The information for the following story is from the following Internet sites accessed 11/16/02:
http://www.mineadvice.com/achievements.html
http://is2.dal.ca/~dommelen/EastKemp.html
http://fury.to/atitd/Commodities/tinore.htm
http://www.itri.co.uk/tinuses.htm

A Maritime Tin Mine

What is a tin mine?

A tin mine is a mine used to remove tin from mineral ores. An ore is a mineral that has metal in it. Tin ore contains a high percentage of tin.

Tin is a very soft metal that doesn't corrode easily. Tin weighs more than aluminum, but weighs less than gold, silver, copper, and lead.

There are many uses for tin. The main use for tin is for food canning and bakeware. Tin is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion. For example: tin cans are made from tin coated steel. Believe it or not, tin is used in some tooth pastes. Tin in toothpaste provides a protective coating to stop tooth decay.

In 1984, south western Nova Scotia was booming with jobs in the mining industry.

In East Kemptville, about 45 km northeast of Yarmouth, a tin mine was prospering. Experts believed the mine would create jobs for about seventeen years.