About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Isotopes of tin, Tin alloys, Tin compounds, Tin mining, Saint Piran, Pewter, International Tin Council, Mining in Cornwall and Devon, Three hares, Dartmoor tin-mining, Tin sources and trade in ancient times, Tinning, Stannary Courts and Parliaments, Tin(II) chloride, Tin(II) fluoride, Tin dioxide, Blowing house, Indium tin oxide, Babbitt, Stannide, Tin(II) oxide, Bell metal, Adex Mining, Tin(IV) chloride, Tin-silver-copper, Cassiterite, Simon Iturri Patino, Tin pest, Galinstan, Niobium-tin, Crockern Tor, Tin(II) bromide, Tin(IV) fluoride, Strode's case, Great County Adit, Tin(IV) bromide, Tin(IV) iodide, Tin telluride, Stannane, Tin(IV) sulfide, Tin(II) sulfate, Tin(II) sulfide, Mosaic gold, Tin Duties Act 1838, Terne, Britannia metal, Tin(II) hydroxide, Tin selenide, English pewter, Tin(II) iodide, Tin bounds, Tin mining in Britain, Mining sett, Toll tin, Field's metal, Tin cry, Rose's metal, Queen's metal, Black tin, Farm tin, Tin coinage, White tin. Excerpt: Mining in Cornwall and Devon began in the early Bronze Age approximately 2,150 BC and ended with the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall closing in 1998. Tin and later also copper were the most productive of the metals extracted: some tin mining continued long after mining of other metals had become unprofitable. Historically extensive tin and copper mining has occurred in Devon and Cornwall, as well as arsenic, silver, zinc and a few other metals. As of 2007 there are no active metalliferous mines remaining. However, tin deposits still exist in Cornwall, and there is talk of reopening South Crofty tin mine. Geological studies were made worthwhile due to the economic importance of mines and quarries: about forty distinct minerals have been identified from type localities in Cornwall, e.g. endellionite from St Endellion. Quarrying of the igneous and metamorphic ...
