Selwyn G. Blaylock

Selwyn Gwillym Blaylock (February 18, 1879 – November 19, 1945) was a part of starting the mining industry in western Canada.

He was president of the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co., a forebearer to Cominco and Teck Resources, recipient of several international awards for his work in metallurgy, and was the President of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum in 1934–35.

Blaylock attended Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec.

[1] Two years later, he became the company's chief chemist, but soon moved to Nelson, British Columbia to become general superintendent of the Hall Mines Smelter, then general superintendent of the St. Eugene mines.

In 1908, Blaylock joined the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company (Cominco).

Twenty-year-old Selwyn Blaylock in his first year of employment at Canadian Smelting Works (later CM&S Co.) in 1899