Allen Buckley, A5, Sb, 52pp

Miners hunted for valuable metallic ores in the Chacewater area for more than 500 years. They worked beneath Killifreth Woods, Chacewater Bal and Creegbrawse Downs. Killifreth was the great survivor of these mines, and carried on producing copper, tin and arsenic long after most of the others had closed. Killifreth Mine And Early Mining At Chacewater examines the history of the site and its role alongside the likes of Wheal Busy, Poldice United and Consolidated Mines. quote from Allen ""I started it more than 20 years ago when Carrick District Council asked me to do some research on Killifreth. It was only when I finished my book on Dolcoath (a very large book), that I was able to finish this one. "There's a lot of history in it, but there is a lot about the characters. There's a lot of humour and lots of anecdotes from the people who worked there"


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I eyeballed a copy in the Studies Library and my initial thought was that it was a bit of a jigsaw of Bawden's report as well as some of the usual photographs. It was also a bit thin.

However, for £4.99, it is exceedingly good value indeed. I will have a copy for that price.

I'd like to see a reprint of "The Great County Adit" by Buckley as I know several people looking for copies and my copy is a collection of pages.

I'd like to see a reprint of "The Great County Adit" by Buckley as I know several people looking for copies and my copy is a collection of pages.

Agreed.

I've been after a copy of that for quite some time now, the first print must have been very small.

My copy is only my desk at work. Compared to the Dolcoath tome it is a little thin, but interesting all the same. Its even better when it was given to me by the author, which he signed 😉

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