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GEORGE KISLINGBURY

 

 

     KISLINGBURY, GEORGE, Mining Engineer, Los Angeles, California, was born at East Ilsley, Berks County, England, January 1, 1848, the son of Thomas Kislingbury and Hannah (Herman) Kislingbury.  He married Matilda Carlyon at Colton, Boyd County, Kentucky, in the year 1873, and to them there were born three children, May, Nettie and G. D. Kislingbury.  Mrs.

Kislingbury died in 1890, and five years later Mr. Kislingbury married the second time.  He took his bride, Lottie E. Coleman, at Salt Lake City, Utah, and of this union there are three children, Dorothy, Isabella and Franklin Kislingbury.

     Mr. Kislingbury’s parents came to the United States in 1857 and located at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, where the son was placed in school.  He studied in the public schools of Mineral Point until the year 1864, when he deserted his books and joined the Union army for service in the Civil War.  He enlisted as a private in Company K, Thirty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, and was dispatched to the front immediately.  He served through the Virginia campaign and participated in the battle of Fort Steadman, Virginia, March 25, 1865.  One week later his company was engaged in battle at Fort Magoon, near Petersburg, Virginia.  Mr. Kislingbury served until mustered out at the close of hostilities.

     Returning home, Mr. Kislingbury followed mining for three years in the lead and zinc mines of Wisconsin.  In 1868 he removed to Colorado and engaged in mining there about a year, when he went to Nevada and located at White Pine.  Since that time he has been engaged actively in mining and the investigation of mines, his work taking him to all parts of the Western Continent.

     Mr. Kislingbury has the distinction of having been the author of the first metal mine inspection bill presented to any legislature, his measure being passed by the State Legislature of Colorado in 1889.  After the passage of the inspection law Mr. Kislingbury, recognized as an expert on metal mining, was appointed by Governor Cooper of Colorado to the office of State Mine Inspector.  This post he held during the years of 1889 and 1890, and upon leaving office he again took up his life work—the examination of mines.

     Mr. Kislingbury is one of the most active men in his profession and has been commissioned by large capitalists to examine and purchase mining properties in various districts.  His investigations have included all the mining States and Territories of the United States, Alaska, British Columbia, Vancouver and Prince of Wales Islands, Ontario, Canada; Honduras, San Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.  He has examined lead, zinc, copper, gold, silver, cinnabar, coal, iron and baryta properties and his judgment has been accepted as the final word by his clients.  At one time in his career Mr. Kislingbury devoted himself exclusively to exploration and examination work for Captain J. R. De Lamar, a New York capitalist.  Mr. Kislingbury, for nine years, was his mining expert, and in search of properties for Captain De Lamar, Mr. Kislingbury traveled to all parts of the American Continent.

     Mr. Kislingbury has been a manager of mines at different times and holds a mine manager’s certificate, issued by the Examining Board of the State of Wyoming.  Among the mines of which he has been manager in the West, the most important are the Golden State Mine at Mercur, Utah, and the Bully Hill Mine in Shasta County, California.  His principal work, however, is searching for investments for mining capitalists and his success marks him as one of the most expert examiners of the present day.

     Mr. Kislingbury has never undertaken the promotion of mining properties, or the sale of mining stocks, and has always enjoyed the confidence of his clients to such an extent that they invariably have taken over properties which he recommended to them, either in the United States or elsewhere.  At the present time (1912) Mr. Kislingbury is engaged in the investigation of mining properties of Nevada, California and Old Mexico for wealthy investors, and in 1911 spent five months in a careful examination of the Porcupine District, in Ontario, Canada.

     He is  recognized by members of his profession as one of its leading men.  Mr. Kislingbury belongs to the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the National Geographical Society, the Masons, Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His only club is the Rocky Mountain Club of New York City.

 

 

Transcribed 7-15-08 Marilyn R. Pankey.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I,  Page 92, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.  1913.

© 2008 Marilyn R. Pankey.

 

 

 

 

 

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