What an excellent article by Alasdair Neill in the Autumn 2016 trevithick society newsletter, on the little known mine workings on long rock, penzance.!
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Agreed.
One of the real tragedies of Ali's early death was how little he published.
He amassed an unprecedented amount of research material which he generously shared with fellow researchers. My Devon Great Consols book, for example, would have been much poorer without Ali's input. If you look at the acknowledgements section of any book about mining in the South West published in the last twenty years or so chances are you will find Ali's name included. Fortunately for posterity his voluminous research notes are in safe hands and will hopefully become publicly accessible.
At the time of his death he was working on a number of projects including articles on Fluorspar production in Devon and Cornwall and the William & Mary mine in the Tavy Valley. I also understand that he had pretty much completed a book on Wheal Trewavas. Hopefully these will all see the light of day.