Description
Book SynopsisThis book commemorates the work of Jack Trounson, who was one of the leading twentieth-century authorities on Cornish mining and the greatest exponent of its future potential. He had an unparalleled ability to marshal a wealth of detail on the past working of mines and use it to point to places where minerals might still be worked at a profit.
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Table of Contents
List of Graphs and Maps
List of Tables
List of References to the Original Articles
Foreword
Introduction
Section 1: Cornwall's Undeveloped Mineral Resources in the 1930s
Section 2: Cornish Mining in the Second World War
I The Industry at the Beginning of the War
II Past Production and Suggestions for the Future
Section 3: Regional Survey of the Mining Districts
I The St Just and St Ives Mining Districts
II The Marazion District
III The Wheal Vor or Breage District
IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts
V The Wendron District
Section 4: Some Useful Prospects for the Future
I Levant to South Condurrow
II Tolgus Tunnel to Lambriggan
III St Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne
Mine Index
