Biografía
He was educated at Columbia University and the Columbia School of Mines.
He worked in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1886, El Paso Texas in 1888.
He was Superintendent of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mines in Idaho.
He was engaged to rect smelting equipment at several sites in BC including Golden BC in 1891.
He organized the mining exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair.
He developed the North Star Mine in East Kootenay and other mines in the Boundary area.
He was associated with the London & British Columbia Gold Fields Co., Ymir Gold Mines, Whitewater Gold Mines and the Cascade Water Power & Light Co.
In 1900 he was the second president of the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.
He was the brother-in-law of R.R. Hedley.
He constructed a modern concentrator at the Bluebell Mine Site.
In 1924 he reactivated the Bluebell Mine in partnership with B.L. Eastman. It closed again in 1927. It was then purcahsed by Cominco.
Referencias
Affleck, Edward L. (1978)
