"No hay minas buenas sin pleito". Polígica, concesiones e instituciones mineras en Jujuy, 1880-1930

At the beginning of the 20th century a review on mining deployment in Jujuyshowed -apart from the recession caused by the lack of capital, the technologicalbackwardness and the transportation difficulties- the absence of institutions protecting the rights and promoting obligations among the mining actors. Inthe early 1930s the aphorism “There are no good mines without lawsuits” wasused to invoke the string of disputes the mining interest aroused in local life-to the point that even a governor had to resign after the murder of a Spanishminer. The article discusses the institutional problem and the mining conflictin the province between 1880 and 1930, the approach takes into considerationthe mining ventures tested, the reconstruction of regulations - origins andapplication- and the mining practices and the political interference.