Charles Hume Reed 
Charles Hume was born on October 2nd, 1890 in Ouray Co., Colorado.1 Charles Hume's father is David Reed and his mother is Minnie Scott. He was an only child. He died before 1958 in Denver, Colorado.1 General Notes
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1920 Census shows Charles as a mining engineer for a mining compan
y. T he 1941 Denver Directory also shows Charles as a mining engineer a
nd nam es his son and daughter-in-law. The 1953 Denver directory shows th
em livi ng on Penn Ave. in Denver.
He was in Hidalgo, Mexico as chief sampler and staff geologis
t. He we nt to the Colorado School of Mines, was assistant engineer. assa
yer, mi ne shift boss & mining foreman for Socorro Mining and Milling C
o. in Monog llen, NM from 1912-1917. He then was foreman at Hilltop Meta
ls and Mini ng in Hilltop, AZ in 1918. In 1919 he went to work with Prim
os Explorati on Empire Co. Finally, he became chief sampler and staff geo
logist in 19 20 in Cia de Real del Monte y Pachuca, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexi
co.
SOURCE: Who's Who in Engineering 1925 by John William Leonard.
‌Charles Hume and Elanor were married in a religious ceremony on April 14th, 1914 in Denver, Colorado.1 They had a son and a daughter, named Charles Hume, Jr. and Elizabeth Jane.
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