George Vincent Everitt died suddenly at Ootacamund, India, on February 26th, 1946, at the age of 60.
He took a course in metallurgy at the Camborne School of Mines in 1906 and in January of the following year left for India to join the staff of Champion Roof Gold Mining Co., Ltd. for Messrs. John Taylor & Sons, by whom he was employed during the whole of his career.
For the first three years he was assistant in the mill, and from 1910 to 1917 was assistant cyanide officer, and then held the position of assistant reduction officer at Ooregum gold mine for two years. In November, 1920, he joined the Mysore Gold Mining Co., Ltd., as cyanide officer and analytical chemist, and in May, 1926, was appointed chief assistant cyanide chemist, and chief cyanide officer and analytical chemist in March, 1932. He left in 1934 on his promotion to the position of chief metallurgist at Champion Reef gold mine, in which capacity he served until his retirement in February, 1945, owing to ill health. He went with his wife to the Nilgiri Hills in the hope that his health would benefit but it did not improve.
Mr. Everitt was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1922.
Vol. 56, Trans IMM 1946-7, pp.617-18
