Tin was mined in Ore mountains between Germany and Czech Republic since 2500 BC and spread from there to the rest of Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_M

Tin was mined in Ore mountains between Germany and Czech Republic since 2500 BC and spread from there to the rest of Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_Mountains#Economic_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_Mountains#Economic_history edit: BTW they also contain Europe's largest reserves of lithium (and world's cheapest to mine), if you look only at hard rock it's actually the biggest. http://miningsee.eu/european-metals-holding-lithium-czech-project/ http://miningsee.eu/european-metals-holding-lithium-czech-pr... http://www.nextminingboom.com/lithium-project-fast-tracked-emh-worlds-biggest-hard-rock-resource/ http://www.nextminingboom.com/lithium-project-fast-tracked-e...