Edwin Septimus King died in tragic circumstances in London on March 23rd, 1940, at the age of 66.
From 1890 to 1892 he received training under the Government Analyst and Survey or in Melbourne, after which he was employed for several years in assaying for mines in Australia and Tasmania. In 1897 he was engaged by a Melbourne syndicate on exploring and prospecting in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and by another syndicate on reporting on mining properties in Australia. In 1900 he was assayer to the North Boulder and Block 45 mines, Western Australia, and for seven years after that as assayer and finally metallurgist in charge at Oroya Brownhill.
From 1908 to 1910 he was general manager of the Gwalia Consolidated Mines, Wiluna, and then came to London to practise as a consulting engineer. For some time he managed mines in Cornwall.
During the Great War he was attached to the Ministry of Munitions, chiefly engaged on the demolition of derelict railway tracks, and then followed a period of management of mines in Nigeria, Cornwall and Morocco, and finally a return to consulting practice in London.
Mr. King was elected a Member of the Institution in 1911.
Vol. 50, Trans IMM 1940-41, p.548
