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Europe has very few sources of tin. Therefore, throughout ancient times it was imported long distances from the known tin mining districts of antiquity. These were the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge) along the modern border between Germany and the Czech Republic, the Iberian Peninsula, Brittany in modern France, and Cornwall and Devon in ...
Tin mining knowledge spread to other European tin mining districts from the Ore Mountains and evidence of tin mining begins to appear in Brittany, Devon and Cornwall, and in the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 BC. [2] These deposits saw greater exploitation when they fell under Roman control between the third century BC and the first century AD. [4]
There is no record of tin mining in Domesday Book, possibly because the rights were Crown property. During the first half of the 12th century Dartmoor provided most of the tin for Europe, exceeding the production of Cornwall. [39] The Pipe Roll of Henry II gives the annual tin production of Dartmoor as about 60 tons. In 1198 he agreed that "all ...
Tin mining knowledge spread to other European tin mining districts from Erzgebirge and evidence of tin mining begins to appear in Brittany, Devon and Cornwall, and in the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 BC. [11] These deposits saw greater exploitation when they fell under Roman control between the third century BC and the first century AD. [12]
South Terras Mine was first worked by the South Terras Tin Mining Company Limited from 1872 to 1888, however returns of tin were small and iron ore/ochre were the main products. Uranium was discovered c. 1885 when a lode was cut that produced an unusual apple-green mineral: at first this was thought to be copper ore, but later identified as ...
Wheal Owles was a tin mine in the parish of St Just in Cornwall, UK and the site of a disaster in 1893 when twenty miners lost their lives.Since 2006 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site – Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.
Tin mining in Britain took place from prehistoric times, [1] during Bronze Age Britain, until the 20th century. Mention of tin mining in Britain was made by many Classical writers. Tin is necessary to smelt bronze , an alloy that played a vital cultural role during the Bronze Age .
Geevor Tin Mine is now a museum and heritage centre, covering an area of 67 acres (270,000 m 2) which makes it the largest preserved tin mining site in Great Britain. [2] It is an important part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape and was recognised by UNESCO in 2006.