Tin mining began early in the Bronze Age, as bronze is a copper-tin alloy. Tin is a relatively rare element in the Earth’s crust, with approximately 2 ppm (parts per million), compared to iron with 50,000 ppm.
A person involved in tin mining is sometimes called a tinner.
Read more about Tin Mining: History, Production and Smelting, Tin Mining By Country
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“J.P. Harrah: What the hell are you doin’ here?
Cole: I’m lookin’ at a tin star with a drunk pinned on it.”
—Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)