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THE CORNISH MINER IN AMERICA by A.C. Todd. The contribution to the mining history of the United States by emigrant Cornish miners--Cousin Jacks, is well documented in this volume. The Cornish used their skill with granite and ore to gain fame and respect as the industrial elite of the Western Mining camps. Read about Wisconsin and the Cornish badgers; the Iron and Copper regions of Upper Michigan; Grass Valley and the other California mining regions. Not left out are the Cornish mining camps of Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, The Pacific Northwest and more. Book is hardcover, 6x9, 26 illustrations, seven maps, extensive footnotes and index. This is the 2005 edition and includes Todd's 1995 preface along with the original 1967 forward. $20
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