The Cornish mining industry at one time accounted for well over 70% of the world's production of copper. Later, it produced more than half the world's tin. In "Deep Down", R. M. Ballantyne, with a meticulous eye for detail, weaves a story around the life of a typical mine, the Botallack Mine in the extreme southwest of Cornwall. Populated with colorful but authentic characters, "Deep Down" explores a hard, dangerous and often fatal way of life that once was common in this remote part of England.
- ISBN10 1515109666
- ISBN13 9781515109662
- Publish Date 16 July 2015 (first published 13 March 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 148
- Language English