Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-24
JAMES DOUGLAS
idy of Dead Scientist From he Engineering Mining

-l the geological studies of Doctor Doua las, his persistence and his persuasiv . influence upon his principals that fur ther prospecting was prosecuted. Hi
 vision was justified by the striking O rich orebodies. His business sens,
 led to a consolidation with the Atlant;
 company, which also had found nor,
 ore. From that time onward the his
 tory of the Copper Queen, which be
 came one of the great mines of the
 world, was a record of unchequereC | success. When that assurance was realized Doctor Douglas was nearly 5C
 years old.
 In the upbuilding of the Copper | Queen company Doctor Douglas dis
 closed his qualities as a scientist
 whose knowledge and perception rang I ed from economic geology to the art of metallurgy, and he added to them | the gifts of a great administrators
 handler of men; one of those rare per sons who can teach others to work
 and inspire them with the wish to do sO-and, moreover, he exhibited him. self as financier, one of those who
 possess the vision to promote new en, terprises. It was not enough for him
 to make the Copper Queen enc of the
 great mining and metallurgical com
 panies, an immensely profitable con cern. He spread out and led his as
 sociates into the Globe district. into
 MOrenci, into Nacozari, into Tomb
 stone, and into Burro Mountain. The
 fuel requirements of the several com
 panies led to the development of a
 great colliery and cooking plant at
 Dawson, N. M. The need for carrying the products induced the construction of the Fl Paso & Southwestern By,
 begun in 1886, which eventually be- came a great railway, operated in con nection with the Rock Island, in which
 (the Rock Island) Phelps Dodge & Co. acquired a large interest Doctor Douglas became as eminent an author fly on railway transportation as he was on mining and metallurgy. A few years ago all of these companies were consolidated in Phelps. Dodge & Co, Incorporated, of which Doctor Douglas was the president. Later the name of the operating company was changed to the Copper Queen Corporation, and Doctor Douglas resigned the presiden cy to his son, Walter, and became chairman of the board of directors.
 Some biographer will write a great 1 book about Doctor Douglas. This is | for he was not only a great | man in our industry, but also he was | one of the great men of the world. II l may be left to that biographer to re view the vida scope of Doctor Doug | las learning, the great list of books l and papers that he contributed to liter l ature, both technical and general, and | the impressive series of honors that were bestowed upon him by scientific md technical societies.
 Doctor Douglas was elected Presi lent of the American Institute of Min ng Engineers in 1899 and again ir 300. In 1906 he was awarded a gold medal by the Institution of Mining and ietallurgy of Great Britain. In 1907 le received the degree of Doctor of -aws from McGiH University. In 1916 e was given the John Fritz medal for work. In 1917 he was lected an honorary member of the lining and Metallurgical Society of i America, and was elected Chancellor ; f Queens College. of which institution i nd of McGilf University he had been i
 trustee for many years.
 We of the mining and metallurgical ( rofession know Doctor Douglas as the [ Ontributor of many of the most i'm ' ortant papers in our technical litera- } 1re. We do not know so we'll that he { 'as an author of repute upon histori- . al and philosophical subjects. Among is books of the latter character were Canadian Independence"; Quebec in le Seventeenth Century; New Eng md and New France; Journals and of James Douglas" his father). Besides these historical orks, he was the author of many pap rs cn economic and philosOphic sub cts outside of the domain of purely 'chnical literature Throughout his ireer he was a valued contributor to le Journal.
 Doctor Douglas in 1860 married Miss aomi Douglas, daughter of Captain 'alter Douglas, of Quebec Six chIl- 'en were born, of whom the following 'e now living: Major James F. Doug S, developer of the United Verde Ex- nsion mine, who is now serving in rance; Walter Douglas. who succeed his father as president of the helps Dodge Corporation; Mrs Edith Douglas, wife of Archibald Douglas,
 New Ncrk lawyer of extensive min g interests, and Miss Elizabeth Doug s.
 The attitude of Doctor Douglas ward his employees was ever friend
 and helpful. By sympathetic treat ent of the natives in Mexico, the 2cOZari mine was shut down for no