Arizona silver belt., 1897-05-27
pEAra OF Lotus 3. WALKER.

Louis B. Walker recently appointed manager of tile smeltlng works of tl,e
 Mountain Copper Go, limited, of Elizabeth, N. J., died suddenly of heart dieepse cn May II He was at < one tine assistaut. superintendent Of ! the Old Dominlon Copper Mining and Sme.tinc O., .of Globe, Ariz.. man. ager of the New Jersey Metal Refining Works, at Elisahethtown, N. J., and was connected with the Mountain Co.,, of Shasta county, Cal. He was much interested in blast furnace prac- [ tice, and contributed 10 the technical press on this subject.
 The foregoing obituary notice. re- produced from the New York Engin oering and Mining Journal, of May l5, will be read with surprise and keen re- grot by the many ncquaintances of the l deceased in Arizona.
 l Louis B. Walker catne to Globe in July, 1898, and was continuously in the employ of the Old Dominion Cop per Co. us assistant superintendent, under N. S. BerrGy, for more than two years, until Aug. ], 1895. when the transfer of the properly to the present company took place.
 Louis B. Walker was | mining engin- eer and metallurgist by profession, graduate of the Institute of Techpol. ogy, Hohoken, New Jersey, end bis frat practical knowledge of mining was acquired here in Globe. Since leaving Globe Mir. Walkers at tention has been chiefly occupied with the business of smeltmg aud refining copper, (of which be had gained a practical insight ut Baltimore before coming to Globe) aud at the time of his death was in charge of one of inc largest copper smelling works in the east. He was only 2s years of age, and the rapid advance which he had made in his profession is the best evidence of his ability and sterling worth. He leaves Il wife and one riIiid; also a brother aud sister survive him. His brother is Arthur L. Walker, for severn! years superintendent of the Old Dominion, of Globe, and now general mauageT of the Baltimore Elec;rolyllc Refining Co.,, of Baltimore, Md.
 Since the above WAS put in type We have received irom MT 4. l.. Walker, II copy of the Elizabeth Duily Journal, of May i3, containing the following notice of his brothers death:
 Brief mention was made yesterday of the sudden death of Louis Bowman Walker, the manager of the Mountain Copper O., an event which has east gloom over q large circle. Mr. Walker had very promising career before him, and iiis sudden demise takes from the community one of the fore no5t in it3 manufacturing interests He had been resident of ihe city for about one year and half, and during that time had been engaged in de- stAotA4iS Nut iAsiHt Dl tue company ne represented. winch is destined to Le- come one of the most important of tho industries cf this city, the extensive work of enlargement having been in progress under Mir. Walkers di- reGtlon.
 Mir. Walker was born in New York city in ls69. Ho graduated from the Institute of Technology in Hoboken in 1891, and for two years was In Bal timore with the Baltimore Electric Refining Go. He then went west. and spent two years in Arizona as the rep rcgentatiyc of the Old Dominion Cop per Co. lie then cane to this city as manager Of the New Jersey Metal Re- aning O., which has since changed its 1 corporate name to the Mountain Cop per Co. He alec visited the company's mi.cs in California and developed their interests tLcra.
 Mir. Walker WAS ct the works on Tuesday, aud went to his home in his usual health. lie 6ied of paralysis after an illness of about three hcare. He is survived by widow and child. The funeral aefy,cer will bo held from the house, I52 Clifton street. at l2:8o | ton'crroN afternoon, and the inter
 nent will be at Englowood in the family baria! plot.