John James Addington Page died on 18th August, 1959, at the age of 82.
He was a student at the Royal School of Mines from 1899 to 1903, and during vacation periods gained experience in the Halkyn Mines, Flintshire, and at mines in Germany. He gained the A.R.S.M. in mining and metallurgy in 1903.
In that year he left for Korea to work for British and Korean Corporation, Ltd., as assistant engineer, and when the company ceased operations late in 1905 he joined the Geological Survey of India. His work as assistant superintendent was principally concerned with the mining industries of Lower Burma, the wolfram and tin of Mergui and Tavoy, and the Mawchi mines, Karenni.
Mr. Page left the Survey in 1914 and set up on his own account as consulting mining engineer and geologist, specializing in wolfram and tin properties in Burma and the East Indies. For a time he managed his own tin mine in Tavoy, and from 1927 to 1929 reported on mineral properties in Sumatra and Burma. He was appointed a director of Anglo Burma Tin Co., Ltd., in 1932, and remained on the board until his death. He was also for a time a director of Acier Securities, Ltd. Mr. Page retired from active professional work about 1939, and lived in England.
He joined the Institution as a Student in 1901, and was elected an Associate Member in 1906.
Vol. 69, Trans I.M.M., 1959-60, p.484
