ricuc, who had to certify the number of workers assigned, as well as take the production to the Inca capital. "... those sent by the Incas to the provinces... commanded the province that, having placed so many thousand Indians in the mines, they would extract from those metals the amount that was indicated to them, ordering them to give it and deliver it to the overseers that were appointed for this purpose..." (Pedro Cieza de León, p. 68). The highest authority of the ayllu - curaca or kuraka - had the great task of mobilizing the selected inhabitants for the extraction of gold particles in the mines; this constituted a form of verification of the existing labor force. The number of people working in mines was diverse, depending on operational needs, demographic and geographic characteristics; the central power, through its officials, controlled the volume of production. The mining activity was of great interest to the Inca rulers, and there was an administrative system that achieved a successful and abundant production.

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