Joseph Ballantyne Dykes died at Chilworth, Surrey, on December 23rd, 1917.
He was about 50 years of age, and an Associate of the Royal School of Mines, where he obtained his diploma in both metallurgy and mining.
Almost the whole of his professional career was spent in the Malay States, whither he repaired in 1892, a few months after leaving the Royal School of Mines. He was Inspector of Mines in Perak from 1892 to 1886, and afterwards held the post of manager to the Leh Chin Mining Company, of Perak, for one year. In 1897 he was Inspector of Mines in Selangor, and a year later was appointed Warden of Mines in the Negri Sembilan district. Subsequently he became Senior Warden of Mines in Kuala Lumpu, and held this position until 1910, when he returned to England and took up a responsible engagement in London in connection with the Malay States Development Agency.
Mr. Dykes was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1897 and transferred to Membership in 1900.
Vol. 27, Trans IMM 1917-18, p.394
