Abraham Haworth died in Southern Rhodesia on 23rd July, 1960, at the age of 74.
Mr. Haworth was trained at Burnley Technical School, where he studied geology and mining and gained a bronze medal for mineralogy, and at the Royal School of Mines from 1906 to 1909. He was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1908 and the De La Beche Medal in 1909 and a first-class Associateship of the School; he was granted a postgraduate scholarship by the Institution. During this scholarship course he was employed at Village Deep Mines, Ltd., Johannesburg, from 1909 until 1911.
Mr. Haworth worked as shift boss with Apex Mines and Midas Deep, Ltd., Witwatersrand, for four months and then as shift boss and surveyor with Bantjes Consolidated Mines, Ltd., Transvaal, for over two years. In 1912 he was awarded the Mine Surveyor’s Certificate of Competency of the Union of South Africa.
During the 1914-18 war Mr. Haworth was assistant superintendent engineer on camp construction and then served in the R.A.S.C., M.T.
In 1919 he went to West Africa on his appointment as manager of Sefwi Goldfields, Ltd., on the Gold Coast, and in 1922 became manager of the diamond section of Akim, Ltd. From 1924 to 1925 Mr. Haworth was chief surveyor to Central West Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Johannesburg, and obtained the Mine Manager’s Certificate of the Union.
He went to Southern Rhodesia in 1926 and worked for five years with Globe and Phoenix Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Que Que, holding the positions of surveyor, mine captain and, in 1931, underground manager. In 1935 he was appointed manager of Phoenix Prince Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Bindura, a position he retained until his retirement in September, 1947. During this period he also managed the Prince of Wales mine. He was a member of the Native Labour Board for many years and also of the Rhodesian Chamber of Mines, on whose Executive Committee he served as a special member from 1953 until his retirement from active participation in the Chamber’s affairs at the end of 1959.
Among Mr. Haworth’s published papers was one entitled ‘The surface equipment of the Phoenix Prince gold mine, Southern Rhodesia’, printed in the Transactions (vol. 49, 1939-40).
Mr. Haworth was elected a Student of the Institution in 1908, transferred to Associate Membership in 1920 and to Membership in 1938.
Vol. 71, Trans IMM 1961-62, p.200
