Carl Otto Lindberg died in New York on 2nd September, 1960, at the age of 80 after a long illness.
Born and educated in Sweden, Mr. Lindberg emigrated to the U.S.A., entering the Michigan College of Mines in 1904, from which he graduated in 1907 with the degrees of B.Sc. and E.M.
After leaving college he was mill foreman and general superintendent at Benito Juarez Mines Co., Mexico, for a year, and assistant examining engineer with consultants in Mexico City until December, 1909. From 1910 to 1914 he was employed by Messrs. Spurr and Cox, Inc., of New York, as examining mining engineer, working also during this period as mine superintendent, Santa Gertrudis, Ltd., Pachuca, Mexico. In 1914 he set up an independent practice as consulting engineer with offices in Los Angeles, which continued until 1929 except for a period in 1918 when he worked for the United States Bureau of Mines on procuring strategic metals and minerals, principally sulphur, for the war effort. After the war Mr. Lindberg was associated with Mr. W.C. Browning and his many assignments took him over the whole of the Americas and to the Far East.
In 1929 he joined Gold Fields American Development Co., Ltd., as consulting engineer on a whole-time basis and until the second world war travelled extensively on mine examinations for that company and its associates. He also became a member of the Advisory Committee of the company, with headquarters in New York. Between 1942 and 1957, when he partially retired, he was representative in America of the Gold Fields Group.
Mr. Lindberg, who was elected a Member of the Institution in 1925, held office as Overseas Member of Council from 1948 to 1953. He was a member of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America and of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, and since 1957 had been a member of their Legion of Honour.
Mr. R. Annan writes: A man of wide experience, calm judgement and attractive personality, Mr. Lindberg became an outstanding figure in mining circles in the United States.
Vol. 71, Trans IMM 1961-62, p.45
