 Rakavakwa nevavaki vengarava vokuBritain Armstrong Mitchell mukutanga kwema1880, Esmeralda rakarumbidzwa samudziyo unofamba nokukurumidza uye une zvombo zvine simba zvikurusa munyika naWilliam Armstrong, muvambi wekambani yacho. Esmeralda yakapedzwa muna 1884, uye ngarava yacho yakakurumidza kuendeswa kuPanama mugore rakatevera kuti iratidze mureza weChile uye kuitisa zvikepe zvengarava panguva yedambudziko riri kubuda munharaunda yacho. Ngarava iyi yakazoshandiswa kutsigira maCongressionalist munguva yeChilean Civil War muna 1891. 