Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-17
ALBERT HUDSON
dies SUDDENLY;
FUNERAL Held

The death of Albert w. Hudson,
teaching engineer for the Phelps
Dodge corporation, Of heart failure at
1890 a. m. Thursday marked the pass
ing of one of the best loved and most
respected citizens of the Bisbee district
In eulogizing Hudson one OF his
friends stated that he was generally
known as always representing the
highest example of what a gentleman
should be. Hudson, apparently in good
health, was stricken with a severe at
tack of heart trouble Wednesday af-
ternoon while working at the teaching
plant of the P. d. corporation, located
about half mile below the concentrat-
or He was able to reach his office in
the plant whence he was taken to the
Copper Queen Dispensary by Q. E.
Simmons, leaching engineer.
The doctors were not at first able
to ascertain as to whether he was sui
fering from heart trouble or acute in
digestion; and although his condition
was serious, it was not thought at first
that it would prove to be fatal.
At the time of his death he was en-
ployed by the Copper Queen Mining
Co., as a teaching engineer III charge
of the teaching and precipitation
plants of the company in the Bisbee
district, position which he had held
since 1919 Previous to this from 1914
to 1919 he was connected with the re-
search department of the Phelps
Dodge corporation in Tyron, New
Mexico; in Douglas and in BiSbee. D.
D. Irwin, general superintendent,
Phelps Dodge corporation, Copper
Queen branch, stated yesterday that
Mr.. Hudson's work with the research
department. of the corporation laid the
basis for the cheap teaching and pre-
cipitation work now being done by the
company at the local plants operated in
connection with the concentration. r.
win said that the estimates which Mr..
Hudson made while in the research de-
partment as to the recoverieS of cop
per which might be made with a
teaching and precipitation plant here
have been verified and bettered by
the actual operation of the local
plants :
1t was stated that Mr. Hudson was
regarded by mining and metallurgical
authorities as one of the foremost
teaching experts in the world. His
knowledge and application of the sub
ject was extensive. A number of ar
ticles written by him have been pub
lished in The Technical Press.
Mr.. Hudson was reared and educated
in New Zealand and Australia. From
1908 to 1912 he was employed by the
Great Cobar Co., Limited, in Aus
tralia first as a metallurgist and then
as works manager. On coming to the
United States in 1913 he accepted a
position with the Butte Duluth Mining
company of Butte, Montana, as super
intendent and consulting metaIIurgist
Thissshe gave up in the following year
to enter the employ of the P. ID. cor
poration.
He was active In the affairs of the
EpiscopaE church throughout his life
He was for years a member of the
VestTy of the church, first in Douglas
and later in BiSbee.
He was buried in Bisbee yesterday
afternoon and Rev. E. w. Simonson
rector of st. Stephans Episcopal
church of Douglas conducted the fune-
raj services.
The pallbearerS were: A. G. Reif-
snider, Austin McWhorter, Lloyd
Buell. Ernest Wittenau, Richard Smell
and Robert Fergus.
A guard attended composed of Ivan
Burgess, G. Hyde, Lewis, and D. D. Ir-
win. The body was inferred IN Ever
green cemetery. Hennessy- Allison had
charge of the funeral A large number
of Douglas mining men attended as
well as others from all over the state.