Richard George Bevington died in Johannesburg on July 23rd, 1915, as a result of an accident a day or two previously.
After studying assaying and metallurgy privately in London, he went to South Africa in 1888, and for a few months was engaged on some trial crushing work in Johannesburg; and subsequently as mill manager to the Anglo-Transvaal Land and Gold Co., Ltd. Later in the same year, he went to the Orange Free State to superintend some prospecting work for a syndicate, which occupied him for nearly a year. In 1890 he was back in Johannesburg and entered the employ of the Meyer & Charlton Gold Mining Co., Ltd., as mill manager, a position which he occupied for nearly seven years.
He transferred in 1897 to the Village Main Reef, where he remained as mill manager up to the time of his death; and it was whilst crossing a bridge leading to the battery house, in the course of his nightly round, that he met with the fatal accident. A heavy snowfall had taken place, and slipping he fell a distance of about 10 ft., sustaining severe injuries to his head and body.
Mr. Bevington was elected a Member of the Institution in 1903.
Vol. 25, Trans I.M.M. 1915-16, pp. 390-91
