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George Ernest Collins
1870-1946
Twice President 1912, 1913. Honorary member 1912
Mining engineer.
Spent 50 years as a consulting mining engineer Educated Finsbury
Institute and other private schools in England. Served his
professional apprenticeship under his father, Joe Henry Collins, a
widely known mining engineer in Cornwall, England Supervised mining
at the Great Wheel mine of Futune, Cornwall. An authority on
the development of mining properties in the Rocky Mountain region.
Managed various mines in the Central City-Idaho Springs area, the
Mary Murphy Gold Mining Company, Romley, and many mining districts
in Colorado Consulting engineer
and a pioneer in adopting new mining methods. An authority on
the development of mining properties in the Rocky Mountain region Member, American
Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers; Mining and
Metallurgical Society of America; Colorado Scientific Society;
director and former governor of the Colorado branch of the American
Mining Congress; member of Institute of Mining and Metallurgy of
London; member of the Denver and Professional Club and the Masonic
Order; chairman of the committee on professional conduct of the
Mining and Metallurgical Society of America Author of articles
about ore deposits at Rico and Red Mountain, Colorado, at Reynolds
Mine, Georgia, and about hydrocarbons and oil shale
from Presidents of the
Colorado Scientific Society
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