CORNISH GLOBAL MIGRATION PROGRAMME
THE DIASPORA OF THE PEOPLE OF CORNWALL

                                                                      A CORNISH COLONY IN FRANCE - EXTRAS.                                                                                      This page contains supplementary information concerning the Mines of Pontgibaud which are not found in the published book.

The Foundry at Pontgibaud. John Arthur Phillips (1882-1887) was engaged by John Taylor and Sons to modernise the foundry between 1855-1860. This Cornishman receives several mentions in the book. He published two technical papers describing the foundry operations. Transcripts of these two papers may be found in the PDF below. We suggest you click on the PDF symbol and then, after the file opens download it to your own computer.