So Very Foolish A History of the Wherry Mine, Penzance
Peter Joseph, A5, SB, 48pp – £4.99 + P&P .
Like quite a few I was aware of the mine but knew little about it I have seen references etc and when in Penzance have discussed where it was but now its all put into context by this book (following is publishers info)
Through the long history of Cornish mining the extraction of metals was undertaken in some remarkable locations but none was stranger than the Wherry Mine at Penzance. With its shafts some 200 yards offshore in Mounts Bay linked by a timber trestle to its machinery on dry land, the Wherry Mine resembled more a seaside pier than a working industrial site.
The unique nature of the workings meant that contemporary travellers in Cornwall took note of the Wherry Mine and some recorded their impressions, but curiously there has been no attempt to record its full history to date. Local mining historian Peter Joseph, who has made a particular study of Penwith’s mines, has now put right that omission and given this small but very special mining enterprise its own memorial. So Very Foolish: A History of the Wherry Mine, Penzance
http://www.moorebooks.co.uk/ Mike