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 Certificates  Index  Certificates 
Index

Certificates of Competency and of Service

Please Note: This is an index from published sources WE DO NOT hold the original certificates, these were issued to the named individual as evidence of his competency and/or service.

Name *District in which Examined 
or Mine (Inspector) 
No. & Class
of Certificate 
 Date of
Certificate 
Arblaster, George  Catherton (Mr. Wynne)  2,257   1st  Note   01  Nov   1873 
Arblaster, Thomas  Doncaster     2nd  Note   00  May   1944 
Arbuckle, Daniel  East Scotland  2,798   2nd  Note   11  Jun   1896 
Arbuckle, Daniel M.  West Scotland  1,441   1st  Note   31  Dec   1898 
Arbuckle, James  West Scotland  7,584   2nd  Note   22  Dec   1910 
Arbuckle, James M.  Manchester  2,420   1st  Note   30  Dec   1887 
Arbuckle, Robert  Edinburgh     Surv  Note  Exam  23  Nov   1938 
Archbold, Richard  Newcastle  2,375   2nd  Note   18  Mar   1895 
Archdale, Hewan  West Scotland  2,330   1st  Note   13  Jan   1904 
Archer, Clement John  Newcastle  39   1st  Note   30  Jul   1913 
Archer, Edward       2nd  Note  Exam  24  Nov   1927 
Archer, George  Marsden (Mr. Willis)  629   2nd  Note   13  Jan   1888 
Archer, J. C.    2,847   Surv  Note   21  Dec   1912 
Archer, J. Fletcher    853   Surv  Note   15  Oct   1912 
Archer, James  Birkenshaw (Mr. Moore)  1,994   2nd  Note   24  Apr   1888 
Archer, John  Newcastle  4,178   2nd  Note   27  Feb   1901 
Archer, Joseph Carr  York and Lincoln  2,847   1st  Note   17  Jul   1906 
Archer, M. W.    1,125   Surv  Note   08  Jul   1912 
Archer, Matthew William  Durham  1,125   1st  Note   28  Sep   1896 
Archer, Philip  East Scotland  2,608   1st  Note   05  Jun   1905 
Archer, Philip    2,608   Surv  Note   31  May   1912 
Archer, William  East Scotland  1,885   1st  Note   18  Jun   1884 
Archer, William Percy       1st  Note  Exam  24  Nov   1927 
Archer, William Thomas  Birmingham     2nd  Note  Exam  23  Nov   1938 
Archer, William Thomas  Stoke-on-Trent     1st  Note   00  Nov   1943 
Archibald, Andrew  Bothwell Castle (Mr. Moore)  2,328   2nd  Note   27  Apr   1888 
Archibald, David  East Scotland  96   2nd  Note   08  Jun   1888 
Archibald, David  West Scotland  406   1st  Note   31  Dec   1891 
Archibald, David       1st  Note   28  May   1919 
Archibald, David, jnr.       2nd  Note   27  May   1914 
Archibald, James  Prestongrange (Mr. Moore)  2,400   2nd  Note   05  May   1888 
Archibald, John  East Scotland  2,799   2nd  Note   11  Jun   1896 
Archibald, Robert  West Scotland  2,074   1st  Note   31  Dec   1885 
Archibald, Robert  Lodge (Mr. Moore)  2,614   2nd  Note   07  May   1888 
Archibald, Robert  East Scotland  4,865   2nd  Note   16  Jun   1903 
Archibald, W.  West Scotland  898   1st  Note   16  Jan   1877 
Archibald, William  West Scotland  485   1st  Note   16  Jul   1874 
Archibald, William  West Scotland  4,406   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1901 
Archibald, William  East Scotland  2,038   1st  Note   14  Jun   1902 
Archibald, William  East Scotland  6,517   2nd  Note   11  Jun   1908 
Ardley, John  Durham  4,667   2nd  Note   16  Sep   1902 
Arendel, Richard  Foxholes (Mr. Wardell)  1,399   2nd  Note   13  Mar   1888 
Argall, Joseph  Congo (Mr. Dickinson)  1,292   2nd  Note   24  Feb   1888 
Argyle, John Basil  Midland  3,054   1st  Note   15  Nov   1907 
Arkle, James  Newcastle  4,179   2nd  Note   27  Feb   1901 
Arkless, John  Tanfield Moor (Mr. Southern)  684   1st  Note   28  Mar   1873 
Arkwright, Robert  Dogshaw (Mr. Dickinson)  1,378   1st  Note   28  May   1873 
Armbrister, Allan Ramsey  Newcastle  3,343   2nd  Note   04  Mar   1898 
Armbrister, Eric Rowland       2nd  Note  Exam  24  Nov   1927 
Armishaw, Joseph Vincent       Surv  Note   00  Nov   1954 
Armitage, Albert Ernest  Sheffield     2nd  Note  Exam  26  May   1937 
Armitage, Albert Ernest  Doncaster     1st  Note   00  May   1942 
Armitage, George  Calder Fire Clay (Mr. Wardell)  2,163   2nd  Note   09  Mar   1888 
Armitage, J. H.  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  801   1st  Note   31  Jul   1894 
Armitage, John  New Hands (Mr. Wardell)  836   1st  Note   09  Apr   1873 
Armitage, John Edward  York and Lincoln  2,488   1st  Note   15  Jul   1904 
Armitage, John Edward    2,488   Surv  Note   04  Jan   1913 
Armitage, Joseph H.  Old Flockton (Mr. Wardell)  2,708   2nd  Note   15  Jun   1888 
Armitage, Robert William       1st  Note  Exam  23  May   1929 
Armitage, William  Fieldhouse Fire Clay Works (Mr. Wardell)  1,224   2nd  Note   13  Feb   1888 
Armitage, William  Box Ing's Colliery, Cirkburton (Mr. Wardell)  2,816   2nd  Note   28  Sep   1888 
Armitage, Willis  West Scotland  3,733   1st  Note   22  Dec   1910 
Armour, James  West Scotland  1,312   1st  Note   31  Dec   1897 
Armour, John  Redstone (Mr. Alexander)  321   1st  Note   27  Feb   1873 
Armour, William  East Scotland  4,230   2nd  Note   19  Jun   1901 
Armour, William  East Scotland  2,039   1st  Note   14  Jun   1902 
Armour, William    2,039   Surv  Note   11  Nov   1912 
Armson, George  South Staffordshire  4,173   2nd  Note   10  Jan   1901 
Armson, Jesse  South Leicestershire (Mr. Stokes)  1,463   2nd  Note   24  Mar   1888 
Armson, Jesse  Midland  287   1st  Note   16  Dec   1890 
Armson, Raymond Hemsley       Surv  Note  Exam  25  Nov   1926 
Armson, Raymond Hemsley       1st  Note   28  Nov   1929 
Armstead, William Johnson  Sheffield     2nd  Note  Exam  23  Nov   1938 
Armstrong, Alexander Campbell  Edinburgh     2nd  Note  Exam  23  Nov   1938 
Armstrong, Alfred  New Watergate (Mr. Dickinson)  1,619   2nd  Note   20  Feb   1888 
Armstrong, Allan  East Scotland  612   1st  Note   08  Jun   1893 
Armstrong, B.  Hareshaw (Mr. Southern)  908   1st  Note   17  Apr   1873 
Armstrong, B.  Carterthorne (Mr. Willis)  1,831   1st  Note   12  Jun   1873 
Armstrong, Charles  Urpeth (Mr. Willis)  644   2nd  Note   13  Jan   1888 
Armstrong, Edward  Garswood Hall (Mr. Hall)  418   2nd  Note   07  Feb   1888 
Armstrong, F. E.    2,698   Surv  Note   04  May   1912 
Armstrong, Francis Edwin  Midland  2,698   1st  Note   15  Nov   1905 
Armstrong, Frank Burton       Surv  Note   27  Nov   1924 
Armstrong, Frank Burton       1st  Note  Exam  24  May   1928 
Armstrong, George  Cardonald (Mr. Alexander)  1,008   1st  Note   24  Apr   1873 
Armstrong, George  Leasingthorne Colliery (Mr. Bell)  1,028   2nd  Note   26  Jan   1888 
Armstrong, George  Ellerbeck (Mr. Dickinson)  438   2nd  Note   10  Feb   1888 
Armstrong, George  Durham  4,065   2nd  Note   08  Sep   1900 
Armstrong, Guy Edmund  Newcastle  3,529   1st  Note   28  Feb   1910 
Armstrong, Henry  West Scotland  1,606   1st  Note   31  Dec   1881 
Armstrong, Henry  Newcastle  4,180   2nd  Note   27  Feb   1901 
Armstrong, Henry  Newcastle  2,162   1st  Note   04  Mar   1903 
Armstrong, J. S.  Durham  1,163   1st  Note   05  Sep   1878 
Armstrong, James  Newcastle  6,132   2nd  Note   22  Feb   1907 
Armstrong, James Henry  Durham  6,750   2nd  Note   03  Sep   1908 
Armstrong, James Henry  Newcastle  3,310   1st  Note   24  Feb   1909 
Armstrong, James William  Durham  4,064   2nd  Note   08  Sep   1900 
Armstrong, Jeffrey  East Scotland  3,352   1st  Note   15  Jun   1909 
Armstrong, Jeffrey    3,352   Surv  Note   31  May   1912 
Armstrong, John  Crown Meadow (Mr. Scott)  149   2nd  Note   14  Jan   1888 
Armstrong, John  Manchester  399   2nd  Note   20  Dec   1888 
Armstrong, John  Durham  1,606   2nd  Note   26  Aug   1892 
Armstrong, John  West Scotland  4,407   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1901 
Armstrong, John  Durham  5,732   2nd  Note   06  Sep   1905 
Armstrong, John  East Scotland  3,115   1st  Note   11  Jun   1908 
Armstrong, John  Newcastle  1   2nd  Note   30  Jan   1913 
Armstrong, John Muirie  West Scotland  3,564   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1898 
Armstrong, John Muirie  East Scotland  1,846   1st  Note   19  Jun   1901 
Armstrong, Joseph Steadman  Newcastle  5,811   2nd  Note   27  Feb   1906 
Armstrong, Matthew  West Scotland  3,565   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1898 
Armstrong, Peter  7 ft. and Brassey Linnyshaw (Mr. Dickinson)  2,519   1st  Note   15  Jun   1876 
Armstrong, Robert  Howden (Mr. Willis)  1,855   1st  Note   12  Jun   1873 
Armstrong, Robert Stewart       Surv  Note  Exam  22  Nov   1928 
Armstrong, Roger  Medomsley Edge (Mr. Southern)  1,709   1st  Note   07  Jun   1873 
Armstrong, Samuel  East Scotland  3,705   2nd  Note   16  Jun   1899 
Armstrong, Thomas  Newcastle  1,651   1st  Note   07  Feb   1882 
Armstrong, Thomas  East Tanfield (Mr. Willis)  292   2nd  Note   27  Jan   1888 
Armstrong, Thomas       1st  Note   00  May   1952 
Armstrong, Timothy  Newcastle  3,037   2nd  Note   02  Mar   1897 
Armstrong, W. L.  Not acting (Mr. Southern)  1,472   1st  Note   30  May   1873 
Armstrong, William  Wingate Grange (Mr. Willis)  1,614   1st  Note   04  Jun   1873 
Armstrong, William  Grosmont (Mr. Willis)  1,874   1st  Note   13  Jun   1873 
Armstrong, William  Tibshelf, No. 2. (Mr. Stokes)  961   2nd  Note   15  Feb   1888 
Armstrong, William  South Skelton (Mr. Bell)  1,743   2nd  Note   10  Mar   1888 
Armstrong, William  Newcastle  1,753   2nd  Note   15  Mar   1893 
Armstrong, William  East Scotland  5,211   2nd  Note   08  Jun   1904 
Armstrong, William  Liverpool and North Wales  5,991   2nd  Note   02  Jul   1906 
Armstrong, William  East Scotland  3,116   1st  Note   11  Jun   1908 
Armstrong, William  Durham  7,547   2nd  Note   23  Aug   1910 
Armstrong, William  Newcastle  180   2nd  Note   02  Feb   1914 
Armstrong, William       2nd  Note   00  May   1954 
Armstrong, William       1st  Note   00  Nov   1954 
Armstrong, William Sinclair  Newcastle  6,834   2nd  Note   24  Feb   1909 
Armstrong, William, jr.  Wingate Grange (Mr. Willis)  298   1st  Note   25  Feb   1873 
Armstrong, William, junr.  East Scotland  2,609   1st  Note   05  Jun   1905 
Arneil, Charles Cranston  East Scotland  3,353   1st  Note   15  Jun   1909 
Arnell, Peter Hall       Surv  Note   00  Nov   1952 
Arnold, Cyril       2nd  Note   00  May   1952 
Arnold, George  Haydock (Mr. Hall)  67   2nd  Note   06  Jan   1888 
Arnold, John  North Staffordshire  2,206   2nd  Note   06  Jul   1894 
Arnold, Leslie       2nd  Note  Exam  28  May   1931 
Arnold, Raoul Robarts  Cardiff     1st  Note  Exam  23  Nov   1933 
Arnold, Samuel  Midland  1,095   2nd  Note   16  Dec   1890 
Arnold, Thomas  Manchester  437   2nd  Note   20  Dec   1888 
Arnold, Thomas    1,594   Surv  Note   12  Dec   1912 
Arnold, William  Manchester  1,002   1st  Note   24  Dec   1881 
Arnold, William  Durham  7,553   2nd  Note   23  Aug   1910 
Arnot, Thomas  West Scotland  1,720   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1892 
Arnot, Thomas  West Scotland  998   1st  Note   31  Dec   1895 
Arnot, William  East Scotland  561   1st  Note   13  Nov   1871 
Arnott, George  Cannock Chase, 2 Pit (Mr. Scott)  516   2nd  Note   06  Jan   1888 
Arnott, John    23   Surv  Note   15  Jun   1912 
Arnott, John Thomas  South Staffordshire  1,750   2nd  Note   26  Jan   1893 
Arnott, Thomas  East Scotland  807   1st  Note   10  Jul   1876 
Arnott, William  Dalmellington (Mr. Alexander)  1,914   1st  Note   19  Jun   1873 
Arnott, William  Begg (Mr. Moore)  2,466   2nd  Note   11  May   1888 
Arrandale, John Thomas  Manchester  1,051   1st  Note   24  Dec   1877 
Arrowsmith, John Jackson    1,036   Surv  Note   30  Jul   1912 
Arrowsmith, Samuel  Ravenhead Main Delph, St. Helens (Mr. Hall)  926   2nd  Note   09  Feb   1888 
Arthur, Charles Eldred  Manchester  707   1st  Note   30  Dec   1893 
Arthur, D.  Manchester  887   1st  Note   05  Jan   1877 
Arthur, David  Harrington (Mr. Dickinson)  2,539   1st  Note   13  Dec   1876 
Arthur, George Henry  East Scotland  3,570   1st  Note   09  Jun   1910 
Arthur, J.  East Scotland  3,135   2nd  Note   16  Jun   1897 
Arthur, John S.  Noon Vale (Mr. Wales)  484   1st  Note   12  Mar   1873 
Arthur, William  South Wales  3,064   2nd  Note   10  May   1897 
Arthur, William Davie       Surv  Note   00  May   1954 
Arundel, Joe  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  1,916   2nd  Note   18  Jul   1893 
Arundel, John  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  536   1st  Note   21  Jul   1874 
Arundel, Joseph  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  2,145   1st  Note   14  Jul   1886 
Arundel, Joseph  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  1,746   1st  Note   11  Sep   1900 
Arundel, William  Wheldale (Mr. Wardell)  1,772   2nd  Note   15  Mar   1888 
Arundel, William  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  3,824   2nd  Note   30  Aug   1899 
  *
Not acting at time of grant of certificate, but the certificate was granted in consequence of service at the mine stated.

Key :–

See Note

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.) From a list published in 1896 covering the period 16th May 1873 to 31st December 1895

See Note

First Class Certificate of Service as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 31). From a list published in 1896 covering the period 1873 to 1887.
The District column contains the name of the mine (if any) in which acting as Manager at the time of grant of certificate.

See Note

Second Class Certificate of Competency as an Under Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec 23.) From a list published in 1896 covering the period 1888 to 1895

See Note

Certificate of Service (Second Class Certificate) as an Under Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1877 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec. 80) From a list published in 1896 covering the period 1888 to 1895
The District column contains the name of the mine (if any) in which acting as Manager at the time of grant of certificate.

See Note

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) From a list published in 1911 covering the period 1st January 1896 to 31st December 1910

See Note

Certificate of Competency as an Under-Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Secs. 23 and 80) From a list published in 1911 covering the period 1st January 1896 to 31st December 1910

See Note

Certificate of Service as an Under-Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Secs. 23 and 80) From a list published in 1911 covering the period 1st January 1896 to 31st December 1910

See Note

List of Persons to whom Certificates of Competency as Managers and Under-Managers of Mines have been granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec. 23), and the Coal Mines Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5 Cap. 50, Sec. 7-10), during the year ended 31st December, 1912

See Note

List of Persons to whom Certificates of Qualification as Surveyors of Mines have been granted by the Board of Mining Examinations at the Examination held on 27th November, 1912

See Note

List of Persons to whom Certificates of Qualification as Surveyor of Mines have been granted by H.M. Inspectors of Mines during the year 1912

See Note

List of Persons to whose First Class Certificates of Competency as Manager of a Mine have been endorsed by H.M. Inspectors of Mines with the Qualification of Surveyor of Mines, during the year 1912

See Note

Certificates of Competency as Managers and Under-Managers of Mines have been granted under the Coal Mines Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, Cap. 50, Sec. 7-10), at the Examinations held by the Board for Mining Examinations in May and November, 1913

See Note

List of Persons granted Certificates of Qualification as Surveyor of Mines by the Board for Mining Examinations at the Examinations held in May and November 1913.

See Note

List of Persons whose First Class Certificates of Competency as Manager of a Mine have been endorsed with the Qualification of Surveyor of Mines by H.M. Inspectors of Mines or by the Board for Mining Examinations.

See Note

Successful candidate at the examination held by the Board for Mining Examinations for First-Class Certificates of Competency (Mine Managers) on the date specified

See Note

Successful candidate at the examination held by the Board for Mining Examinations for Second Class Certificates of Competency (Mine Under-Managers) on the date specified

See Note

Successful candidate at the examination held by the Board for Mining Examinations for Certificates of Qualification as Surveyors of Mines on the date specified

Many details taken from publications held in the library at Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

 

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