Burch, Albert.

Mining engineer; born: Peru, Neb., Jan. 8, 1867; son of Hiram and Mary (Brisbin) B.; studied Nebraska State Normal Sch., 1877-1880; Pawnee City (Neb.) Acad., 1880-1881; York (Neb.) Coll., 1882-1883; married Mary Louise Aylesworth Stewart, Jan. 1, 1891 (died Dec. 8, 1931); married 2d, Marguerita Adaline Dinsmore Backus, Nov. 5, 1932; children: Mary Beryl (wife of Max T. Smith, M.D.), Irma Louise (Mrs. E. A. Pond), Alberta (deceased). Surveyor in Utah, 1889-1892; U.S. dep. mineral surveyor, 1890-1896; supt. Bullion Beck & Champion Mine, Utah, 1893-1894; supt. Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mine, Ida., 1897-1901, mgr., 1901-1903; cons. practice since 1904; mgr. Plymouth Mine, Calif., 1911-1916, Goldfield Consolidated Mine, Nev., 1911-1914; mem. firm Burch, Caetani & Hershey, cons. engrs., San Francisco, 1912-1919; war mineral service, U.S. Bureau Mines, 1918; mem. Burch, Hershey & White, San Francisco, 1919-1925; cons. engr. Mountain Copper Co., Ltd.; cons. engr. Lewis Investment Co.; cons. engr., mining div. of The Pacific Company. Mem. bd. of control Ore. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries; mem. Ore. State Sanitary Authority. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining and Metallurgical Engrs. Republican. Mason (32 deg., K.T., Shriner), Odd Fellow. Home: Black Oak Ranch, Medford Or.)

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