Henry Brelick (formerly Brelich) died in London on November 9th, 1936, at the age of 70. He was a Hungarian by birth and became a naturalized British subject.
After serving a five-year apprenticeship with Messrs. Parfitt & Jenkins, of Cardiff, he entered the Royal School of Mines in 1888 and obtained his A.R.S.M. in Mining in 1891. In the same year he was appointed assistant manager at the Ripanji Quicksilver and Silver Mines Co., Ltd., in Serbia, and in 1894 he went to India for one year as manager of the Vizianagram Mining Co.
On his return to Europe he reported on mining properties in Spain and Portugal, and from 1896 to 1897 was employed as assistant manager of the Malacate Mining and Smelting Co., in Mexico. He then joined the staff of Messrs. Lake & Currie, and until 1899 reported on and supervised mining operations in Colorado and British Columbia.
From 1899 to 1906 he was general manager of the Anglo-French Quick-silver Mining Company, Province of Kweichou, China, and recorded his observations in a paper on ‘Chinese Methods of Mining Quick-silver’, which was published by the Institution (Trans., vol. xiv).
In the following six years he reported on mines and supervised operations in Siberia, California, Austria, Spain, Manchuria, Romania, Caucasus, New Zealand, and Mexico.
In 1912 he entered into partnership with Reginald Pawle, M. Inst. M.M., under the style of Pawle & Brelick, consulting engineers, and remained an active partner until his death.
Mr. Brelick was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1896, and was transferred to Membership in 1897.
Vol. 46, Trans I.M.M. 1936-7, pp. 818
