Rossiter W. Raymond 



sity of earning money in his profes- 

 sion. Several times in the course of 

 his life he suffered financial reverses, 

 which forced him practically to begin 

 over again, and to work as a mining 

 engineer in the field — sometimes di- 

 recting or advising, sometimes valu- 

 ing, sometimes buying and selling. 

 Of three companies which opened, re- 

 spectively, — the Las Prietas mine, in 

 Sonora, the Las Yedras, in Sinaloa, 

 and the Sombrerete, in Zacatecas, — 

 he was the president ; and he was 

 actively connected with the Rich- 

 mond, at Eureka, Nevada, and other 

 American mines. 



On many occasions he was engaged 

 as an expert witness in mining law- 

 suits. I need hardly say that, while 

 he was in the service of the United 

 States, he gave no such assistance to 

 private interests. Indeed, he was 

 quick to perceive that the members 

 of the public scientific surveys must 



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