Background
Furness, James Wilson was born on June 5, 1874 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frank and Fannie (Fassitt) Furness.
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James Wilson Furness
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Preparatory education, William Penn Charter Church, Philadelphia, 1883-1891. Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania Military College 1895, B.M.S., 1927.
Career
Fassitt. Assayer and metallurgist in Colorado, 1895-1900. Assistant to Doctorate.M. Barringer, mining engineer, Philadelphia, in examining mining properties in Canada, western United States and Mexico, 1904-1908. Operator of mines, 1908-1909.
Associate with O.A. Robertson in chge. mining properties in Canada, California, Colorado and Nevada, also visited mines in Belgium, 1910-1918.
Operated mines in Colorado and Arizona, 1919-1922. Investigated manganese situation in Georgia, Russia, 1920.
With United States bureau of Mines, 1922-1926. Chief of mineral division United States Bureau Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Department of Commerce, 1927-1934.
Chief of economics branch bureau of Mines, 1934-1940.
Achievements
Membership
Served as officer Ordance Department, United States Army, August 1918-January 15, 1919. Member Minerals Advisory Committee to War Department. Member Mineral Policy Committee, 1935.
Member Washington Geological Society Democratic.
Clubs: Civitan, Down Town (Asheville).
Connections
Married Adeline East. Brown, October 25, 1899.
