Collins, Joseph Henry; Observations On the West of England Mining Region: Being an Account of the Mineral Deposits and Economic Geology of the Region, and Forming Vol. XIV of the Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Printed for the author by William Brendon and Son, Plymouth, 1912. Octavo, pp. xxiv (with subscribers list of 102 copies), 684, folded frontispiece map, 17 additional plates (some folded and colored).
The work is complete and in the original green cloth with giltvcover and spine titles. Re-cased in 20th century with the original spine preserved. The binding is tight, boards scuffed, the text and all plates are clean and bright, lightly penciled owner’s signature on free end sheet with 1937 date. In very good condition.
Collins (1841-1916) was a British mineralogist, mining engineer and geologist. Over the course of his life he amassed a major mineral collection and was heavily involved with the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, the Royal Institution of Cornwall and the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Collins was the founding Secretary of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland and helped found the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Most of his time was focused on the systematic exploration for minerals in Cornwall and Devon.
Within the above work Collins provides a thorough description of the geology, ore deposits and their genesis and mineralogy, the mining districts and the mines and their economic importance in Cornwall and Devon.
