Henry Barkschat

Heinrich (Henry) Freidrich Wilhelm August Barkschat (20 May 1884 - 9 October 1971), was a Prussian-born inventor and mining engineer. He arrived at Ellis Island, New York on the SS Zeeland, from Antwerp, Belgium in 1907. In 1910 he worked as a consultant mining engineer in residence in Arizona, where he began to develop a group of mining claims near Walker.Prescott Journal Miner, November 12, 1910 page 6 Mr. Barkschat purchased the 'Cowboy' mine near Prescott in the hillside district, near the productive Bagdad Mine and then took leadership in the Yavapal Metals Mining and Reducing Company (YMMRC), a high grade gold-copper ore mine near Humboldt, Arizona Humboldt, Arizona.Prescott Journal Miner Wednesday AM July 24, 1912 page 7 For his contributions to the copper mining industry in the State of Arizona, Barkschat was featured in the Journal: Being the Portraits and Biographies of Progressive Men of the West. 
== Inventions ==
Mr.Barkschat invented a formulation process for engineering durable concrete cylinders that could be made into lamppost standards and conduits for telephone lines, sewer and high-pressure pipes. |url=https://archive.org/details/americanmachinis58newyuoft/page/422/mode/1up/search/Barkschat |magazine=American Machinist |volume=58 |issue=8 |date=February 22, 1923 |page=320b These innovative concrete lampposts changed the course of municipal electric lighting, with over 60 cities from Los Angeles to Chicago mass installing these standards due to their weathering capabilities. . Los Angeles Times Mon Feb 19, 1923 Page 11. Mr. Barkschat wrote of his novel concrete lamp post : "In too many cities do we find sombre, ill-proportioned and over decorated iron lighting standards. In addition to falling short of modern standard design, such poles require constant maintenance for painting, if they are to be kept in passable condition." Concrete Columns and Lighting Standards by Centrifugal Process. By Henry Barkschat, President, Cement Products Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Contractor's Atlas, Volume 8, Nov 1920. https://books.google.com/books?id=a1JMAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA10-PA25&lpg=RA10-PA25&dq=contractors+atlas+barkschat+centrifugal&source=bl&ots=2U5jvcjpMn&sig=ACfU3U0CmvhYqAVGOeQAJ1LA2JBg7Essqg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSgM7kj7npAhWEsJ4KHX7VCzgQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=contractors%20atlas%20barkschat%20centrifugal&f=false
These distinctive lampposts continue to line many streets in the historic districts of California: Los Angeles (Griffith Park), South Redlands, San Pedro, and Lake Elsinore's Clevelin Hills. San Pedro News Pilot, Volume 13, Number 260, 31 July 1926.
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The Barkschat inventions were secured with patents for: centrifugal molding [Standards]:the lamp post construction: a centrifugal cement mold apparatushttps://patents.google.com/patent/US1398412; June 30, 1919, patented Nov 29, 1921); a hollow cement mold ( US1474881A August 1919); a municipal lantern construct; http://www.kbrhorse.net/strpatents/1421058.pdf and a centrifuge and mold holder (March 29, 1926 Patent US 1663896A). web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US1663896A/en|title=Centrifuge and mold holder therefor}} Southwest Builder and Contractor. March 28, 1919. Via google books.https://books.google.com/books?id=Uk5RAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA12-PA1&lpg=RA12-PA1&dq=success+henry+barkschat&source=bl&ots=_jhBb4ZWtC&sig=ACfU3U0qq5mV7SyB2-xt7PewEsDU6ajUZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxy93G0Y7pAhUTvJ4KHQyiA08Q6AEwA3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=success%20henry%20barkschat&f=false 
In 1923, Mr. Barkschat orchestrated the merger of the National Concrete Production and the American Cement Products Companies, which laid the foundation for the Marbelite TM Corporation."An amalgamation ... was completed yesterday with the announcement that the Marbelite Corporation of America had taken over the plants ...and... incorporated for $1,000,000 and will be headed by Henry Barkschat as president".cite news |title=Two Cement Companies Combined |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=February 2, 1923 |page=II.
In 1925, Mr. Barkschat in partnership with Henry Cleveland Schultz and Abe Corlinsky founded the Clevelin Construction Corporation, funded by Marbelite capital. Over 1100 Marbelite concrete lamppost electroliers were installed along subdivision's roadways in and around the Country Club Heights District of Lake Elsinore, California. The San Bernadino County Sun, Sat Mar 7, 1931 Page 21. Mr. Barkschat has a street named after him, Barkschat Drive, in the Clevelin Hills area of Lake Elsinore.Riverside County Recorder office, Grant Deed, Feb 9, 1925. Book 627, Page 598
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