He was educated at
University of Berlin and the
mining school in Clausthal. After coming to the
United States in 1865 to work in a small lead mine in Hampden County, Massachusetts|Hampden County, Massachusetts, [2][3], headed for the western U.S. in 1866 [1]. Here he was variously occupied as superintendent of mining, metallurgical mills, and
smelters in
Arizona,
California,
Colorado,
Nevada, and
Utah. He contributed technical papers to the
Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, having been elected a member of that society in 1882. Among his inventions are the siphon tap, used on lead furnaces; the
Eureka lead furnace, extensively employed throughout Colorado and Utah; and a roasting furnace that bears his name. At his death, he resided in
Alameda, California, where he had moved around 1880. ==References==