Suetonius Grant Heatly [SEP] date of death
Suetonius Grant Heatly
Suetonius Grant Heatly (sometimes spelled as "Heatley") (1751–1793) was a judge employed by the British East India Company and, with John Sumner, established what is considered to be the first coal mine in India.
Heatly was born in Newport, Rhode Island, in what is now the United States, to a family that had a Scottish heritage.and was loyal to the British Crown. That loyalty caused them to move to England around the time of the American Revolution. His connections and ability
Ethora
Ethora is a rural suburb of Asansol, located in Salanpur CD block in Asansol subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was a site of the first attempts at commercial coal extraction in the country. The area presently is a coal-mining area. It is in Raniganj Coalfield and lies in the Salanpur Area of Eastern Coalfields.
History.
In 1774, two employees of the East India Company, Suetonius Grant Heatly and John Sumner, proposed to establish six mines in an