A Compendium of British Mining by Joseph Yelloly Watson - 9781108063692

A Compendium of British MiningWith Statistical Notices of the Principal Mines in Cornwall\nAuthor(s): Joseph Yelloly Watson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108063692, 978-1108063692\nSynopsis\nJoseph Yelloly Watson [tel] produced this short work for private circulation in 1843. For many years a mining agent with the London firm of Watson and Cuell, he became a fellow of the Geological Society and wrote on mining and historical subjects. Drawing chiefly on data from Cornwall, the present work gives details of mining processes, the layout of mines, the working conditions of miners (including figures for wages and working hours), and the typical management structure of a mine, with information on shareholders, profits and accounting. The work includes coverage of individual mining districts, including Gwennap, Camborne, Illogan, St Just, St Ives and Marazion in Cornwall, along with discussion of.