The Tin Scratchers: The Story of Tin Mining in the Far North is a 1959 autobiographical book by Ion Idriess.
The book is an account of Idriess' attempts at making a fortune mining in the Cape York Peninsula and how he became involved in tin mining.Book description at Trove "From his own memories, Idriess provides accounts of the outback characters who were individuals to a man."
Reviews In The Sydney Morning Herald, the reviewer noted: "That tireless narrator of frontierland tales, Ion Idriess, is still able to find vivid sources of reading interest in the remote outback." They went on that the novel "begins a little uneasily – due, one suspects, to some rather improbable conversations between the characters – but once it settles down to relate Mr Idriess' practical experiences it becomes increasingly interesting.""Reviews in Brief", The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 November 1959, p19
References
External links The Tin Scratchers at AustLit