# Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines

Author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Genre: Children's Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21726

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Deep+Down%2C+a+Tale+of+the+Cornish+Mines+Ballantyne&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Necessity is the mother of invention. This is undoubtedly true, but it is equally true that invention is not the only member of necessity's large family. Change of scene and circumstance are also among her children. It was necessity that gave birth to the resolve to travel to the end of the earth--of English earth at all events--in search of fortune, which swelled the bosom of yonder tall, well-favoured youth, who, seated uncomfortably on the top of that clumsy public conveyance, drives up Market-Jew Street in the ancient town of Penzance. Yes, necessity--stern necessity, as she is sometimes called--drove that youth into Cornwall, and thus was the originating cause of that wonderful serie...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/31/index.md)
- [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/34/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/33/index.md)
- [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/32/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/30/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/deep-down-a-tale-of-the-cornish-mines-21726/chapters/6/index.md)