Mining a Shared Heritage: Mexico’s ‘Little Cornwall’

During the 1820’s, mineworkers from Cornwall arrived in Mexico to rehabilitate flooded colonial silver mines that had been abandoned during the War of Emancipation. Spearheaded by British capital, the Cornish brought their mining expertise and steam engine technology to mines across newly independent Mexico heralding the dawn of the industrial revolution.
This book by historian Dr. Sharron Schwartz Includes a DVD ‘video-diary’ covering the trip of the Cornish-Mexican Cultural Society to Mexico in July 2008.

Spanish translation by Lizzie Hoskins, edited by Ricardo Ludlow.