The present landscape of Cornwall and, to a lesser degree, Devon leaves little doubt that the south west of England was once a major metal mining region. The roofless engine houses of today are but ghosts of an industrious past and this further selection from the historic photographic collections of the British Geological Survey brings those ghosts to life.

Mines large and small, long lasting and transient, are shown as they were working, on surface and below ground. The techniques, machinery and processes are illustrated and described, and in some instances the decline is recorded also. The Survey photographers ranged from the wild Atlantic cliffs of Cornwall to the eastern flanks of Dartmoor creating a meticulously detailed record which is now of great historic value.

ISBN 0 906294 40 1. 108 pages, 115 illustrations, hardback. 

£15.00