The Trevithick Society’s 75th Anniversary Publication. Although the Society traces its ancestry back to 1935, its first publication under its current name was a short history of Dolcoath Mine in 1974. Its 75th Anniversary book is a definitive history of that great Cornish enterprise by leading mining historian Allen Buckley. Allen’s book covers the early history, the great days of the 18th and 19th centuries and the disappointments of the early twentieth. The story comes right up to the present with Dolcoath now a major part of South Crofty and key to its planned revival, as long as the local Authority appreciates that real jobs are better for the local economy than part-time tourist ones......  At 460 pages, a real doorstop of a book, but a fascinating read. 133 illustrations, of which 45 in colour, many being underground shots. Hardback edition