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This firm also erected the Parr Copper Works 

 about the year 1855, having an arrangment with 

 Messrs. Brownells, of Liverpool, to smelt ores that 

 were being imported by them from Chili and 

 Peru. 



At Bagillt, in Flintshire, Mr. Keates carried 

 on the business of lead smelting and rolling. 



When the business of Messrs. John and Thomas 

 Johnson, Alkali Manufacturers at Runcorn, was 

 converted into a Limited Company, Mr. Keates 

 was, for a short time one of the Directors ; he was 

 also a Director of the Alliance Bank. 



As a practical Copper Smelter and Brass and 

 Yellow Metal Manufacturer he was thoroughly 

 conversant with every detail; in going through 

 the works nothing escaped his notice and when 

 a yiumg man, he would not only superintend the 

 i cfining process but would actually join the laders 

 in their work or show a workman how to handle 

 a ladle or skim a charge. He was a strict discip- 

 linarian, but both in his home and at the works 

 he was a considerate employer and secured the 

 loyal attachment of those in his service. He was an 

 excellent instructor of others, and prided himself 

 in the men whom he trained and on retaining them 

 in his employ. 



When he came from StafYnnlslmi' he brought 

 with him a workman and his family, the Shentons. 

 The father, <>1<1 .John Shi'nton was n fine type of 

 English workman, of great physical strength, 

 thoroughly intelligent, and devotedly loyal to his 

 master; he was the foreman at Sutton Copper 

 Works up to the time of his death ; he had several 



