Arthur Warner Hooke died at Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 18th October, 1949, at the age of 68.
After studying mining and mechanical engineering from 1898 to 1900 at Sydney Technical College he had four years’ practical experience in various mines in New South Wales, including Peal; Hill Proprietary mines and Commonwealth Gold Extraction Co. He was assistant manager and surveyor at Wolumia Gold Mines, Ltd., in 1906 and then for six months held the appointment of manager. In 1907 he became sub manager and assayer to Tasmanian Consols, Ltd., and in the following year was made general manager. From 1909 to 1910 Mr. Hooke held the position of manager of Montana Tin Syndicate, Tasmania, and later superintended sampling at the Dreadnought mine for two months.
He then joined Juga (Nigeria) Tin and Power Co., Ltd., as manager, and at the same time was in charge of Lucky Chance Mines, Ltd., until 1913, when he was made manager of Forum River (Nigeria) Tin Co., Ltd. Three years later he accepted the additional appointment of manager of Bisichi Tin Co. (Nigeria), Ltd., and in 1918 was also consulting engineer to Ninghi (Nigeria) Tin Co., Ltd. From 1923 to 1924 Mr. Hooke was general manager of Batura and Monguna tin mines, Nigeria. In 1932 he carried out examinations in Guiana, and in the following year was appointed general manager of Lower Ancobra (Gold Coast) Areas. From 1935 he served for five years as general manager of Van Emden (Dutch Guiana) Gold Mines, Ltd. In 1942 he returned to Bisichi as general manager until I947, taking over the managership of Ashanti Adowsena Goldfields, Ltd., in 1948. He had only recently returned to England from the Gold Coast.
Mr. Hooke was elected to Associateship of the Institution in 1908, and was transferred to Membership in 1920.
Vol. 59, Trans IMM 1949-50, p.?
See report by A.W. Hooke on pages 92-110 of:
Calvert, Albert Frederick (1872-1946), 1910, Nigeria and its tin fields (London, E. Stanford)
