Minister of Mines PROVINCE of BRITISH COLUMBIA
Minister of Mines PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ANNUAL REPORT for the Year Ended 31s December 1959 BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES VICTORIA, B.C. HON. W. K. KIERNAN, Minister. P. J. MULCAHY, Deputy Minister. J. W. PECK, Chief Inspector of Mines. S. METCALFE, Chief Analyst and Assayer. HARTLEY SARGENT, Chief, Mineralogical Branch. K. B. BLAKEY, Chief Gold Commissioner and Chief Commissioner. Petroleum and Natural Gas. J. D. LINEHAM, Chief, Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Branch. To His Honour FRANK MACKENZIE Ross, C.M.G., MC., LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR: The Annual Report of the Mining industry of the Province for the year 1959 is herewith respectfully submitted. VI. K. KIERNAN, Minister of Mines. Minister of Mines Office, March 31st, 1960. Brian Terence O’Grady died at Victoria on July lZth, 1959, at the age of 76. He had been in the employ of the Department from 1920 until his retirement in April, 1948. He was very well known in the mining industry. Mr. O’Grady was born in Madras, India, and was educated in Eng- land at Wellington College and the Royal School of Mines. After three years in South Africa he came to Canada in 1907. From 1910 to 1913 he was engineer in charge of surveys for the Municipality of Victoria. He was on active service from 1914 to 1918, winning the Military Cross and the Serbian White Eagle. He joined the Department as Assistant Resident Mining Engineer at Revelstoke in 1920, became successively Resident Mining Engineer at Nelson and Vancouver, and from 193X was engaged in special work at Victoria.
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