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ations never ceased, and for months oil produced from wells in a district 

 in the hands of the rebels was transported by pipe line through the battle 

 grounds and shipped from a port in the control of the federals. This 

 experience brought the final proof of Hayes's tremendous force of char- 

 acter and marvelous executive ability. The most trying experience of his 

 whole career was when, in the protection of the lives of the employees, he 

 felt it imperative to haul down the American flag from the ofhce building 

 where it had long waved with the Union Jack. 



Of the causes that forced him and nearly all other Americans to leave 

 Tampico, this is not the time nor place to speak. Suffice it to state, that 

 he was one of the chief instruments in getting the Americans safely out 

 of Tampico during the night after the taking of Vera Cruz, the town 

 being then in the hands of the Mexican mob. When all were gone, his 

 duty done, not only as the head of a great corporation, but also as the 

 brave, patriotic American citizen that he was, he left Tampico never to 

 return. 



Personal Reminiscences 



Certain important events of Hayes's life not referred to above should 

 here be recorded. On March 22, 1894, he married, at Washington, Eosa 

 Paige, daughter of N'athaniel and Eosa Paige. His widow, three daugh- 

 ters, and five sons survive him. Many honors came to him during his 

 professional career. He was elected to this Society in 1889 ; was a mem- 

 ber of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and one of the found- 

 ers of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America. He received the 

 Walker Prize of the Boston Society of Natural History in 1897. Oberlin 

 College conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on him in 1908. 



While at Tampico Hayes suffered more or less from ill health, and dur- 

 ing the height of the political troubles underwent a serious operation. 

 His health returned, to a certain extent, after leaving Mexico and he 

 spent part of a winter in London. Here plans made for explorations for 

 oil in different parts of the world Avere interrupted by the European war. 

 He returned to Washington with his family and established once more 

 intimate relations with his circle of friends. Soon his health began to 

 fail, and it finally became only too evident that he was suffering with 

 cancer. During the many months of his last illness, though at times suf- 

 fering terribly, he never lost his courage. As he slowly wasted away, 

 those who watched at his bedside could but marvel that the disease never 

 mastered him. He was fond of discussing geology and, as far as his con- 

 dition permitted, kept pace with geologic literature. His clearness of 

 mind was maintained up to a few days before his death, and his hope of 

 ultimate recovery lasted almost as long. He died on February 8, 1916. 



