tin mines
Cornish extraction sites
Tin mines are excavation sites where tin ore is extracted from the earth.
Tin has been mined since the Bronze Age, when it was alloyed with copper to make bronze.
Historic tin mining regions include Cornwall in England, Malaysia, and Bolivia.
The old tin mines have become tourist attractions.
- cassiteritePrincipal tin oxide ore
- depositsMaterial settled or stored
- pitFruit's hard seed
- open pitSurface-level excavation site
- PoldarkCornish mine owner
smelting · prospecting · Cornwall · stamping · ore · extraction · ghost town · shaft · tailings · metals · alluvial · ingots · pickaxe · lode · pithead · veins · headframe · slag
- Southeast AsiaVietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- MalaysiaMalaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, federal territories, Malay Peninsula
- Asian ColonialismBritish Raj, British India, Dutch East Indies, French Indochina, East India Company
- British geologychalk, flint, limestone, shale, sandstone
- Industrial Historyfactories, cotton mills, power stations, mill ponds, sawmills
resource type extracted
tin minesoil wells
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industrial activity
tin minesfoundries
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