Mining in Cornwall and Devon

Mines and Men
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-85989-889-8
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 425 g

Mining in Cornwall and Devon is an economic history of mines, mineral ownership, and mine management in the South West of England.


The work brings together material from a variety of hard-to-find sources on the thousands of mines that operated in Cornwall and Devon from the late 1790s to the present day. It presents information on what they produced and when they produced it; who the owners and managers were and how many men, women and children were employed. For the mine owners, managers and engineers, it also offers a guide to their careers outside  the South West, in other mining districts across Britain and the world. A long section on the Duchy of Cornwall provides details of the Duchy's role as the largest mineral owner in the South West, and of the modernisation and changing administration of the Stannaries.


The printed book provides a guide to the sources, their interpretation and how they illustrate the long-term development and decline of the industry; the composite mine-by-mine tables are presented on an interactive CD included free with the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burt, Roger

Burnley, Raymond

Gill, Michael

Neill, Alasdair

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Bergbau
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Industrialisierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

General Introduction

Section 1 - The Mineral Statistics c. 1850-1920

(i) Introduction

(ii) Mining in Cornwall

(iii) Mining in Devonshire

(iv) An Overview of the Two Counties

(v) Tables

Section 2 - Output Data before and after the Mineral Statistics: Stannary, Ticketing and Aggregate Returns

(i) The Eighteenth Century

(ii) The Twentieth Century

(iii) The Future

(iv) Tables

Section 3 - The Duchy of Cornwall Returns

(i) Introduction

(ii) Evolution

(iii) The Duchy's Role in South West Mining

(iv) Reform of the Coinage

(v) Income from Mining and Minerals

(vi) The Duchy as Mineral Owner

(vii) Clay and Stone Quarrying

(viii) Coal Mining

(ix) Conclusion

(x) Tables

Section 4 - Mining Companies and their Personnel c. 1850-1920

(i) Sources of the Data

(ii) Investigation of the Data

Conclusion

Appendices

A1 The General State of the Copper Mines in Cornwall for Seven Years ending 31 December 1789

A2 Mining Material Costs and Copper Ore Prices 1791-1798

A3 The Financial Condition of the Cornish Copper Mines 1792-1798

A4 Biographical Notes on Mine Managers


 



Bibliography of mine-related books and articles

The CD: Description of the Contents and User's Manual

Notes

Index of Mine Names

Über Autor(innen)

Burt, Roger
Roger Burt is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the University of Exeter. He has been a consultant to mining companies and government departments and contributes to radio programmes on mining related issues.

Roger Burt is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the University of Exeter. He has been a consultant to mining companies and government departments and contributes to radio programmes on mining related issues.

Raymond Burnley is the software designer for the project, and is a former IT Systems Developer at the University of Exeter.

Michael Gill was a Research Fellow in the University of Exeter Economic History Department.  He has also worked as a surveyor in the Mining and Civil Engineering industries.

Alasdair Neill is a freelance researcher on mining in the UK.