Background
Siclen, Matthew Van was born on November 8, 1880 in New York City. Son of George West and Sarah Jane (Gregory) Van Siclen.
Siclen, Matthew Van was born on November 8, 1880 in New York City. Son of George West and Sarah Jane (Gregory) Van Siclen.
Graduate Cornwall Heights School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, 1898. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1902, Master of Arts, 1905. Engineer of Mines, School of Mines (Columbia), 1906.
Surveyor Tennessee Copper Company, 1905. With various mines in Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Durango, Hidalgo, Sonora, Mexico, 1907-1912, advancing to general superintendent. Superintendent of exploration (oil shale), at Rosevale, North.B., 1913.
Leaser in Northwest Arkansas, 1914.
Operator zinc and lead mines, Webb City, Missoury, 1915-1917. Lieutenant Air Service, United States Army, 1917-1918.
Pennsylvania anthracite, 1919. Examining engineer, War Minerals Relief Commission, 1919-1921.
Assistant chief mining engineer, United States Bureau Mines, Washington, District of Columbia, 1921-1924.
Engineer in charge Division of Mining Research, same, 1924-1926. Delegate United States Government to XlVth International Geological Congress, Madrid, Spain, 1926. Inspected metal and coal mines and mining methods in Europe, 1926.
Consultant mining engineer, 1927-1933, 1935-1937.
Mining engineer to Turkish Government, 1933-1935. Chief engineer, coal economics division, United States Bureau Mines, since 1937.
Married Alice V. Petar, May 4, 1936.