The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-04
A, J, BEETLES
CLOSES CAREER.
Death Summons One Of Utah's
Most Prominent Men in
Mining Circles.
WAS MILL DESIGNER
OF NATIONAL REPUTE
For Years Right Hand Man OF
Samuel NewhOuse in
Great Projects.

Alfred j. Bettes, a mining man oi
nation wide prominence. the designer oi
the great Boston Consolidated mill ~
Garfield and an authority on the con-
centration Of low grade copper ores' o'eo
at Holy Cross hospital YESTERDAY attsi
noon at O'Clock OF perltonitls ana eu
remic poisoning. the result or an Se
the spine which was made te" ohSs
ago He had been suffering rom .ne
abscess for about six weeks. ho~erv.. .t,re
II was only a week ago that the iia'"'
Mr. Bettles was prominent nRare ~.
the development OF mining IN INC YES
cen1rating mills built by Samuel New
house. He leaves a family In his SAT-
Lake home. SO South Sixth East stres,,
and his estate Is estimated 20 be Worlh
more than n quarter OF million dol'ars-
Rose Rapidly to Fame.
Mr. BEETLES was born in England jan
old. While yet a young man he went
to Ontario. Canada From there ne Wen,
to Colorado where he o1oIsd snsassa he IN Went
to Granite. Mont. wherc he achieved
fortune and reputation. He was EN-. I'm
ployed in an ordinary capacity py the
Granite Mountain Mining company. IA
NOUS silver producer OF Montana. Wnen
he severed his connection with thaI
mine thirteen years ago lie was general
and has made Salt Lake hls headduar.
ters over since He was one OF Samuel
Newhouse's principal metaiiurgists. ae
came here at about the ,h ilme e, ,d tma1 mn M,
troll OF the Highland Boy and was en-
,ployed to design a mill for the concen-
tration of gold. The property, however,
! turned out TO be big copper proposition
| and developed into what is now the IA
nous Utah Consolidated.
Before everything else Mr.. BEETLES was
n lx,,it Nf ~
mlll at Newhouse, the Boston Consoll, !,
dated at Garfield. the largest stamp mill
under one roof in the world. The de-
| sign OF this mill departed from all prece :
! dent and 1t was considered original and
| drastic in plan. However. II proved a
| decided success from an economic stand
| point
He also was the designer OF the Mon
| tana. Revenue mill at Morris. Mont. Dur
| Ing the time that he designed these big
mills, he was engaged in exporting In
ifornia and Nevada lie was member
| Of the American Metallurgical congress,
the American Metallurgieal society and
many other societies allied TO mining. He
/ was a Mason.
Many Prominent Positions.
Mr.. Bettles was president of the United
Grocery company. with headquarters in
| Salt Lake. of the Corcoi Mining com
pany. which operates a mine sixty miles
from Rosario. Sinaloa, Mexico: and of
| Goidheld New. FIe was a member OF
the Alta club and OF the Commercial
| club.
Mr. Bettles is survived by widow and
| the following sons and daughters; Mrs
| Henry Catrow, Mrs +. w. Roueche. Miss
| Helen Bellies. G.. NJ. BEETLES. He Is sur
vived by a brother. Thomas, who lives
at Reno. New. and James, who lives In
Alaska. and one sister. Mrs. Lottie
| Scheld. of San Diego, Cal.
Although the hour has not been de,
cidcd upon. the funeral will be held
sometime during Saturday from the fam
| lly residence. Tt will be of a private
nature and only immediate members Of
| the family will attend. lnternent will
| be in Mt. Oiiyet cemetery.