Charles Lawrence Butlin died in Johannesburg on August 29th, 1946, at the age of 67.
He was a student at the Camborne School of Mines from 1896 to 1900, and in December, 1900, he took up the appointment, which he held for three years, of engineer-in-charge of a manganese mine in India controlled by the Central Provinces Prospecting Syndicate.
In 1904 he went to South Africa as sampler to the New Heriot Gold Mining Co., Ltd., and later joined the staff of Ferreira Gold Mining Co., Ltd. In May, 1910, he took up the post of mine overseer and acting manager to Moddorfontein B Gold Mines, Ltd., and four years later was appointed manager. He served in this capacity from November, 1914, to December, 1935, leaving to become consulting engineer (mining) to Central Mining and Investment Corporation, Ltd., in Johannesburg.
He retired from this position at the end of 1945 and had continued to live in Johannesburg until his death.
He was elected a Member of the Institution in 1937.
Vol. 56, Trans I.M.M. 1946-7, pp. 610-11
