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Bronze Age; a primitive ingot was found near St. Michaels Mount. By medieval
times, underground mining was widespread with the county boasting no less t=
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five <span class=3DSpellE>stannary</span> towns by the end of the 17th.cent=
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Over the next 200 years, <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Cornw=
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grew to become the mining capital of the world - with over 300 mines it
contributed most of the worlds tin and copper. Working conditions were hars=
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wages poor and fatalities were commonplace. The discovery of tin and copper
deposits abroad led to <span class=3DSpellE>largescale</span> emigration of
Cornish mining families during the 1870's as prices fell, mines closed and
entire communities vanished. Today the closure of South <span class=3DSpell=
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near Camborne - <span class=3DSpellE>Cornwalls</span> last working tin mine=
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<span class=3DSpellE>signalled</span> the end of an industry that traces its
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