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Mining in Cornwall and Devon in the south west of England began in the early Bronze Age approximately 2150 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 Cornwall and Devon as well as arsenic silver zinc and a few other metals.
