I am corresponding with a French mining historian who is working on mines in the Pyrenees. There were English management and engineers there around 1880 and he has a couple of names he would like to trace back to their roots.

Does anyone recognise these men!

"Arthur Long Jeffree and Glanville Tresahar Jeffree who were mine engineers around 1880. They bought and worked in France, in Pyrénées, at Sentein and Pierrefitte"

Fairly distinctive names so maybe someone will know.

Thanks, Les

There was an engineer earlier in the 19th century at Dolcoath Mine called Richard Jeffree (see Pascoe, W.H. (No Date) C.C.C. The History of the Cornish Copper Company. Redruth: Dyllansow Truran, p. 100).

The man who is most likely to know about your engineers is Tony Brewis. I can E-mail you his Email address if you need it or you can find him on Peter Claughton's Mining History List.

I've also had a look at the database which comes with Burt, R., Gill, M. and Neill, A. (2014) Mining in Cornwall and Devon.

There is listed an Alfred Jeffree. He was Purser and Secretary of Parkwyn and Carwalsick Tin Mines at St. Stephens-in-Branwell. His address is given (as the Company address) as 3 Great St. Helens, London.

He is the only Jeffree in quite a large database but there are several Jeffrey's in Cornwall.

Thanks Dave,
It may be that the spelling is out but I was counting on the unusual name Glanville Tresahar to help a bit!

Working on the basis that your Jeffree's are Cornish it may be worth your while to contact the Camborne School of Mines Association who should have lists of alumini.

They have a website

www.csmassociation.com/index.php

Dave

Having another poke around in the database of Burt et al.

Seintein Mining Company Limited

1880

Directors

Sir Thomas Dakin, Cree Church Lane, London
Buxton Shillitoe, Frederick Place, Old Jewry, London

Pierrefitte Mining Company Limited

1880 BT31 Box 2607 Company 13757

Registered Address
14 Great Winchester Street, London

Banker
Dimsdale, Fowler, Barnard and Dimsdales
50 Cornhill, London

Solicitor
Billinghurst and Wood
7 Bucklersbury, London

Secretary
J.R. Coombs
14 Great Winchester Street, London

Directors
Sir Thomas Dakin, Cree Church Lane, London
Buxton Shillitoe, Frederick Place, Old Jewry, London
William Standing, Metropolitan Buildings, Queen Vistoria Street, London
William Grover Ashby, St. John's Terrace, Hove, Sussex
Joseph Rutter, M.P., Codrington House, Brighton, Sussex

Sentein Mining Company Limited

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4808598 

Pierrefitte Mining Company Limited

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4809666 

1851 census;

Lemon Quay, Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall, England

Isaiah Jeffree, iron founder b1795 married Sarah Long b1811 , m1833.

No Arthur, but Alfred, b1832 (likely to carry mothers maiden name), attorneys clerk.

Glanville b1847.




edit; Alfred Long Jeffree married in 1854, Truro. Jane Kempthorne Pascoe.

Also Isaiah married Mary Ann Long in 1830, she died in 1831;
Pure conjecture but knowing the inaccuracy of records of the time, it is possible she died in childbirth (Alfred), then Isaiah married the sister---

By 1871 census, Alfred L was a contractor living in London with his extended family, including Glanville T., a mining engineer, all listed as born in Cornwall.

Both Alfred and Glanville died in 1891, listed consecutively in the register for the first quarter in Lambeth, accident?

LLoyds newspaper 15th June 1890 details a filing for bancruptcy against 'A. L. Jeffree, trading as Jeffree Brothers & Co.

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Thanks, I will pass this info along.

Les

A few newspaper references to Alfred;


London Daily News 26 April 1853
Secretary and Purser of Parkwyn and Carwalsick Tin Mines

London Standard 14th November 1857.;
Sacked as secretary for Wheal Zion mine pending court case for fraud along with one of the directors, Lord Clinton, brought by a Mr. Francis William Stockwell, mining and share broker.

London Daily News 21 September 1857;
Case comes to court, adjurned.

Morning Chronicle 28 September 1857;
Case returns to court, case dismissed, suggestion of malice by Mr. Stockwell.

Morning Chronicle 06 July 1858;
Stockwell appeals to high court, defendants acquitted.

London Daily News 28 March 1859
Court injunction to prevent Alfred from pursuing claims against Wheal Guskus of which he appeared to be secretary and purser. Action bought by T. Russel Kent.

Pall Mall Gazette 22 November 1888;
Alfred enters into a contract on Oct.1st with The Calabak Copper Company Ltd., Asia Minor.

London Standard 16 February 1891
Obit;
Jeffree; Feb. 11. At the home of his son in law, Alfred Long, late of 14 Great Winchester Street, E.C. Aged 60

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Both these companies were Stock Exchange listed so in theory there should be reports in the Stock Exchange library.
Both also were I think reported in the Mining Journal, can dig out any references I have indexed.

I found this site when researching an ancestor. Letters uncovered in my late mother's home were sent from A. L. Jeffree (possibly Alfred) between 1872 & 1874, address Great Winchester Street, seeking investment in mines from my ancestor, also letters from a lawyer in respect of loan agreements. Mines mentioned are: St Stephen's tin mine, Corsican mines, mine east of Egloselleus, Perrone Iron mines. The early ones suggest much money to be made, the last two sent from France sound desperate as payment on loans not met. Spelling may be wrong as difficult to read.
I don't know if this is of interest to you.

Thanks,
I will pass on this snippet of information and see if it fits in.

Les

I found this site when researching an ancestor. Letters uncovered in my late mother's home were sent from A. L. Jeffree (possibly Alfred) between 1872 & 1874, address Great Winchester Street, seeking investment in mines from my ancestor, also letters from a lawyer in respect of loan agreements. Mines mentioned are: St Stephen's tin mine, Corsican mines, mine east of Egloselleus, Perrone Iron mines. The early ones suggest much money to be made, the last two sent from France sound desperate as payment on loans not met. Spelling may be wrong as difficult to read.
I don't know if this is of interest to you.

I have sent you a PM.
Les

An update on this interesting line of research.
Jojon has now scanned all of the letters and produced an abstract in typeface that is easier to read.
There remains questions about the mines mentioned. Some of them are unknown. Sadly for our French researcher, Jeffree seems to have been trying to fleece Jojon's ancestor on projects for mines that appear to have done little or that we don't recognise the names. Jeffree didn't seem to try and sell shares in Sentein or Pierrefitte which were rich mines that he was involved with.

Anyway, I have uploaded PDFs of the abstract and some of the letters that give names.

If anyone can shed any light on mine locations we may be able to uncover more of the Jeffree dealings.