"DRUNTON, DAVID WILLIAM, mining "¡^ engineer, born in Ayr, Ontario, Canada, June 11, 1849, was the son of James and Agnes (Dickie) Brunton. The Bruntons are an old Scottish border family, most of the members of which have gone either into engineering or the army. His father, James Brunton, born at Galashiels, Scotland, 1819, died in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada, 1865. His mother, daughter of John and Jane Dickie, was born at Kilmarnock, Scotland, 1824. Their son. David W. Brunton, is the eldest of four children. He was educated at Toronto, Canada, and took a postgraduate course in engineering and mining at the University of Michigan. After following his profession in engineering work for about three years in the east, he came to Colorado, June 20, 1875, and has since made this state his home. His record as a mining and consulting engineer, and manager, is pre-eminent, and he stands among the very first in his profession. During his long and successful career he has filled the following positions: 1875, mining engineer, Dakota and San Juan Mining Company; 1876, mining engineer, Clear Creek Reduction Works; 1877, mining engineer, Washington Avenue mine, Netherland, Coloardo; 1878, mining engineer, Silver Peak Mining Company, Esmerelda county, Nevada; 1879, manager, Silver Peak Mine, Esmerelda county, Nevada ; 1880, manager, Taylor & Brunton Milling Company, Leadville, Colorado; 18811882, manager, Wolftone mine, and consulting engineer, Robert E. Lee mine; 1883, examining mines in South America; 1884, examining mines in Mexico and Montana; 1885, examining mines in Mexico, Central America and Idaho; 1886-1887-1888, manager, Colonel Sellers mine, Leadville, and building concentrating mill for the A. Y. and Minnie mine; 1889-1890, consulting engineer with the side-line mine owners at Aspen, Colorado, and manager of the Cowenhoven Tunnel at that place; 1891-1895, manager, Cowenhoven Tunnel and Della S. Mining Company; 1896-1897, manager of the Cowenhoven Tunnel, Della S. and Free Silver Mines, Aspen, Colorado; 1898-1899, consulting engineer, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Butte Montana; 1900-1905, consulting engineer, Amalgamated Copper Company; 1906, consulting engineer, Mine Owners'
Association, Cripple Creek, Colorado; 1907, examining mines in New Zealand and Australia, and made trip around the world: 1908-1911, consulting engineer, with offices 730 Symes Building, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Brunton was connected with the Taylor & Brunton and Western Ore purchasing companies.
He is the inventor and patentee of numerous devices and machines for use in mining and metallurgy. His specialty is economic geology, tunneling and ore valuation. The more noteworthy achievements in his career were accomplished as manager of the Cowenhoven Tunnel, and consulting engineer for the Roosevelt Tunnel and the Laramie Canal. He is a member of the following societies and clubs: Institution of Civil Engineers; Royal Geographical Society; American Institute of Mining Engineers, of which he was vicepresident, 1897-1898, and president, 19091910; American Society for the Advancement of Science; Colorado Scientific Society; Denver Club, Denver Country Club, and Denver Chamber of Commerce. He is a thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite Mason, and a Shriner.
Mr. Brunton has a world-wide record as a mining engineer of high repute, and has investigated mines in the leading centers of this industry, in this and foreign countries. During his operations in Leadville as an engineer and manager, the mining properties with which he was connected produced many millions of dollars in the precious metals. The Cowenhoven Tunnel at Aspen, carried on under his management, was a work of great magnitude, skilfully constructed, being two and one fourth miles in length, with a double track. He has promoted and successfully conducted and completed vast enterprises.
Mr. Brunton married, at Kingston, New York, February 11, 1885, Miss Katharine Kemble, of that city. Mrs. Brunton is a lady of graceful accomplishments, and is descended from a distinguished colonial ancestry, one of whom was Colonel Johannis Snyder, one of the patriots of the American Revolution. Through his service, she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. They have four children, Frederick K., John D., Harold J. and Marion."
Source:
Colorado Sketches of Colorado: being an analytical summary and biographical ..., Volume 1 By William Columbus Ferril,
Western Press Bureau
"Patent number 1,593,429 was issued to David William Brunton of Denver Colorado on July 20, 1926, a mere six months after the previous patent issued to Keuffel and Esser. This patent marks the final contribution of David William Brunton to the instrument that bears his name; seventeen months after this patent was issued, David W. Brunton passed away. This patent covers the addition of the second scale to the clinometer, graduated in Percent Grade."
Source:
http://brunton.williamjhudson.net/html/
1593429.html
Bio thanks to Dr Andree 9-2011
His daughter, Marion Kathryn Brunton (1898-1944) She died in Los Angeles, CA and is buried there, not at Fairmount
Bio thanks to [email protected]
11-2012
Correction for above
His father, James Brunton, bapised at Yarrow, Scotland on 20 January 1820, died in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada on 15 Aug 1867. His mother was Agnes Dickie, born in Scotland around 1825 and died on 04 September 1902.
His mother was Agnes Dickie, born in Kilmaurs, Scotland on 24th April 1825 and died on 04 September 1902 in Ontario, Canada.
"
Bio thanks to DavidbBrunton
9-2013
Association, Cripple Creek, Colorado; 1907, examining mines in New Zealand and Australia, and made trip around the world: 1908-1911, consulting engineer, with offices 730 Symes Building, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Brunton was connected with the Taylor & Brunton and Western Ore purchasing companies.
He is the inventor and patentee of numerous devices and machines for use in mining and metallurgy. His specialty is economic geology, tunneling and ore valuation. The more noteworthy achievements in his career were accomplished as manager of the Cowenhoven Tunnel, and consulting engineer for the Roosevelt Tunnel and the Laramie Canal. He is a member of the following societies and clubs: Institution of Civil Engineers; Royal Geographical Society; American Institute of Mining Engineers, of which he was vicepresident, 1897-1898, and president, 19091910; American Society for the Advancement of Science; Colorado Scientific Society; Denver Club, Denver Country Club, and Denver Chamber of Commerce. He is a thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite Mason, and a Shriner.
Mr. Brunton has a world-wide record as a mining engineer of high repute, and has investigated mines in the leading centers of this industry, in this and foreign countries. During his operations in Leadville as an engineer and manager, the mining properties with which he was connected produced many millions of dollars in the precious metals. The Cowenhoven Tunnel at Aspen, carried on under his management, was a work of great magnitude, skilfully constructed, being two and one fourth miles in length, with a double track. He has promoted and successfully conducted and completed vast enterprises.
Mr. Brunton married, at Kingston, New York, February 11, 1885, Miss Katharine Kemble, of that city. Mrs. Brunton is a lady of graceful accomplishments, and is descended from a distinguished colonial ancestry, one of whom was Colonel Johannis Snyder, one of the patriots of the American Revolution. Through his service, she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. They have four children, Frederick K., John D., Harold J. and Marion."
Source:
Colorado Sketches of Colorado: being an analytical summary and biographical ..., Volume 1 By William Columbus Ferril,
Western Press Bureau
"Patent number 1,593,429 was issued to David William Brunton of Denver Colorado on July 20, 1926, a mere six months after the previous patent issued to Keuffel and Esser. This patent marks the final contribution of David William Brunton to the instrument that bears his name; seventeen months after this patent was issued, David W. Brunton passed away. This patent covers the addition of the second scale to the clinometer, graduated in Percent Grade."
Source:
http://brunton.williamjhudson.net/html/
1593429.html
Bio thanks to Dr Andree 9-2011
His daughter, Marion Kathryn Brunton (1898-1944) She died in Los Angeles, CA and is buried there, not at Fairmount
Bio thanks to [email protected]
11-2012
Correction for above
His father, James Brunton, bapised at Yarrow, Scotland on 20 January 1820, died in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada on 15 Aug 1867. His mother was Agnes Dickie, born in Scotland around 1825 and died on 04 September 1902.
His mother was Agnes Dickie, born in Kilmaurs, Scotland on 24th April 1825 and died on 04 September 1902 in Ontario, Canada.
"
Bio thanks to DavidbBrunton
9-2013
"DRUNTON, DAVID WILLIAM, mining "¡^ engineer, born in Ayr, Ontario, Canada, June 11, 1849, was the son of James and Agnes (Dickie) Brunton. The Bruntons are an old Scottish border family, most of the members of which have gone either into engineering or the army. His father, James Brunton, born at Galashiels, Scotland, 1819, died in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada, 1865. His mother, daughter of John and Jane Dickie, was born at Kilmarnock, Scotland, 1824. Their son. David W. Brunton, is the eldest of four children. He was educated at Toronto, Canada, and took a postgraduate course in engineering and mining at the University of Michigan. After following his profession in engineering work for about three years in the east, he came to Colorado, June 20, 1875, and has since made this state his home. His record as a mining and consulting engineer, and manager, is pre-eminent, and he stands among the very first in his profession. During his long and successful career he has filled the following positions: 1875, mining engineer, Dakota and San Juan Mining Company; 1876, mining engineer, Clear Creek Reduction Works; 1877, mining engineer, Washington Avenue mine, Netherland, Coloardo; 1878, mining engineer, Silver Peak Mining Company, Esmerelda county, Nevada; 1879, manager, Silver Peak Mine, Esmerelda county, Nevada ; 1880, manager, Taylor & Brunton Milling Company, Leadville, Colorado; 18811882, manager, Wolftone mine, and consulting engineer, Robert E. Lee mine; 1883, examining mines in South America; 1884, examining mines in Mexico and Montana; 1885, examining mines in Mexico, Central America and Idaho; 1886-1887-1888, manager, Colonel Sellers mine, Leadville, and building concentrating mill for the A. Y. and Minnie mine; 1889-1890, consulting engineer with the side-line mine owners at Aspen, Colorado, and manager of the Cowenhoven Tunnel at that place; 1891-1895, manager, Cowenhoven Tunnel and Della S. Mining Company; 1896-1897, manager of the Cowenhoven Tunnel, Della S. and Free Silver Mines, Aspen, Colorado; 1898-1899, consulting engineer, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Butte Montana; 1900-1905, consulting engineer, Amalgamated Copper Company; 1906, consulting engineer, Mine Owners'
Association, Cripple Creek, Colorado; 1907, examining mines in New Zealand and Australia, and made trip around the world: 1908-1911, consulting engineer, with offices 730 Symes Building, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Brunton was connected with the Taylor & Brunton and Western Ore purchasing companies.
He is the inventor and patentee of numerous devices and machines for use in mining and metallurgy. His specialty is economic geology, tunneling and ore valuation. The more noteworthy achievements in his career were accomplished as manager of the Cowenhoven Tunnel, and consulting engineer for the Roosevelt Tunnel and the Laramie Canal. He is a member of the following societies and clubs: Institution of Civil Engineers; Royal Geographical Society; American Institute of Mining Engineers, of which he was vicepresident, 1897-1898, and president, 19091910; American Society for the Advancement of Science; Colorado Scientific Society; Denver Club, Denver Country Club, and Denver Chamber of Commerce. He is a thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite Mason, and a Shriner.
Mr. Brunton has a world-wide record as a mining engineer of high repute, and has investigated mines in the leading centers of this industry, in this and foreign countries. During his operations in Leadville as an engineer and manager, the mining properties with which he was connected produced many millions of dollars in the precious metals. The Cowenhoven Tunnel at Aspen, carried on under his management, was a work of great magnitude, skilfully constructed, being two and one fourth miles in length, with a double track. He has promoted and successfully conducted and completed vast enterprises.
Mr. Brunton married, at Kingston, New York, February 11, 1885, Miss Katharine Kemble, of that city. Mrs. Brunton is a lady of graceful accomplishments, and is descended from a distinguished colonial ancestry, one of whom was Colonel Johannis Snyder, one of the patriots of the American Revolution. Through his service, she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. They have four children, Frederick K., John D., Harold J. and Marion."
Source:
Colorado Sketches of Colorado: being an analytical summary and biographical ..., Volume 1 By William Columbus Ferril,
Western Press Bureau
"Patent number 1,593,429 was issued to David William Brunton of Denver Colorado on July 20, 1926, a mere six months after the previous patent issued to Keuffel and Esser. This patent marks the final contribution of David William Brunton to the instrument that bears his name; seventeen months after this patent was issued, David W. Brunton passed away. This patent covers the addition of the second scale to the clinometer, graduated in Percent Grade."
Source:
http://brunton.williamjhudson.net/html/
1593429.html
Bio thanks to Dr Andree 9-2011
His daughter, Marion Kathryn Brunton (1898-1944) She died in Los Angeles, CA and is buried there, not at Fairmount
Bio thanks to [email protected]
11-2012
Correction for above
His father, James Brunton, bapised at Yarrow, Scotland on 20 January 1820, died in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada on 15 Aug 1867. His mother was Agnes Dickie, born in Scotland around 1825 and died on 04 September 1902.
His mother was Agnes Dickie, born in Kilmaurs, Scotland on 24th April 1825 and died on 04 September 1902 in Ontario, Canada.
"
Bio thanks to DavidbBrunton
9-2013
Association, Cripple Creek, Colorado; 1907, examining mines in New Zealand and Australia, and made trip around the world: 1908-1911, consulting engineer, with offices 730 Symes Building, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Brunton was connected with the Taylor & Brunton and Western Ore purchasing companies.
He is the inventor and patentee of numerous devices and machines for use in mining and metallurgy. His specialty is economic geology, tunneling and ore valuation. The more noteworthy achievements in his career were accomplished as manager of the Cowenhoven Tunnel, and consulting engineer for the Roosevelt Tunnel and the Laramie Canal. He is a member of the following societies and clubs: Institution of Civil Engineers; Royal Geographical Society; American Institute of Mining Engineers, of which he was vicepresident, 1897-1898, and president, 19091910; American Society for the Advancement of Science; Colorado Scientific Society; Denver Club, Denver Country Club, and Denver Chamber of Commerce. He is a thirty-second degree, Scottish Rite Mason, and a Shriner.
Mr. Brunton has a world-wide record as a mining engineer of high repute, and has investigated mines in the leading centers of this industry, in this and foreign countries. During his operations in Leadville as an engineer and manager, the mining properties with which he was connected produced many millions of dollars in the precious metals. The Cowenhoven Tunnel at Aspen, carried on under his management, was a work of great magnitude, skilfully constructed, being two and one fourth miles in length, with a double track. He has promoted and successfully conducted and completed vast enterprises.
Mr. Brunton married, at Kingston, New York, February 11, 1885, Miss Katharine Kemble, of that city. Mrs. Brunton is a lady of graceful accomplishments, and is descended from a distinguished colonial ancestry, one of whom was Colonel Johannis Snyder, one of the patriots of the American Revolution. Through his service, she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. They have four children, Frederick K., John D., Harold J. and Marion."
Source:
Colorado Sketches of Colorado: being an analytical summary and biographical ..., Volume 1 By William Columbus Ferril,
Western Press Bureau
"Patent number 1,593,429 was issued to David William Brunton of Denver Colorado on July 20, 1926, a mere six months after the previous patent issued to Keuffel and Esser. This patent marks the final contribution of David William Brunton to the instrument that bears his name; seventeen months after this patent was issued, David W. Brunton passed away. This patent covers the addition of the second scale to the clinometer, graduated in Percent Grade."
Source:
http://brunton.williamjhudson.net/html/
1593429.html
Bio thanks to Dr Andree 9-2011
His daughter, Marion Kathryn Brunton (1898-1944) She died in Los Angeles, CA and is buried there, not at Fairmount
Bio thanks to [email protected]
11-2012
Correction for above
His father, James Brunton, bapised at Yarrow, Scotland on 20 January 1820, died in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada on 15 Aug 1867. His mother was Agnes Dickie, born in Scotland around 1825 and died on 04 September 1902.
His mother was Agnes Dickie, born in Kilmaurs, Scotland on 24th April 1825 and died on 04 September 1902 in Ontario, Canada.
"
Bio thanks to DavidbBrunton
9-2013
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