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George Scoular

(Born: 1849)

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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19 Sep 1901  —  Newspaper article (The Fatality To Frizington Miner)


1880

Membership

1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Parkside, Frizington, Cumberland; Elected: 02 Jul 1872


1881

Census

Address: 10 Inkerman Terrace, Preston Quarter

(Ref: RG11/5189/15/24)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
SCOULAR, George  32 Head Mar Manager Of Iron Mines (Stone)  SCT
SCOULAR, Jessie R.  33 Wife Mar   SCT
SCOULAR, George R. R.  1 Son   CUL: Whitehaven
BARBER, Isabella  18 Serv Unn General Servant  CUL: Whitehaven
KILLEN, Annie  16 Serv Unn Nurse  CUL: Hensingham


1888

Membership

1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Cleator Moor, via Carnforth; Elected: 02 Jul 1872


1889

Membership

1889-1890, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Cleator Moor, via Carnforth.


1895

Managers Certificate

03 December 1895, Certificate Number: 997 (1st), District: Midland

First Class Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1887 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 30 ; 50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec 23.)


1896

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   St. Helens   St. Helens Colliery & Brickworks Co. Ltd.

Membership

1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: St. Bees, Cumberland.


1900

Periodicals

Contributed to discussion on paper published in the Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers: "Fire-Damp in the Iron-Ore Mines of Cumberland and Furness"


1902

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Oughterside   Oughterside Coal Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Outfields   Outfields Colliery Co. Ltd., Dovenby, Cockermouth


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889

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