Matías Cousiño Jorquera, 1810 to 1863, was a Chilean coal-mining magnate and patriarch of the wealthy Cousiño family. His principal enterprise was developing coal operations at Lota on Chile's coast, which became a key resupply point where steamships crossing the Strait of Magellan could take on coal, making Lota one of the most important coal-mining centers in nineteenth-century South America. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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