tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post316026572797981799..comments2024-03-26T21:47:45.016+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: In memory of Paul Burton, a fine Cornish Mining EngineerMEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-39408450057460224502018-03-27T08:53:57.910+01:002018-03-27T08:53:57.910+01:00Paul will be missed around the world. I last saw h...Paul will be missed around the world. I last saw him in Kazakhstan last year on a visit to Central Asia Metals. He was a great colleague at Mining Journal and a great help thereafter, passing on leads and always interesting to travel with. Sadly we will miss the funeral as we will be in Australia but our thoughts will be with everyone. <br /><br />John Chadwick, Founder, International Mining<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-43917904072376960012018-03-25T13:43:49.671+01:002018-03-25T13:43:49.671+01:00A minute's silence was observed at last night&...A minute's silence was observed at last night's Annual Dinner, in remembrance of Paul and CSM geologists Keith Atkinson and Alan Bromley, and guest speaker Emma Priestley spoke movingly of PaulMEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-83933059593756354582018-03-24T11:16:54.129+00:002018-03-24T11:16:54.129+00:00I did not know Paul but he sounds like a good pers...I did not know Paul but he sounds like a good person and an exceptional Minerals Processor and Extractive Metallurgist of our era. Your blog also mentions the late John Tinkler who I worked with for many years in Zambia at Chambishi and Nchanga. That final Sundowner is getting to be quite a crowd. Cheers and Good Health.<br />Tony Francis, Director, Francis Minerals Consulting Limited, UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-35407333891923990862018-03-24T11:13:31.055+00:002018-03-24T11:13:31.055+00:00Thanks Jenna, and sincere condolences once more. Y...Thanks Jenna, and sincere condolences once more. Your dad was indeed a great guy and I feel privileged to have know him (and taught him very briefly). There will be many more glasses raised tonight at the CSM Annual Dinner in Falmouth. Barbara and I will be in Penryn on the 4th.<br />BarryMEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-83584420056971969172018-03-23T23:21:07.405+00:002018-03-23T23:21:07.405+00:00Hello there, it’s Jenna, Paul’s daughter. Thank yo...Hello there, it’s Jenna, Paul’s daughter. Thank you so much for your wonderful post. I know Dad would have loved to have been there, but I’m sure he’ll be raising a glass up there. Thank you too for thinking of me, and hope to see you on the 4th.JCSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15262481615608251380noreply@blogger.com