Thomas Arthur Rickard

Biography

Family and education

Career

• 1885 Assayer, British mining firm, Idaho Springs, Colorado
• 1886 Assistant Manager, California Gold Mining Co., Colorado
• 1887 Manager, Union Gold Mine, San Andreas, Calaveras County, California
• 1889-1891 Consultant investigating mines in England and Australia
• 1891 In charge, Silver/Lead/Gold mines, French Alps/Isere district
• 1892-1893 Investigating mines in Western U.S.A.
• 1894 Manager, Enterprise Mine, Colorado
• 1895-1901 State Geologist, Colorado - appointed by Governor McIntyre & re-appointed by the next two Governors
• 1897-1898 Consultant investigating mines in Australia and Canada and other work.
• 1903 Editor-in-chief, Engineering and Mining Journal, New York
• * In 1903 W.E. Ford published an article in the American Journal of Science naming a new mineral Rickardite after Rickard.
• 1905 purchased Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco
• 1906-1909 Editor, Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco
• 1909-1915 Founding Editor, Mining Magazine, London
• 1915-1922 Editor, Mining and Scientific Press, San Francisco
• 1922-1925 contributing editor, Engineering and Mining Journal, following the amalgamation of Mining and Scientific Press with that Journal
• 1925- Devoted his time to writing

  Death

Memberships and Awards

• Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
• * 1896 elected Member
• * 1903-1909 Member of Council
• * 1932 awarded Gold Medal "in recognition of his services in the general advancement of mining engineering, with special reference to his contributions to technical and historical literature"
• * 1948 made Honorary Member "in recognition of his long and valued services to the mining and metallurgical profession and to the Institution"
• Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• * Member
• University of Colorado
• * Honorary D.Sc.
• Royal School of Mines Association
• * 1913 Founder
• * First Honorary Secretary
• American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
• * 1935 made Honorary Member

  Published works

• ‘Minerals which accompany gold and their bearing upon the richness of ore deposits’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 6, 1897-8
• ‘Cripple Creek goldfield’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 8, 1899-1900
• A guide to technical writing
• ‘Standardization of English in technical literature’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 19, 1909–10
• ‘Domes of Nova Scotia’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 21, 1911–12
• ‘Persistence of ore in depth’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 24, 1914–15
• ‘The later Argonauts‘ Trans I.M.M., vol. 36, 1926-7
• ‘Copper mining in Cyprus’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 39, 1929–30
• ‘Gold and silver as money metal’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 41, 1931-32
• Man and Metals
• A History of American Mining. New York & London: McGraw-Hill
• ‘The primitive smelting of copper and bronze’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 44, 1934–35
• ‘The primitive use of gold’ Trans I.M.M., vol. 44, 1934–35
• Retrospect - his autobiography
• "Indian Participation in the Gold Discoveries." British Columbia Historical Quarterly 2:1 : 3-18
• The Romance of Mining. Toronto: Macmillan
• Historic Backgrounds of British Columbia. Vancouver: Wrigley Printing
• Autumn Leaves. Vancouver: Wrigley Printing