Bushiribana and Balashi (click to enlarge).

Bushiribana and Balashi are the sites of two former gold smelters on the Caribbean island of Aruba. Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of Extractive metallurgy. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Aruba is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela

Bushiribana

The Bushiribana smelter was built in 1872 by the Aruba Island Gold Mining Company to extract gold from the ore that was being mined in the nearby hills of Ceru Plat. Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 An ore is a volume of rock containing components or Minerals in a mode of occurrence that renders it valuable for mining It operated for ten years. Today, its remains are a stopping-off point for tourists on their way to view the Natural Bridge, which collapsed on September 2, 2005.

Balashi

Balashi, at the southern end of Frenchman's Pass, is where the Aruba Gold Concessions company built a gold smelter in 1899. Frenchman Pass is a narrow passage on the island of Aruba, between coral cliffs above the area know as Spanish Lagoon It closed in 1916, during the First World War, for lack of raw materials and spare parts, most of which came from Germany. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.