Henry Morley White died on 1st July, 1949, at the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, at the age of 71.
He was educated at Homefield House School, Camborne, Cornwall, and in 1893 began work in the Carn Brea and Tincroft mines under his father, where he learned surveying, and also attended Redruth School of Mines.
In May, 1898, he obtained a position with Messrs. John Taylor & Sons as under agent at the Fortuna mines in Spain, and two years later was transferred to the Linares Lead Mining Co., in 1903 being advanced to the position of chief agent. Mr. White was appointed mine agent and assistant manager at the Cordoba Copper Co.’s mines at Cerro Muriano, Spain, in 1909, where he remained until 1919. He then went to India on joining Champion Reef Gold Mining Co., Ltd. He was appointed chief mine agent in 1920 and in 1934 became superintendent of Champion Reef, continuing in this position until his retirement in 1945. He returned to live in Cornwall, and in 1948 was elected President of the Cornish Mining Development Association.
Mr. White, who served as Member of Council for India from 1939 to 1943, was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1905 and was transferred to Membership in 1913.
Vol. 59, Trans IMM 1949-50, p.?
