Prosepcting for Tin and Diamonds in South ; Although He Was the Most Prominent of All the Cornish Miners, Little has Been Written About the Life and Times of Francis Oats - or 'Cap'n Frank' As He Was Known to One and All in the Mining Fraternity, Writes Frank Ruhrmund.

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Although he was the most prominent of all the Cornish miners, little has been written about the life and times of Francis Oats - or "Cap'n Frank" as he was known to one and all in the mining fraternity, writes Frank Ruhrmund.

This relatively low historical profile makes a new book, Tin And Diamonds, particularly welcome.

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Prosepcting for Tin and Diamonds in South ; Although He Was the Most Prominent of All the Cornish Miners, Little has Been Written About the Life and Times of Francis Oats - or 'Cap'n Frank' As He Was Known to One and All in the Mining Fraternity, Writes Frank Ruhrmund.

Launched at Levant Mine, where Cap'n Frank had been a director and his son Francis Freathy was the mine's last manager from 1920 until 1930, Tin And Diamonds is written...

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