Julius Kruttschnitt, Jr.
Tucson
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913

Julius Kruttschnitt, manger of the American Smelting and 
Refining Company at Tucson is recognized as one of the 
prominent young business men of the city, holding high 
rank in the profession of mining engineering.  He was 
born in New Orleans, May 7, 1885, a son of Julius and 
Minna E. (Kock) Kruttschnitt, who were also natives of 
the Crescent city.  The son pursued his education in the 
preparatory school at Belmont California and after entered 
Yale University from which he graduated in 1906 completing 
a course in mining engineering.  He afterward entered the 
employ of the Arizona Copper Company as a mining engineer 
at Morenci, Arizona.  In 1909 he became connected with the 
American Smelting and refining Company, which he represented 
in Mexico for two and a half years.  At the end of that time 
the development department was established with headquarters 
in Tucson and he was placed in charge at that city and still 
fills the position.

On the 24th of September 1907, Mr. Kurttschnitt was married 
to Miss Marie Pickering of San Francisco and a daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Pickering, the former a real 
estate dealer of that city.  The children of this marriage 
are Marie Elise, Barbara and Julius.


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