People/prospector

David Stinton

David Stinton, prospector, from Australia. Linked to tin.

The lucky break

Discovered a tin field at Greenbushes in 1888, bringing many alluvial miners.1

Legacy

His field later became the Greenbushes mine, where tin, tantalum and spodumene (a lithium mineral) are now produced.1

Story cards

Timeline

  1. 1888Tin mining starts at Greenbushes2
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Where next

People

Inspired byEdward HardmanThe government geologist's 1886 tin report came two years before Stinton's field.1

Mines

DiscoveredGreenbushesA tin field found in 1888 now produces lithium minerals.1

Events

DiscoveredTin mining starts at GreenbushesDavid Stinton is part of this story: Tin mining starts at Greenbushes.2

Sources

  1. Tin (Mining and Energy Western Australia exhibition) State Library of Western Australia
  2. Tin (Mining and Energy Western Australia exhibition) State Library of Western Australia

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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