This is probably the same Willy Harry who my parents knew in Pendeen in the 1960's. I believe he was also involved in small scale work at Bartinny Downs during WWII. Raymond who was possibly his brother wrote the classic "Mine under the Sea" under the penname Jack Penhale, about Levant.
On Thursday, 3 September 2015, 12:30, Duncan Money <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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