Background
Rickard was born in England in 1841.
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Rickard was born in England in 1841.
They had six children, three of whom died young. In 1875, the Rickard family emigrated to the United States as Reuben had been hired to manage the operations of the Richmond Mining Company in Eureka, Nevada. He worked there six years before taking on another job inspecting mines for English investors throughout the western United States. and Mexico.
The family finally settled in Berkeley, California on July 24, 1882.
Reuben"s wife died of tuberculosis on March 28, 1895 in Central City, Colorado. Reuben Rickard died in 1896 from dysentery while inspecting a mining project near Perth in Western Australia.