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William Lawrence Austin
1853-1939
President 1897, 1898
Consulting mining
engineer Graduate of
Heidelberg; had a Ph.D. degree in mining Author of articles
about nickel and copper, telluride veins in the La Plata Mountains,
Colorado, nickel near Riddle, Oregon, Boundary and Trail Creek
mining districts of British Columbia, copper deposits of New Mexico,
ore deposits of Cananea, Mexico, and gold production of North
America In addition to
mining engineering, worked as assayer, metallurgist, and mechanical
engineer Worked on mineral
deposits in Venezuela; Leadville, Colorado; Mexico; Japan; Egypt;
British Columbia; Clifton, Arizona; and Montana. He also
operated a laboratory near his home in Riverside, California. Was a consulting
engineer for years for Lee, Higginson and Co., and for the Calumet
and Hecla Co. Patented the Austin pyritic smelting process,
for metal extraction relying on the sulphur content of the ores Photograph not yet
found
from Presidents of the
Colorado Scientific Society
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