Marshel Arthur

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Marshel Arthur born in 1879 was a writer and historian from Cornwall, UK.

After the death of his father left school at the age of ten in 1889 and began work as a tool boy under his older brother Tom, at Lower Goonamaris China Stone Quarry in January 1890. [1]

He recalled his experiences in his autobiography...
"Autobiography of a China Clay Worker: With a Short History of the Rise of the China Clay Industry" ISBN 0-902660-23-3


[edit] References

  1. ^ wheal-martyn China clay museum 'The Kettle Boy'

The History of English China Clays: Fifty Years of Pioneering and Growth By Kenneth Hudson (pages 31-33 & 151-153) (ISBN 0715346555)



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