Harry Brian-Pearson died in 1933 at the age of 64.
His mining work began in 1893, when he was engaged by the Mineral Hills Mining Company in California, where he remained until 1895.
From then until the end of 1897 he was occupied in field work in Colorado, partly for the State Geological Survey, and partly for various small mining companies. During the winter months he attended special courses at the Colorado School of Mines, and at the State University.
From 1898 to 1900 he was attached to the geological branch of a U.S. Government Expedition to Copper River, Alaska, and from 1900 to the end of 1902 was Superintendent of the Kenai Mining Company at Cook’s Inlet. The following two years were spent in the same capacity with the Bristol Mining Co., Nevada, for which company he made examinations of prospects in Mexico and Arizona.
From January, 1905, to the end of 1906, Mr. Brian-Pearson was mining partner of Caccavajo & Co., mining and civil engineers, of New York City, and his work took him to various parts of North and Central America.
Early in 1907 he left America to lead a surveying and prospecting party in Trans-Baikal, Siberia, for the Nertchinck Gold Co.; and in January, 1908, he was appointed manager of Mt. Elborno Mines in Russia, with a general consulting practice in the Russian Empire. During the following three years he visited mines and prospects in the Caucasus and Siberia, as well as in Persia and Asia Minor.
In 1919 he returned to Canada where he spent ten months in examining deposits for the Scottish Nigeria Mining Co. Then followed fifteen months’ work of a similar nature in Great Britain.
In June, 1915, he joined the R.A.M.C. as Sanitary Officer, and retired in 1920 with a temporary commission as Major. During this period he was attached to the North Russian Expeditionary Force. After the War he became interested in mineral deposits in Rhodesia, to which country he made several visits.
Mr. Brian-Pearson was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1920.
Vol. 46, Trans I.M.M. 1936-37, pp. 818-9
