Alameda-Tuolumne County CA Archives Obituaries.....Burgess, John Albert May 22, 1953
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Oakland Tribune,  May 24, 1953 
"Last rites are pending for John Albert Burgess, 76, retired mining engineer 
and former Berkeley resident who died Friday at a Berkeley hospital after an 
illness of several months.

Mr. Burgess had lived at 2733 Claremont Boulevard, Berkeley, for 20 years 
before moving to Sonora and a life of semi-retirement about 10 years ago.

Born in St. Johns, New Brunswick, he was the son of the late Joshua C. Burgess, 
a pioneer Presbyterian minister who brought his family to the Hayward area in 
1893.

EARNED MINING DEGREE

Seven years later Mr. Burgess graduated from the Hayward High School and went 
on to earn a degree in mining from the University of California.

In 1906 he began work with mines and mining firms throughout the Mother Lode 
region of Nevada and California.

He brought into successful operation the Nevada Wonder Mine (silver), the 
United Eastern Mine (gold) and the Carson Hill Mine (gold) and worked on mines 
in South America as well.

MAGAZINE WRITER

He was a contributor of articles to the Economic Geology, Mining and Scientific 
Press.

He was a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers 
and the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America.

Mr. Burgess is survived by a daugther, Mrs. Bauer E. Kramer of Oakland; two 
sons, John D. of Desert Park and Peter D. Burgress of Grosse Point, Mich[igan]; 
and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services are pending at the Albert Brown Mortuary, 3476 Piedmont 
Avenue." END



Additional Comments:
Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California).  May 24, 1953 (Sunday).  John Albert 
Burgess married Florence DuBois (1884-1945).

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