Leonard Vaughan died on 16th June, 1956, at the age of 75 after a long illness.
After serving in the Boer War, Mr. Vaughan worked in Cape Colony as assistant manager, Port Elizabeth Brick and Tile Co. from 1902 to 1903, and in the Transvaal until 1907, where he supervised experimental concentrating tables for East Rand Proprietary Mines, Ltd., engaged in alluvial diamond mining at Christiana, and did work connected with the Kimberley-Klerksdorp extension of Central South African Railways.
Mr. Vaughan’s career was principally in Malaya, where he joined Messrs. Osborne and Chappel in 1908. He was in charge of concentrating plant at Redhills Tin Mining Co., Ltd., and was later lent to Menglembu Lode Syndicate and became manager of Pengkalen, Ltd. From 1912 he was general manager of Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd., but left in December, 1914, to join H.M. Forces. He was Major, 3rd Lahore Div., and battalion commander in Afghanistan.
On demobilization in 1919 Mr. Vaughan returned to Malaya as general manager of a group of mines around Ipoh, including Ulu Piah, and in 1920 settled at Kroh to manage mines in Siam. He joined Henggeler and Martin, consulting mining engineers in Kuala Lumpur, in 1926 as a partner, and built the Batu Caves dredge; and in 1929 set up on his own account in Kuala Lumpur, specializing in bucket-dredging opencast and lode mining in Burma, Siam and Malaya, and holding the position of consulting mining engineer to Hong Fatt mines. He went into partnership with the late Mr. E.I. Vallentine, which continued until Mr. Vaughan retired to England in 1939.
After the 1939-45 war, however, Mr. Vaughan returned to Malaya as a member of the ‘Tin Inspection Committee’ on the work of rehabilitation of mines, and was later appointed chief assessor of mining claims under the War Damages Commission. He finally retired in 1950.
Mr. Vaughan had been an Associate Member of the Institution since 1912 and a Member since 1920.
Vol. 66, Trans IMM 1956-57, pp.307-8
