H.J. Carnegie Williams died in Essex in October, 1913, aged 63.
From 1867 to 1872 he served articles as a pupil with the Tolima Mining Co., Ltd., in the Republic of Colombia, and for two years subsequently was assistant manager to the Company and to the Organos Gold Mining Co. From 1875 to 1882 he was assistant manager to the hydraulic gold mines, and general manager and part proprietor of the La Bonita Gold Mining Co. in Colombia. From 1883 to 1885 he was engaged in civil engineering work in various parts of Europe, and from 1885 to 1887 was chief engineer of the La Guaira harbour works in Venezuela.
During the period from 1888 to 1892 he was engaged in examining and reporting on sulphur and pumice-stone deposits in the Canary Islands; gold and tin properties in Queensland; iron and manganese in Spain and West Virginia; silver in Durango, Mexico; and gold and platinum in Choco, Colombia. From 1893 to 1896 he was in charge of the Philippine Mineral Syndicate gold mines, and was also engaged in examining and reporting on gold and antimony mines in Nova Scotia.
In 1897 and 1898 Mr. Williams had charge of the Mariposa de Oro Hydraulic gold mines in Argentina, and from 1898 to 1900 was at the head of an exploring expedition in Celebes, Dutch East Indies, besides reporting on tin properties in Selangor. From 1900 to 1903 he was in charge of the Voel Mines, Merionethshire, and from 1904 to 1907 was with the Lancaster Syndicate, British Columbia, and the Copper Mining and Smelting Co. of Ontario.
Mr. Williams was elected a Member of the Institution in 1892.
Vol. 23, Trans IMM 1913-14, p.530
