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J. T. de Seyfried, B.Sc., M.E.

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1910

Managers Certificate

21 July 1910, Certificate Number: 3,704 (1st), District: York and Lincoln

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)


1933

Biographical Notes

de Seyfried, J. T., B.Sc., M.E. Managing Director, Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd., in succession to J. F. Gillott. Managing Director of The Wigan Coal Corporation Ltd.; Director of the following companies: The Lancashire Steel Corporation Ltd.; Rylands Bros. Ltd.: Pearson & Knowles (Engineering) Co. Ltd.; The Northern Employers' Mutual Indemnity Co. Ltd.; Chairman, The Caucasian Manganese Syndicate Ltd. Formerly Agent, Engineer and Manager of Llay Main Collieries. Ltd., Gresford; Manager, Bullcroft Collieries, and Agent, Oxcroft Collieries and of Wyken & Craven Collieries. Warwickshire. Toured Germany, France and Poland for Parliamentary Commission on Spontaneous Combustion in Coal Mines, 1913, and subsequently collaborated on report on practicability of hydraulic stowage in British coalfields. In 1918 was in charge of the Technical Administration of the Coal Mines Control Agreement, and Technical Adviser to the Conjoint Branch of the Inland Revenue and Home Office on Mining Matters. Address: The Woodlands, Wigan Lane, Wigan.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory


Sources
  • 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

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