| 21. | PERAK has collected more than RM253, 000 in royalties from tin ore over the past eight months.
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| 22. | When the tin ore began to run out, miners had to find another way earn a living.
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| 23. | Perak currently sells rubber gloves and tin ore to Poland while the latter exports machinery, mainly tractors.
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| 24. | This ore is purple; previous searches had been looking for black ore because most tin ores are black.
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| 25. | A railway line linking the town and Ipoh was completed in 1909 and used to transport tin ore.
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| 26. | The most recent mine in Devon to produce tin ore was Hemerdon Mine near Plympton in the 1980s.
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| 27. | Copper ore, being relatively abundant, and tin ore became the next important players in the story of metalworking.
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| 28. | The town did not flourish until the arrival of Chinese settlers moving inland in search of tin ore.
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| 29. | Bentong became a focal point when tin ore was discovered in the two main rivers, Repas and Perting.
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| 30. | The railway enabled the transportation of copper and tin ore from the mines, using coastal shipping or onward transport.
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