Henry Vezin and early sampling practice (1850's - 1900)

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00:01:43 Henry Vezin and early sampling practice (1850's - 1900)
00:02:32 Abstract
00:03:07 Obligatory Opening QuotationFrom an obituary (by ‘P.H.A.’) in: The Engineering and Mining Journal Volume LXXV No. 2 page 76 (January 10th, 1903)
00:03:52 Family tree – thanks to Dave Dolak for assistance here
00:04:58 Potential confusion on family monument?
00:05:50 Family
00:07:28 Mother – Emilie Vezin (Kalisky)
00:07:43 Father Charles Henri (“Karl”) – Chess in Philadelphia
00:08:03 Probably named after an earlier ancestor
00:08:16 Aside – another famous Osnabrück VezinThis was a Hermann (Henry’s brother’s name – the actor)
00:08:44 University of Pennsylvania
00:09:14 Siblings
00:10:17 Charles John Frederic Vezin (“took French leave”)Obituaries New York Times April 19th, 1882 (the day Charles Darwin died)French leave is "leave of absence without permission or without announcing one's departure“ Note: filer à l'anglaise ("to leave Englis
00:10:56 Charles John Frederic Vezin – “Fast Charlie”
00:11:38 Alfred Vezin – New York Daily Tribune Thursday September 30th, 1858 pages 4,5, and 8
00:12:39 Mary Vezin – taken in Hanover in 1858 Alan Rawle – personal collection
00:12:53 Hermann Vezin - probably the most famous (except for Henry!) of the Vezin family
00:13:13 Hermann VezinHenry already deceased…
00:14:05 Other famous Vezins…...
00:14:51 Henry Augustus Vezin - timeline
00:17:22 1861 – time for family portraits in Philadelphia
00:17:39 Rear of CDV
00:17:58 Possibly another (“unknown” Vezin family member)This one taken in New York and undatedAlan Rawle – personal collection
00:18:20 Civil War
00:19:00 Civil WarBrevet: a warrant giving a commissioned officer a higher rank title as a reward for gallantry or meritorious conduct, but without receiving the authority, precedence or pay of real rank
00:19:38 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry
00:20:08 Promotion
00:20:32 “Translation” (item on furthest left)
00:21:11 Civil War – Robert Gould Shaw letters
00:21:44 Civil War
00:22:08 “1866”
00:23:25 T Clarkson “The Sampling of Iron Ores” The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute Volume XILV No 2 1893 pp 131 – 140 (Published 1894)
00:24:03 After Civil War to 1878 or so….1865/1866 – Philadelphia. This is ‘income’, I believe
00:24:40 1866 – NevadaDaily Mining Journal (Black Hawk, Gilpin County): Oct 26, 1866
00:25:13 1870 – shown on Summit, CO census (aged 34)
00:25:54 Denver Public Library searchR.M. = Rocky Mountain News (only just closed)
00:26:07 1872 – 1876 or so – “Mechanical Engineer”
00:26:48 “Wasn’t a success until Vezin operated it”First silver-lead bullion in Colorado (obituary)
00:27:04 American Institute of Mining Engineers (AIME)
00:27:22 1880 - work in Russian coal fields/iron ore
00:28:01 Leadville 1882 – 1889
00:28:25 Leadville 1882 (also see the Brunton webinar)
00:28:46 The Leap Year BallLeadville Daily and Evening Chronicle Apr 20, 1888
00:28:59 Leadville Daily and Evening Chronicle Apr 20, 1888
00:29:18 Little Lulu Loker…The dangers of fireworks
00:30:01 Denver 1888 - 1902
00:30:13 So, Vezin’s notes…
00:30:51 “Notes on Sampling”
00:31:27 The first “Notes on Sampling” – October 24th, 1901
00:31:39 Notes on Sampling - summary
00:32:15 The “tapeworms”
00:32:52 Finally compiled into a bookletExtensively advertised in Mining Reporter
00:33:27 Untitled
00:34:00 What do we know about A W Warwick?
00:34:18 Denver, Colorado – A W Warwick
00:34:51 Sampling – the Vezin sampler – from ‘Notes’
00:35:31 The cut…
00:36:07 Could be built for $200 with Vezin’s drawings…See: W R Ingalls “Production and Properties of Zinc” The Engineering and Mining Journal 1st Edition (1902) pp 298-299
00:36:33 Form of split sample
00:36:59 VezinSamplers-CSIRO
00:39:00 Correct usage – based on Pitard WCSB2 (2003)
00:39:30 Correct usageI C Spangenberg, R C A Minnitt "An overview of sampling best practice in African mining” The Journal of The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Volume 114, 91 – 102, (January 2014)
00:39:47 Correct usage – Kruger/van Tonder
00:40:14 “Issues” with the Vezin sampler
00:40:55 Issues with the Vezin sampler
00:41:05 Issues
00:41:38 Vezin – other – German knowledge and pulleys
00:42:06 Gallows’ frames
00:42:29 Vezin - mixing
00:42:51 Vezin 1894 – North of England Institute of…From: list of members August 4th, 1900
00:43:07 Death - ‘angina pectoris’
00:43:19 3 obituaries with pictures…
00:43:50 Comment by R(ossiter) W(orthington) Raymond (April 27th, 1840– December 31st, 1918
00:44:32 ‘RWR’ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossiter_W._RaymondFamous poem/quotation
00:44:50 Buried
00:45:29 Family burial site
00:45:58 Sampling personality webinars
00:46:23 Acknowledgements
00:47:08 Thank you!

Henry Vezin influenced the practical routes to representative sampling in the mining industry in the late 1800's and influenced mineral concentration routes. His name gave rise to a type of popular sampling device but too little is known about this important individual. We aim to correct this knowledge void.