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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 
Spalding, Robert  East Scotland  4,604   2nd  Note   14  Jun   1902 
Spalding, Robert  East Scotland  2,248   1st  Note   16  Jun   1903 
Spalding, Robert Paul  Edinburgh     1st  Note  Exam  25  May   1938 
Spalding, William  East Scotland  5,282   2nd  Note   08  Jun   1904 
Spalding, William  East Scotland  2,656   1st  Note   05  Jun   1905 
Spanton, George  Newcastle  900   2nd  Note   26  Feb   1890 
Sparey, James John  Southern  6,056   2nd  Note   03  Oct   1906 
Sparey, James John    6,056   Surv  Note   03  Jan   1913 
Spark, Edwin       1st  Note   29  May   1924 
Spark, James William  Durham  7,535   2nd  Note   23  Aug   1910 
Spark, Norman  Newcastle     2nd  Note   00  Nov   1942 
Sparkes, Charles  Newcastle  540   1st  Note   08  Aug   1874 
Sparkes, Edward  South Wales  604   1st  Note   17  Apr   1893 
Sparkes, Gordon William       Surv  Note   00  May   1952 
Sparkes, Henry  Cardiff and Swansea  4,853   2nd  Note   29  May   1903 
Sparkes, Jacob, junr.  South Western  1,906   1st  Note   23  Jul   1884 
Sparks, Charles Edwin  Cardiff and Swansea  6,660   2nd  Note   29  Jun   1908 
Sparks, Edward  South Wales  912   2nd  Note   03  Apr   1890 
Sparks, Jacob  South Western  1,547   1st  Note   21  Jul   1881 
Sparrow, William B.  East Scotland  2,504   2nd  Note   13  Jun   1895 
Spaulding, Joshua  - (Mr. Moore)  1,811   2nd  Note   22  Mar   1888 
Speak, Henry  Liverpool and North Wales  8,215   2nd  Note   24  Jun   1912 
Speak, Robert       2nd  Note   27  Nov   1924 
Speak, S.  Barn Farm (Mr. Baker)  2,328   1st  Note   09  Jan   1874 
Speake, Joseph Chilton  Stafford  5,157   2nd  Note   13  May   1904 
Speakman, Frank       2nd  Note   24  Nov   1932 
Speakman, Fred    1,062   Surv  Note   21  Dec   1912 
Speakman, H.  Manchester  2,363   1st  Note   30  Dec   1887 
Speakman, Harold Egerton       1st  Note  Exam  26  Nov   1925 
Speakman, James  Agecroft (Mr. Dickinson)  451   2nd  Note   10  Feb   1888 
Speakman, James  Liverpool and North Wales  8,216   2nd  Note   24  Jun   1912 
Speakman, John  Broadfield (Mr. Dickinson)  1,441   1st  Note   29  May   1873 
Speakman, Thomas  Manchester and Ireland  6,825   2nd  Note   06  Jan   1909 
Speakman, William  Garswood Coal and Iron Co., Limited (Mr. Hall)  1,048   2nd  Note   28  Jan   1888 
Speakman, William  Manchester  3,607   2nd  Note   10  Jan   1899 
Spear, Arthur Egbert    3,843   Surv  Note   03  Jan   1913 
Spear, John  Braysdown (Mr. Baker)  906   1st  Note   17  Apr   1873 
Spearman, Richard       1st  Note   00  Nov   1954 
Speers, R., sen.  Not acting (Mr. Alexander)  1,237   1st  Note   16  May   1873 
Speight, John  Geldard (Mr. Wardell)  1,504   1st  Note   31  May   1873 
Speir, David  East Scotland  5,283   2nd  Note   08  Jun   1904 
Speir, David  East Scotland  2,798   1st  Note   12  Jun   1906 
Speir, William  Balgonie (Mr. Moore)  1,813   2nd  Note   22  Mar   1888 
Speir, William  East Scotland  5,656   2nd  Note   05  Jun   1905 
Speir, William  East Scotland  3,021   1st  Note   14  Jun   1907 
Speir, William  Edinburgh     2nd  Note  Exam  25  May   1938 
Speir, William  Edinburgh     1st  Note  Exam  24  May   1939 
Speirs, Archibald  West Scotland  2,252   1st  Note   13  Jan   1904 
Speirs, Archibald       2nd  Note  Exam  25  Nov   1926 
Speirs, Archibald       1st  Note  Exam  23  May   1929 
Speirs, John  East Scotland  7,361   2nd  Note   09  Jun   1910 
Speirs, Robert  East Scotland  2,841   2nd  Note   11  Jun   1896 
Speirs, Robert       2nd  Note   27  Nov   1924 
Speller, John       2nd  Note  Exam  29  May   1930 
Spence, Arthur Magnus  Newcastle  3,561   1st  Note   28  Feb   1910 
Spence, Arthur Magnus    3,561   Surv  Note   16  Dec   1912 
Spence, David  West Scotland  780   1st  Note   09  Feb   1876 
Spence, David  Manchester  1,708   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1891 
Spence, David  Manchester  862   1st  Note   12  Jan   1895 
Spence, David       2nd  Note  Exam  29  May   1930 
Spence, David  Edinburgh     Surv  Note  Exam  23  Nov   1938 
Spence, David  Glasgow     1st  Note   00  May   1944 
Spence, George  Clifton (Mr. Southern)  65   1st  Note   13  Jan   1873 
Spence, James  Haywood (Mr. Moore)  1,960   1st  Note   25  Jun   1873 
Spence, James  West Scotland  777   1st  Note   09  Feb   1876 
Spence, James  Springbank (Mr. Moore)  2,468   2nd  Note   11  May   1888 
Spence, John  West Scotland  518   1st  Note   17  Jul   1874 
Spence, John  East Scotland  3,774   2nd  Note   16  Jun   1899 
Spence, John  East Scotland  2,657   1st  Note   05  Jun   1905 
Spence, John  Scotland  8,126   2nd  Note   10  Jun   1912 
Spence, John Henry  Newcastle  225   2nd  Note   02  Feb   1914 
Spence, John Henry       1st  Note   28  May   1919 
Spence, R. F.  Newcastle  978   1st  Note   26  Feb   1877 
Spence, Thomas  Newcastle  1,518   1st  Note   11  Mar   1881 
Spence, Thomas  Newcastle-upon-Tyne     1st  Note   00  May   1944 
Spence, Thomas Edward Wright  Durham  2,600   2nd  Note   01  Oct   1895 
Spencer, A.  Shawsburn (Mr. Moore)  1,182   1st  Note   09  May   1873 
Spencer, Brian       1st  Note  Exam  27  Nov   1930 
Spencer, E. D.  Manchester  2,359   1st  Note   30  Dec   1887 
Spencer, Edgar       2nd  Note   24  Nov   1932 
Spencer, G.    1,458   Surv  Note   20  Dec   1912 
Spencer, George  Manchester  1,458   1st  Note   24  Dec   1880 
Spencer, George  Bredbury (Mr. Wynne)  588   2nd  Note   10  Jan   1888 
Spencer, George Henry Nadauld  Birmingham     2nd  Note  Exam  24  May   1939 
Spencer, James  Sheffield     2nd  Note  Exam  26  May   1937 
Spencer, John William       2nd  Note  Exam  28  May   1925 
Spencer, Lewis Harold       Surv  Note   26  Nov   1919 
Spencer, Matthew  Bredbury (Mr. Wynne)  234   2nd  Note   24  Jan   1888 
Spencer, Peter Tinsley       Surv  Note   00  May   1952 
Spencer, R.  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  1,000   1st  Note   05  Jul   1877 
Spencer, R.    1,000   Surv  Note   24  Dec   1912 
Spencer, R. S.    2,321   Surv  Note   06  Dec   1912 
Spencer, Richard Sidney  Manchester and Ireland  2,321   1st  Note   08  Jan   1904 
Spencer, Samuel  Arley (Mr. Hall)  848   2nd  Note   02  Feb   1888 
Spencer, Samuel  Liverpool  4,054   2nd  Note   21  Jun   1900 
Spencer, Tom  Manchester and Ireland  7,621   2nd  Note   10  Jan   1911 
Spencer, W.  Not acting (Mr. Willis)  1,327   1st  Note   26  May   1873 
Sperring, Joseph  Dixons Horseley (Mr. Scott)  553   2nd  Note   06  Jan   1888 
Sperrink, Edward Ernest  Birmingham     2nd  Note   22  Nov   1939 
Sperrink, Edward Ernest  Stoke-on-Trent     1st  Note   00  Nov   1943 
Spicer, John Ernest  Stafford  6,868   2nd  Note   10  May   1909 
Spicer, John Ernest  Midland  3,498   1st  Note   30  Oct   1909 
Spiers, Adam  West Scotland  2,089   1st  Note   31  Dec   1885 
Spiers, Archibald  West Scotland  3,580   2nd  Note   31  Dec   1898 
Spiers, John  West Scotland  522   1st  Note   17  Jul   1874 
Spiers, John  West Scotland  4,129   2nd  Note   29  Dec   1900 
Spiers, R. J.  Quarter (Mr. Moore)  2,009   1st  Note   02  Jul   1873 
Spiers, Robert  Carmyle (Mr. Ronaldson)  1,891   2nd  Note   05  Apr   1888 
Spiers, Robert McL.  East Scotland  3,461   2nd  Note   11  Jun   1898 
Spiers, William  East Scotland  109   2nd  Note   08  Jun   1888 
Spiers, William  West Scotland  703   1st  Note   30  Dec   1893 
Spistram, George  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  140   2nd  Note   30  Jun   1888 
Spooner, George  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  636   2nd  Note   05  Jul   1889 
Spooner, George  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  264   1st  Note   17  Jul   1890 
Spooner, George Edward  Sheffield  150   2nd  Note   30  Jul   1913 
Spooner, Harvey Gladstone       1st  Note  Exam  27  Nov   1930 
Spooner, Isaiah  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  998   2nd  Note   17  Jul   1890 
Spooner, John Thomas  South Staffordshire  2,070   2nd  Note   20  Jan   1894 
Spooner, Peter  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  492   1st  Note   26  Jul   1892 
Spooner, Peter, junr.  Manchester  398   2nd  Note   20  Dec   1888 
Spours, J. L.  Wearmouth (Mr. Southern)  391   1st  Note   05  Mar   1873 
Spowart, Stephen Arthur Henry       Surv  Note  Exam  26  Nov   1931 
Spowart, William Hunter  Glasgow     Surv  Note   00  Nov   1943 
Spray, William  Midland  375   2nd  Note   21  Nov   1888 
Springthorpe, J.  Yorkshire and Lincolnshire  2,547   2nd  Note   31  Jul   1895 
Springthorpe, Joseph  Midland  637   1st  Note   29  Mar   1875 
Springthorpe, William  Dunston (Mr. Stokes)  261   2nd  Note   27  Jan   1888 
Sproat, Edward       Surv  Note   00  Nov   1954 
Sproson, Albert  North Staffordshire  2,865   2nd  Note   02  Jul   1896 
Sproson, Albert  North Staffordshire  1,899   1st  Note   01  Jul   1901 
Sproson, Leonard  Liverpool and North Wales  6,699   2nd  Note   09  Jul   1908 
Spruce, John  Stow Lawn (Mr. Baker)  1,971   1st  Note   25  Jun   1873 
Spruce, Robert  Stoke-on-Trent     2nd  Note   00  May   1944 
Spruce, Samuel  Kettlebrook (Mr. Evans)  5   1st  Note   08  Jan   1873 
Spruce, Samuel Spencer       2nd  Note   28  May   1919 
Spruce, Stanley Edgar  Birmingham  151   2nd  Note   30  Jul   1913 
Spruce, Titus  Stone Road (Mr. Wynne)  2,796   2nd  Note   06  Sep   1888 
Spry, John  Newcastle  5,465   2nd  Note   22  Feb   1905 
Spry, John  East Scotland  2,658   1st  Note   05  Jun   1905 
Spry, John    2,658   Surv  Note   05  Oct   1912 
Spurling, George  Liverpool and North Wales  5,695   2nd  Note   27  Jun   1905 
  *
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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