There is a WT Harry listed as General Manager of the Lode Mines of Yala, Thailand (Tin) operated by
Thailand Tin Mines Ltd (a subsidiary of Anglo-Oriental Tin Co.) in the publication "Geologic
Reconnaissance of the Mineral Deposits of Thailand, Issues 983-984" by Glen Francis Brown [US Dept
of Interior] 1951 Pages 130-132 [available via Google Books]
Regards
Graham
Quoting Duncan Money <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had come across the mine manager W.T. Harry, or
> could suggest where I could possibly find more information on this
> individual.
>
> W.T. Harry was briefly mine manager of Greenside Lead Mine in Cumbria from
> June 1937 until the end of the year. He is mentioned in passing in Samuel
> Murphy's book Grey Gold: Men, Mining & Metallurgy at Greenside Lead Mine in
> Cumbria, England 1825-1962 on p. 336, which notes that he was known as 'Mad
> Harry' or 'Cowboy Harry', wore a stetson hat and drove a Buick, but supplies
> no other information.
>
> I am wondering if this is the same W.T. Harry who was the first underground
> manager at Roan Antelope Mine in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1927, but
> I have not been able to establish that the two men are the same person. There
> was some connection between Greenside and Roan Antelope as one of W.T.
> Harry's successors at Greenside was Edwin Charles Bloomfield, who spent
> several years working for the Selection Trust, the company which owned and
> operated Roan Antelope at this time.
>
> So far, I have looked at Dissolved Companies file for the Basinghall Mining
> Syndicate at the National Archive and W.T. Harry does not appear on the
> directors list for 1936 or 1937 and looked through the database Mining in
> Cornwall & Devon compiled by Roger Burt et al. and he is not listed there
> either. Any other suggestions for sources would be very welcome.
>
> My research is generally on the international circulation of mining engineers
> and mineworkers, but this is personally interesting for me as I have visited
> what remains of Greenside Mine several times over the years.
>
> All the best,
>
> Duncan Money
>
>
>
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