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George Raw, B.Sc.

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.

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29 Apr 1955  —  Newspaper article (Official Notice)


1910

Managers Certificate

28 February 1910, Certificate Number: 3,556 (1st), District: Newcastle

Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Secs. 23 and 80)


1912

Managers Certificate

01 May 1912, Certificate Number: 3,556, Inspector: W. H. Pickering

First Class Certificate of Competency as Manager of a Mine has been endorsed by H.M. Inspectors of Mines with the Qualification of Surveyor of Mines, during the year 1912


1914

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Plenmeller   Plenmeller Collieries Ltd.


1918

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Usworth   Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.


1919

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Usworth   Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.
Manager:   Usworth   Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.


1921

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Usworth   Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.


1923

Positions held

Position  Company Correspondence Address 
Agent:  Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.   
Agent:  South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.   
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Murton, East   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, Polka   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   South Hetton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Usworth   Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.


1924

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Murton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, East   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, Polka   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   South Hetton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Usworth   Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.


1925

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Murton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, East   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, Polka   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   South Hetton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Usworth   Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.


1927

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Murton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, East   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, Polka   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   South Hetton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Usworth   Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.


1929

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Murton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, East   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, Polka   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   South Hetton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.


1930

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Murton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, East   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Murton, Polka   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   South Hetton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.


1933

Biographical Notes

Raw, George, B.Sc. Partner in the firm of Forster, Raw & Pts., Mining Engineers, Pilgrim House, 141, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne (1); Telephone: Newcastle 23644. Agent for the South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.; etc. Past President, Association of Mining Electrical Engineers; Vice-President of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Private Address: Ravenswood, Low Fell, Co. Durham. Telephone: Low Fell 76889.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory

Positions held

Position  Company Correspondence Address 
Agent:  South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.   
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory


1934

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Newbiggin   Newbiggin Colliery Co. Ltd.


1935

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Murton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Newbiggin   Newbiggin Colliery Co. Ltd.
Agent:   South Hetton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.


1936

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Murton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Newbiggin   Newbiggin Colliery Co. Ltd.
Agent:   South Hetton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.


1940

Biographical Notes

Raw, George, B.Sc., M.Inst.C.E. Partner in the firm of Forster, Raw & Pts., Mining Engineers, Pilgrim House, 141, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1; Telephones: Newcastle 23644 and 23630. Director and Mining Agent for the South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd. Director of the Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd. General Manager of Newbiggin Colliery Co. Ltd.; etc. Past President of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Past President, Association of Mining Electrical Engineers. Private Address: Ravenswood, Low Fell, Gateshead. (Telephone: Low Fell 76889.)
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory

Positions held

Position  Company Correspondence Address 
General Manager:  Newbiggin Colliery Co. Ltd.   
Director:  South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.  Ravenswood, Low Fell, Co. Durham 
Chief Mining Engineer:  South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.   
Director:  Weardale Steel, Coal, & Coke Co. Ltd.  Ravenswood, Low Fell, Gateshead, Co. Durham 
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory


1944

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Murton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.
Agent:   South Hetton   South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.


1947

Biographical Notes

Raw, George, B.Sc., M.Inst.C.E. Partner in the firm of Forster, Raw & Pts., Mining Engineers, Pilgrim House, 141, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1; Telephones: Newcastle 23644 and 23630. Director and Mining Agent for the South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd. Director and General Manager of the Newbiggin Colliery Co. Ltd. Director of the Easington Coal Co. Ltd. Director of the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. Past President of the North of England institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Past President, Association of Mining Electrical Engineers. Private Address: Ravenswood, Low Fell, Gateshead. Telephone: Low Fell 76889.
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory

Positions held

Position  Company Correspondence Address 
Director:  Easington Coal Co. Ltd.  Ravenswood, Low Fell, Gateshead-on-Tyne 
Director:  Newbiggin Colliery Co. Ltd.  Pilgrim House, 141 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne 
General Manager:  Newbiggin Colliery Co. Ltd.   
Director:  South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.  Ravenswood, Low Fell, Co. Durham 
Chief Mining Engineer:  South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd.   
Director:  Weardale Steel, Coal, & Coke Co. Ltd.  Ravenswood, Low Fell, Gateshead, Co. Durham 
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory


1950

Biographical Notes

Raw, George, B.Sc., M.I.C.E., F.R.I.C.S. Partner in the firm of Forster, Raw & Pts., Mining Engineers, Pilgrim House, 141, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1; Telephones: Newcastle 23644 and 23630. Director and Mining Agent for the South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd. Director and General Manager of the Newbiggin Colliery Co., Ltd. Director of the Easington Coal Co., Ltd. Director of the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. Past President of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Past President, Association of Mining Electrical Engineers. Deputy Chairman, Northern District Valuation Board (C.I.N.Act 1946) Private Address: Ravenswood, Low Fell, Gateshead, 9. Tel.: Low Fell 76889.
Source: 1950 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory


Sources
  • 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1918 List of Mines
  • 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1950 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

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