Cornwall, Its Mines and Miners

ISBN-13: 9780714614021 / Angielski / Twarda / 1968 / 320 str.

John R. Leifchild

Opis

First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 CORNWALL: A CORNISH VAN, AND JOURNEY THEREBY; Chapter 2 THE VAN CONTINUED, UPSET AND ARRIVAL; Chapter 3 THE TOWN OF LOOE; Chapter 4 THE PILCHARD FISHERY OF CORNWALL; Chapter 5 TO FOWEY: FOWEY AND HARBOUR; Chapter 6 ST. AUSTELL, AND THE EASTERN MINING DISTRICT; Chapter 7 CARCLAZE TIN MINE; Chapter 8 MARAZION AND ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT: SCENERY AND HISTORY; Chapter 9 PENZANCE; Chapter 10 HUEL WHERRY, A MINE UNDER THE SEA; Chapter 11 THE TIN MINES OF ST. JUST AND ST. IVES; Chapter 12 CAPE CORNWALL: NIGHT THOUGHTS AND THE OCEAN; Chapter 13 BOTALLACK MINE—UNDER THE SEA; DESCENT AND DESCRIPTION; Chapter 14 OTHER SUBMARINE MINES; Chapter 15 THE BLIND MINER OF BOTALLACK; Chapter 16 THE LAND'S END; Chapter 17 THE LOGAN OR ROCKING STONE, ITS FALL AND RESTORATION; Chapter 18 ORIGIN OF ROCKING STONES; Chapter 19 CORNISH MOOR AND COAST SCENERY; Chapter 20 REDRUTH—VIEW FROM CARN BREA; Chapter 21 THE MINING DISTRICT OF GWENNAP; Chapter 22 THE CAMBORNE AND ILLOGAN MINING DISTRICT; Chapter 23 GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL: GRANITE, CLAY-SLATE, CHINA CLAY; Chapter 24 GRANITE VEINS IN CLAY-SLATES, ELVANS, &c; Chapter 25 MINERAL DEPOSITS; Chapter 26 NATURAL STATE OF METALLIC ORES; Chapter 27 THE MINERAL VEINS OR LODES IN CORNWALL; Chapter 28 I.—THE PARTICULAR CHARACTER OF THE LODES; Chapter 29 II.—RELATION OF LODES TO CONTAINING ROCKS; Chapter 30 III.—SIZE AND BREADTH OF LODES; Chapter 31 IV.—DIP AND DIRECTION OF LODES; Chapter 32 V.—CROSS-COURSES, OR CROSS-VEINS.—THEIR CHARACTER AND COMPOSITION; Chapter 33 VI.—INTERSECTIONS OF LODES; Chapter 34 VII.—MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS RELATING TO PRODUCTIVENESS; Chapter 35 TEMPERATURE OF ROCKS AND VEINS; Chapter 36 ORIGINAL FORMATION OF MINERAL VEINS; Chapter 37 DESIGN AND BENEVOLENCE IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND RELATIVE QUANTITIES OF METALLIC ORES; Chapter 38 MINING DISCOVERY.—THE DIVINING ROD; Chapter 39 MANAGEMENT AND WORKING OF A MINE; Chapter 40 OPENING AND WORKING UPON THE VEIN; Chapter 41 SYSTEM OF LABOUR; TRIBUTE AND TUTWORK; Chapter 42 DEVELO

O autorze

J. R. Leifchild