Sherman Henry Boright died of pneumonia following an attack of influenza, at the Lonely Mine, Rhodesia, in November, 1918, at the age of 37.
He was of Canadian birth and was trained at the McGill University, Montreal, where he graduated with Honours in mining engineering in 1903. During his course he had six months’ experience underground in the collieries of the Dominion Coal Co. of Cape Breton in various capacities, including timbering, pipelaying and coal-cutting by machine and hand.
From 1903 to 1905 he was in Italy for two years with the Evancon Gold Mining Co., as assayer, mine captain and finally as reduction manager. In 1905 he was sent to South Africa by Messrs. Lewis & Marks, and for about two years had charge of the prospecting and opening up of mineral lands in the Northern Transvaal. Thence he went to Swaziland as resident mining engineer of the Swaziland Corporation, and in that capacity had, charge of the prospecting on the company’s mineral concessions and the opening up and development of mines on the Forbes Reef Goncession.
At the close of 1906 he was sent to Springs, Transvaal, where he was manager of the two mines of the Great Eastern Collieries for nearly four years. In 1910 he was appointed manager of the Lonely Mine, Rhodesia, where he remained until his death.
Mr. Boright was elected a Member of the Institution in 1915.
Vol. 29, Trans I.M.M. 1919-20, pp. 418-19
