Edward Thomas Mellor
Edward Thomas Mellor (1868- )
1922 D.Sc., F.G.S., M.Inst.M.M., F.R.S. (S.A.), P.-Pres. Geol. S. (S.A.), Cons. Geologist, Central Min. and Investment Corporation and Rand Mines, Ltd.; b. 1868; s. of George E. Mellor. Ed. Grammar School, Manchester. Training: Victoria University. Dalton Prizeman. Prof. of Geology, University College, Southampton; Asst. Director, Geological Survey, Union of S. Af., 1902-6; Cons. Geologist to the Central Min., Rand Mines Group, 1916; carried out the detailed mapping of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields, the Witbank-Middelburg Coal Field, the Waterberg Tin Fields, and various other districts in the Transvaal for the. Union Geological Survey; directed extensive boring and other exploratory work in various min. fields in S. Af. Publ.: " The Geology of the Transvaal Coal Measures," and " Waterberg Tin Fields," " The Rand Conglomerates," Trans. I.M.M., 1916 (awarded Consolidated Gold Fields Premium) " Geological Map of the Witwatersrand Gold Field." Numerous other Geological Survey Reports and. Scientific Papers in the Transactions Geological Socs. of London, S. Af., etc. Club: Rand, Johannesburg.. Address: c/o Central Min. and Investment Corporation, Johannesburg.