Jueces y régimen de minas en la villa de San José de Jáchal, jurisdicción de San Juan. Entre la dependencia de la Junta de Poblaciones de Santiago y las autonomías provinciales (1750-1830)

Abstract

The town of Jáchal was founded in the mid-eighteenth century in the territory of the city of San Juan, by mandate of the Population Board of Santiago. In 1783, already part of the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata, the town of Jáchal joined the Gobernación Intendencia of Córdoba, and then, in the independent period, the Gobernación Intendencia of Cuyo, until 1820.The purpose of this paper is to study the network of territorial judges who governed the town of San José de Jáchal, paying particular attention to those who devoted themselves to mining activity issues. Also, it is investigated the mining laws that were in force in the town. It is taken into account that the Ordinances of Toledo had been applied in the territory of the Captaincy of Chile where they had a strong support, and that the Ordinance of Intendants ordered that it should be ruled by the new mining laws that would be in force in Mexico. Finally, it is analyzed the changes and continuities that took place in the first two independent decades.