Edward Amos Loring died on 25th June, 1954, at his home at Putney, London. He was 64 years of age.
An American by birth, he was educated in Australia, where his father, the late W.J. Loring, was local partner and general manager of Messrs. Bewick, Moreing and Co., consulting mining engineers. He entered Sydney University in 1907, but after completing two years of the mining course he left to gain practical mining experience at Sons of Gwalia Gold Mine, Western Australia. In 1910 he spent eight months at Zinc Corporation, Ltd., and Broken Hill South Blocks mine, working on the concentration of lead-zinc ore and flotation of zinc tailings. In 1911 he returned to Sydney University and in November of that year left Australia to take a post at the London headquarters of Messrs. Bewick, Moreing and Co. In the following two years he was assistant to the office engineer and also accompanied reporting engineers on examinations in England, Wales, Spain, France and Siberia.
Mr. Loring was in Cornwall from December, 1913, to August, 1915, for the first year as superintendent of Phoenix (Cornwall), Ltd., and subsequently as underground manager at East Pool and Agar, Ltd. In September, 1915, he was appointed head of the mining engineering department at the London office of Messrs. Bewick, Moreing and Co., and was also made a partner of the firm. He remained with them until his death. He was a director of a number of companies, including Sons of Gwalia, Ltd., Klerksdorp Consolidated Goldfields, Ltd., and Cardox (Gt. Britain), Ltd.
Mr. Loring was elected to Associate Membership of the Institution in 1917 and transferred to Membership in 1921. He served as a Member of Council from 1942 to 1953 and held the office of Vice-President for the period 1945-1948.
Vol. 64, Trans IMM 1954-55, p.83
