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Cornwall has an incredibly rich mining and industrial tradition. From before Roman times tin, copper and other minerals have been extracted from the ground, first by streaming and then later by digging deeper and deeper underground and further out under the sea. Sadly, the last working tin mine, South Crofty, is presently closed but Cornwall and its pioneers have left the world a legacy including the Davy Lamp, the world's first public street lighting and a unique industrial archeolgy. Above all, the diaspora that followed mine closures in the nineteenth century resulted in Cornish miners becoming pioneers of new hard-rock mines in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa. One product of the Cornish mining history has been a rich output of literature, past and present, about minig, the mines and miners. We are pleased to stock all known British published booksin print about Cornish mining as well as titles specially imported from the USA, South Africa and New Zealand. Our database includes over 100 books about mining, and industrial archeology. The titles below are new titles or ones recently added to the database.
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