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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 
Foden, Enoch  North Staffordshire  593   1st  Note   20  Jan   1876 
Fogg, James  Midland  5,382   2nd  Note   18  Nov   1904 
Fogg, John Thomas  Manchester  2,674   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1895 
Foggin, William  Durham  865   1st  Note   31  Aug   1876 
Foggo, J. F.    2,423   Surv  Note   23  Oct   1912 
Foggo, John Frederick  East Scotland  2,423   1st  Note   08  Jun   1904 
Foggo, Matthew  South Staffordshire  1,330   1st  Note   27  Jan   1898 
Foggo, Matthew    1,330   Surv  Note   29  Oct   1912 
Foley, Edward  Himley (Mr. Scott)  544   2nd  Note   06  Jan   1888 
Foley, Henry  Grove and Bonvilles Court (Mr. Wales)  1,340   1st  Note   26  May   1873 
Foley, Isaiah  Homer Hill (Mr. Baker)  1,442   1st  Note   29  May   1873 
Foley, William  Kilgetty (Mr. Wales)  895   1st  Note   16  Apr   1873 
Folwell, George Arthur  Wigan     2nd  Note  Exam  27  May   1936 
Folwell, Keith       1st  Note   00  May   1954 
Foot, F. R.  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  999   1st  Note   05  Jul   1877 
Foot, James Stanley  Manchester and Ireland  2,900   1st  Note   07  Jan   1907 
Forbes, A.  West Scotland  902   1st  Note   16  Jan   1877 
Forbes, Alexander  West Scotland  1,724   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1892 
Forbes, Alexander  East Scotland  618   1st  Note   08  Jun   1893 
Forbes, David  Scotland  8,091   2nd  Note   10  Jun   1912 
Forbes, Hugh    1,597   Surv  Note   12  Dec   1912 
Forbes, Hugh Nimmo       1st  Note   23  May   1917 
Forbes, Stewart Baxter  Glasgow     1st  Note   00  May   1942 
Forbes, Thomas  East Scotland  5,229   2nd  Note   08  Jun   1904 
Forbes, William James       Surv  Note  Exam  22  May   1935 
Forbes, William James  Edinburgh     1st  Note  Exam  25  May   1938 
Forbister, Isaac  Newcastle  1,181   2nd  Note   13  Feb   1891 
Ford, Alan Lothian       2nd  Note  Exam  29  May   1930 
Ford, Alan Lothian       1st  Note  Exam  28  May   1931 
Ford, Andrew Law  Glasgow     2nd  Note   04  Jul   1940 
Ford, Andrew Law  Glasgow     1st  Note   00  Nov   1942 
Ford, Eric Lonfwin    3,984   Surv  Note   30  Apr   1912 
Ford, Eric Loufwin  Newcastle  3,984   1st  Note   13  Mar   1912 
Ford, Fred  Doncaster     Surv  Note   00  May   1943 
Ford, Harry       2nd  Note  Exam  26  May   1932 
Ford, Henry  Stoke-on-Trent     1st  Note   00  Nov   1943 
Ford, Isaac  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  1,899   1st  Note   16  Jul   1884 
Ford, James  Victoria, Garesfield (Mr. Willis)  161   2nd  Note   18  Jan   1888 
Ford, James  Midland  74   1st  Note   19  Nov   1888 
Ford, John Robert  Cardiff and Swansea  5,173   2nd  Note   30  May   1904 
Ford, Joseph  Newcastle  5,818   2nd  Note   27  Feb   1906 
Ford, Joseph  Newcastle  3,319   1st  Note   24  Feb   1909 
Ford, Joseph       2nd  Note  Exam  22  Nov   1928 
Ford, Leo Dorey  Newcastle  4   Surv  Note   27  Nov   1912 
Ford, Leo Dorey  Newcastle  16   1st  Note   30  Jan   1913 
Ford, Mark  Newcastle  875   2nd  Note   26  Feb   1890 
Ford, Mark  Durham  281   1st  Note   07  Oct   1890 
Ford, Mark    281   Surv  Note   09  Oct   1912 
Ford, Seward  Southern  6,055   2nd  Note   03  Oct   1906 
Ford, Thomas  East Tanfield (Mr. Willis)  1,037   2nd  Note   28  Jan   1888 
Ford, Thomas  Newcastle  3,352   2nd  Note   04  Mar   1898 
Ford, Thomas  Newcastle  2,178   1st  Note   04  Mar   1903 
Ford, Thomas    2,178   Surv  Note   07  Dec   1912 
Ford, William  Simon Wood (Mr. Wardell)  467   2nd  Note   18  Feb   1888 
Ford, William Eric       Surv  Note  Exam  22  May   1935 
Fordyce, Alfred Wolseley       1st  Note   27  May   1914 
Fordyce, William       2nd  Note  Exam  26  May   1927 
Foreman, Harry Maynard       1st  Note  Exam  25  May   1933 
Forestier-Walker, Charles Evelyn  South Wales  1,514   1st  Note   25  May   1899 
Forey, Frederick  Cardiff and Swansea  5,871   2nd  Note   12  Jun   1906 
Forgan, William Henderson       1st  Note   28  Nov   1929 
Forgie, James J.  East Scotland  814   1st  Note   10  Jul   1876 
Forrest, Alexander  West Scotland  1,417   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1891 
Forrest, Alexander  East Scotland  1,505   2nd  Note   17  Jun   1892 
Forrest, Alexander  West Scotland  692   1st  Note   30  Dec   1893 
Forrest, David  Broadrigg (Mr. Moore)  2,658   2nd  Note   24  May   1888 
Forrest, Ernest Scott  Stafford  4,814   2nd  Note   06  May   1903 
Forrest, Ernest Scott  Stafford  2,585   1st  Note   28  Apr   1905 
Forrest, Ernest Scott    2,585   Surv  Note   24  Jul   1912 
Forrest, John  East Scotland  5,945   2nd  Note   12  Jun   1906 
Forrest, John C.  South Western  1,412   1st  Note   21  Jul   1880 
Forrest, Richard J.  Newcastle  1,182   2nd  Note   13  Feb   1891 
Forrest, Robert  Victoria (Mr. Wardell)  2,011   2nd  Note   20  Feb   1888 
Forrest, Thomas  Durham  1,704   1st  Note   16  Sep   1882 
Forrest, William  Auchinheath (Mr. Moore)  722   1st  Note   31  Mar   1873 
Forrest, William  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  2,221   2nd  Note   31  Jul   1894 
Forrester, Alexander  Glasgow     2nd  Note   00  May   1944 
Forrester, George  Ironstone, Ipstones (Mr. Wynne)  586   2nd  Note   10  Jan   1888 
Forrester, Gerard Harris       2nd  Note  Exam  28  May   1931 
Forrester, H. C.  East Scotland  771   1st  Note   23  Jun   1894 
Forrester, James  East Scotland  6,529   2nd  Note   11  Jun   1908 
Forrester, James King       Surv  Note   27  May   1914 
Forrester, John Alexander Leckie  Edinburgh     1st  Note  Exam  25  Nov   1937 
Forrester, Robert Henry  East Scotland  2,216   1st  Note   16  Jun   1903 
Forrester, William  East Scotland  279   1st  Note   26  Nov   1873 
Forster, David       Surv  Note   00  Nov   1952 
Forster, Edward  St. Helen's (Mr. Bell)  480   1st  Note   12  Mar   1873 
Forster, Frank  Newcastle  3,624   2nd  Note   06  Mar   1899 
Forster, George  Manchester and Ireland  3,298   1st  Note   06  Jan   1909 
Forster, George William  Durham  5,026   2nd  Note   12  Sep   1903 
Forster, John Henry Bacon  Newcastle  1,035   1st  Note   03  Mar   1896 
Forster, John Thomas  Newcastle  539   1st  Note   08  Aug   1874 
Forster, John William       2nd  Note  Exam  27  Nov   1930 
Forster, Joseph  Newcastle  5,455   2nd  Note   22  Feb   1905 
Forster, Joseph       2nd  Note   00  May   1954 
Forster, Matthew  Blaydon Main (Mr. Willis)  212   2nd  Note   21  Jan   1888 
Forster, Matthew  Durham  2,916   2nd  Note   28  Sep   1896 
Forster, Richard  Trimdon Grange (Mr. Willis)  37   1st  Note   09  Jan   1873 
Forster, Robert  Newcastle  3,046   2nd  Note   02  Mar   1897 
Forster, Robert Noel       2nd  Note  Exam  23  May   1929 
Forster, Robert Noel       1st  Note  Exam  29  May   1930 
Forster, Thomas  North Staffordshire  2,287   1st  Note   13  Jul   1887 
Forster, William  Durham  3,229   2nd  Note   07  Sep   1897 
Forsyth, David  East Scotland  3,594   1st  Note   09  Jun   1910 
Forsyth, David    3,594   Surv  Note   06  Jul   1912 
Forsyth, Francis F.  East Scotland  1,525   1st  Note   08  Jun   1881 
Forsyth, Francis W.  Dandote, India (Mr. Bell)  2,830   2nd  Note   11  Oct   1888 
Forsyth, Frank  Scotland  4,036   1st  Note   10  Jun   1912 
Forsyth, James  Balquhatstone (Mr. Moore)  1,450   2nd  Note   21  Mar   1888 
Forsyth, James  East Scotland  39   1st  Note   08  Jun   1888 
Forsyth, James  West Scotland  1,122   2nd  Note   08  Jan   1891 
Forsyth, Robert  St. Helen's Colliery (Mr. Bell)  1,636   2nd  Note   28  Feb   1888 
Forsyth, Robert Gillespie       2nd  Note  Exam  22  Nov   1928 
Forsyth, Robert Gillespie  Glasgow     1st  Note   00  May   1943 
Forsyth, Thomas       1st  Note  Exam  23  May   1929 
Forsyth, Thomas  Stoke     2nd  Note   00  May   1943 
Forsyth, William  Heathery Knowe (Mr. Alexander)  946   1st  Note   19  Apr   1873 
Forsyth, William  Rough Craig (Mr. Moore)  2,352   1st  Note   05  Feb   1874 
Forsyth, William  East Scotland  452   1st  Note   17  Jun   1874 
Forsyth, William  Devon (Mr. Moore)  2,523   2nd  Note   25  Apr   1888 
Forsyth, William  West Scotland  181   1st  Note   02  Jan   1890 
Forsyth, William    181   Surv  Note   08  Nov   1912 
Fort, Robert A.    1,269   Surv  Note   03  Jul   1912 
Fortune, George Forbes  East Scotland  3,372   1st  Note   15  Jun   1909 
Fortune, George Forbes    3,372   Surv  Note   16  Aug   1913 
Foster, Alexander  East Scotland  3,373   1st  Note   15  Jun   1909 
Foster, Alexander    3,373   Surv  Note   10  Jul   1912 
Foster, Alfred  Birmingham  5   Surv  Note   27  Nov   1912 
Foster, E.  Ystradgunlais (Mr. Wales)  1,204   1st  Note   12  May   1873 
Foster, Ernest  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  2,874   2nd  Note   31  Jul   1896 
Foster, Evan  Mynachdy (Mr. Robson)  2,490   2nd  Note   16  May   1888 
Foster, Evan J., jun.  Gilfach Colliery (Mr. Wales)  2,602   1st  Note   17  Apr   1880 
Foster, G.    3,298   Surv  Note   04  May   1912 
Foster, George  Brittania Main (Mr. Wardell)  234   1st  Note   17  Feb   1873 
Foster, George  Cwm (Mr. Martin)  2,659   2nd  Note   24  May   1888 
Foster, George  East Scotland  5,590   2nd  Note   05  Jun   1905 
Foster, George       2nd  Note   27  May   1914 
Foster, H. G.  Manchester  1,047   1st  Note   24  Dec   1877 
Foster, Harold       2nd  Note  Exam  29  May   1930 
Foster, Harold       1st  Note  Exam  25  May   1933 
Foster, Harold Taylor  York and Lincoln  2,484   1st  Note   15  Jul   1904 
Foster, Harry       Surv  Note   27  May   1914 
Foster, Isaac  West Lane (Mr. Wardell)  415   1st  Note   07  Mar   1873 
Foster, Ivor Lewis  Cardiff  95   2nd  Note   30  Jul   1913 
Foster, James  Sutton Heath (Mr. Hall)  1,311   2nd  Note   24  Feb   1888 
Foster, James Arnold       2nd  Note  Exam  24  May   1928 
Foster, James Reynold  Newcastle  96   2nd  Note   30  Jul   1913 
Foster, John  Barns Farm and Bilston New (Mr. Baker)  340   1st  Note   28  Feb   1873 
Foster, John  Blaguegate (Mr. Bell)  1,028   1st  Note   26  Apr   1873 
Foster, John  Moss Hall and Low Hall (Mr. Hall)  1,287   2nd  Note   24  Feb   1888 
Foster, John  Southern  3,265   1st  Note   25  Sep   1908 
Foster, John    3,265   Surv  Note   30  Dec   1912 
Foster, John  Wigan     2nd  Note   00  May   1943 
Foster, John Henry  Manchester and Ireland  5,797   2nd  Note   19  Jan   1906 
Foster, John W.  Manchester  77   1st  Note   21  Dec   1888 
Foster, John Walter       2nd  Note  Exam  24  Nov   1927 
Foster, Joseph  Manchester  3,591   2nd  Note   10  Jan   1899 
Foster, Joseph  Manchester and Ireland  5,413   2nd  Note   10  Jan   1905 
Foster, Joseph  Manchester and Ireland  2,737   1st  Note   19  Jan   1906 
Foster, Joseph  Durham  7,160   2nd  Note   03  Sep   1909 
Foster, Joseph  South Wales  8,281   2nd  Note   28  Jun   1912 
Foster, Josiah       2nd  Note   27  Nov   1924 
Foster, Josiah       1st  Note  Exam  28  May   1925 
Foster, Ronald       Surv  Note  Exam  26  Nov   1931 
Foster, Ronald  Wigan     1st  Note   00  Nov   1942 
Foster, Thomas  New Oaks (Mr. Wardell)  1,321   2nd  Note   24  Feb   1888 
Foster, Thomas  Valentia and Tividale, New (Mr. Scott)  2,217   2nd  Note   29  Mar   1888 
Foster, Thomas  Birmingham  196   2nd  Note   02  Feb   1914 
Foster, Thomas  Doncaster     2nd  Note   00  May   1944 
Foster, Walter  Sheffield     Surv  Note  Exam  25  Nov   1937 
Foster, William  Liverpool  947   2nd  Note   11  Jul   1890 
Foster, William       1st  Note   00  Nov   1954 
Foster, William Stanley       Surv  Note  Exam  27  Nov   1930 
Foster, William Stanley  Newcastle     1st  Note   00  May   1942 
Fothergill, John William  Newcastle  6,840   2nd  Note   24  Feb   1909 
Fothergill, Thomas  Durham  3,539   2nd  Note   11  Oct   1898 
Foulds, George  Atherton (Mr. Dickinson)  434   2nd  Note   10  Feb   1888 
Foulkes, Moses  North Staffordshire  855   1st  Note   15  Jul   1876 
Foulkes, Thomas Henry  Midland  4,721   2nd  Note   14  Nov   1902 
Fountain, William Robert       2nd  Note   28  Nov   1929 
Fowke, Thomas  Birmingham     1st  Note  Exam  27  May   1936 
Fowke, William  Birmingham     1st  Note  Exam  27  May   1936 
Fowkes, Alfred    904   Surv  Note   19  Dec   1912 
Fowkes, Alfred       1st  Note   27  May   1914 
Fowler, Albert Ernest  Scotland  4,037   1st  Note   10  Jun   1912 
Fowler, Albert Ernest    4,037   Surv  Note   18  Dec   1912 
Fowler, Alexander  East Scotland  4,007   2nd  Note   19  Jun   1900 
Fowler, G. C.    817   Surv  Note   28  Nov   1912 
Fowler, George  Babbington (Mr. Evans)  365   1st  Note   03  Mar   1873 
Fowler, George Carrington  Midland  817   1st  Note   27  Nov   1894 
Fowler, George Herbert  Midland  2,290   1st  Note   23  Nov   1903 
Fowler, J. C.  Durham  2,323   1st  Note   20  Oct   1887 
Fowler, Matthew  Rock (Ireland) (Mr. Wardell)  556   1st  Note   19  Mar   1873 
Fowler, Robert  East Scotland  1,120   1st  Note   27  Jun   1878 
Fowler, Robert Norman  Durham  3,457   1st  Note   03  Sep   1909 
Fowler, Robert Norman    3,457   Surv  Note   28  Jun   1912 
Fowler, Thomas  Nettlesworth (Mr. Willis)  980   1st  Note   22  Apr   1873 
Fowler, Thomas  Manchester  1,736   1st  Note   02  Jan   1883 
Fowler, Walter C.  Midland  404   1st  Note   26  Feb   1874 
Fox, Albert Raymond  Cardiff     1st  Note   00  Nov   1942 
Fox, Arthur  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  3,201   2nd  Note   19  Aug   1897 
Fox, Arthur Ernest       1st  Note  Exam  28  May   1925 
Fox, Eric  Doncaster     Surv  Note   00  Nov   1943 
Fox, George Wilfrid       Surv  Note  Exam  25  Nov   1926 
Fox, Harry Raymond  Newcastle     Surv  Note  Exam  23  Nov   1938 
Fox, Henry  South-Western  218   2nd  Note   04  Aug   1888 
Fox, John  Bradford, Manchester (Mr. Dickinson)  1,184   2nd  Note   07  Feb   1888 
Fox, John  South Staffordshire  2,704   2nd  Note   17  Jan   1896 
Fox, John  South Staffordshire  1,647   1st  Note   18  Jan   1900 
Fox, John Henry  Cardiff     1st  Note  Exam  25  May   1938 
Fox, Robert William       2nd  Note  Exam  24  May   1928 
Fox, Samuel       2nd  Note   28  Nov   1929 
Fox, Thomas  South Wales  2,424   2nd  Note   11  May   1895 
Fox, William       Surv  Note   00  Nov   1954 
Foxall, Samuel  Stafford  5,472   2nd  Note   28  Apr   1905 
Foxall, Samuel  Liverpool and North Wales  3,425   1st  Note   22  Jun   1909 
Foxall, Samuel    3,425   Surv  Note   03  Jan   1913 
Foxall, Thomas  South Staffordshire  1,157   2nd  Note   23  Jan   1891 
Foxley, Harry  Liverpool and North Wales  8,163   2nd  Note   24  Jun   1912 
Foy, John James  Newcastle  6,841   2nd  Note   24  Feb   1909 
Foy, Joseph  East Scotland  5,591   2nd  Note   05  Jun   1905 
Foy, Joseph  East Scotland  3,374   1st  Note   15  Jun   1909 
Foyster, Kenneth Basil  East Scotland  3,131   1st  Note   11  Jun   1908 
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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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