Fascinating volume of history, shedding light on the lead mining industry in Ceredigion and shipping from Aberystwyth, through the story of four generations of interlinked families in north Ceredigion in the 19th and 20th centuries. Comprises copies of 16 previously unpublished 19th-century watercolour paintings.

• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 – Sea – Captain William James (1842–1917)
• 2 – War – William Richard James (1895–1968)
• 3 – Mine – John David Davies (1876–1942)
• 4 – Train – Isaac Jenkins (1883–1966)
• Epilogue
• The Old Mine
• Family timeline
• Bibliography
• Images