The Cornish Mineral Industry
Past Performance and Future Prospect

This 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.The articles collected here were first published during the Second World War but remain an up-to-date guide for historians, prospectors and planners alike.

A leading member of the Cornish Instutue of Engineers, the Cornish Mining Development Association, the Cornish Chamber of Mines, and the Trevithick Society, few have done more to preserve the county’s industrial past and promote its future prosperity.

List of Graphs and Maps; List of Tables; List of References to the Original Articles; Foreword, vii; Introduction, xi; Section 1: Cornwall's Undeveloped Mineral Resources in the 1930s, 1; Section 2: Cornish Mining in the Second World War; I The Industry at the Beginning of the War, 17; II Past Production and Suggestions for the Future, 31; Section 3: Regional Survey of the Mining Districts; I The St Just and St Ives Mining Districts, 51; II The Marazion District, 73; III The Wheal Vor or Breage District, 91; IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts, 103; V The Wendron District, 127; Section 4: Some Useful Prospects for the Future; I Levant to South Condurrow, 147; II Tolgus Tunnel to Lambriggan, 163; III St Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne, 181; Mine Index, 191.

Roger Burt BSc (Econ) PhD, is the Senior Lecturer in Economic History at the University of Exeter. Peter Waite, MA, is Librarian in the Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter.