Francis J. Stephens
Francis J. Stephens (1865- )
1922 F.G.S., Cons. Min. Engr.; Mineral Agent to Sir Courtenay Vyvyan; b. 1865; s. of John Stephens, of Ashfield, Falmouth, J.P. Co. Cornwall. Ed. Sidcot and Privately. Training: Camborne School of Mines, etc. Medallist, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Soc.; Gold Medal (Bolitho ), Royal Geol. Soc., Cornwall; services rendered to Cornish Scientific Knowledge. Career: Several years in the Far East and India as Mine Manager; Prospecting and Exploring in the Himalayas, near the border of Nepal and Tibet, discovered a large mineralize area; quoted as an Authority on Ancient Cornish Min.; 6 years Manager Kuaben Mine, Norway; special knowledge of the rarer minerals used in the manufacture of High-Grade Steel. About 5o papers in Scientific Publs.: "A Series on the Ancient Min. Districts of Cornwall," " Notes on the Roskear Min. District, N. of Tuckingmill," "A Report on Accessible Minerals in West of England, 1916," Application of so-called Rare Metals to Modern Commercial Use, 1911," "The Governors of St. Mawes Castle," Antiquarian, 1912; "Admiral Sir Richard Spry, and his Times," Antiquarian, 1912. Clubs: Sch. of Mines, etc. Address: Reskadinnick House, near Camborne. T. A.: "Stephens, Reskadinnick, Camborne."