Cornwall lies at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. Though it’s administered as a county of England today, the indigenous Cornish people are a Celtic nation like the Irish and the Scottish with their own distinct identity, language, and culture.
Note: This history is written from the perspective of a figurative miner at the Mayflower Mine, based on interviews and information from Keith Droste, Jim Hewitson, Gary Kimball and Steve Leatham, along with other historical…