William Battlescombe Bishop was 51 years of age at his death.
He was educated at Clifton, and on completing his education he went to Australia, where he worked as a miner from 1882 to 1886. Thence he went to South Africa, where he was employed in a similar capacity until 1890. During these periods he gained experience in all branches of underground work. In 1890 he was appointed manager of the Puente Viesgo, Quien Sabe and El Medico mines at Santander, Spain, and incidentally examined and reported on other mining properties in that country.
The mines with which he was connected closed down in 1896, and Mr. Bishop went to Australia, where he was at first occupied in completing the erection of the machinery at the Abbott Mine, and spent the next few years in examining and reporting on mining properties, including a trip to Western Australia in 1902 in charge of an exploring party.
From 1902 to 1905 he engaged in private practice in Australia and Europe, and from 1905 to 1908 held the position of consulting engineer to the Escalera Silver-Lead Mining Co., Spain. From 1908 to the date of his death he was consulting engineer for several mines in Spain and Colorado.
Mr. Bishop was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1905.
Vol. 23, Trans I.M.M. 1913-14, p. 521
