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## 1938-9

George Raw obtained his Certificates of Management in 1910 and 1912 and became Manager at Plenmeller Colliery, Northumberland in 1914. Later he was Manager, Usworth Colliery, Co.Durham from 1918-23, Agent for South Hetton Coal Company and Leverson’s Wallsend Collieries Ltd and General Manager of Newbiggin Colliery Co. Ltd.

He was a partner in Forster Raw & Co, mining engineers.

He also was a director of Weardale Coal & Coke Company, South Hetton Coal Company and Easington Coal Company.

He became a member of NEIMME in 1914 and was President in 1938-39.
He was also active in the Association of Mining Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and was their President in 1924-5.

Selected publications:
Raw, G. Notes on the overhead Koepe winding plant at the Murton Colliery of the South Hetton Coal Co, Ltd,Co.Durham *Transactions – Institution of Mining Engineers* **73** 1927, 380

Raw, G. & Ridley, F.F. The response of coal cleaning practice to the demands of modern mining *Transactions – Institution of Mining Engineers* **90** 1935—6, 9

Raw, G. Presidential address *Transactions – Institution of Mining Engineers* **96** 1938-9, 180