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Centro Médico de Chihuahua and Dr. Calvete, Medical Director at the Avalos Smelter

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Below is an obituary for Dr. Ricardo Calvete Palau which appeared in the July 23, 1960 El Paso Herald Post.
Also, a February 5, 1949 article from El Pueblo about the opening of Centro Médico de Chihuahua. Many doctors, including Dr. Calvete, and dignitaries from Chihuahua and Mexico City are mentioned. I’m including the article [...]

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Thomas Septimus Austin

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, a biography of Thomas Septimus Austin (1853-1906), General Superintendent of the Southern Department of ASARCO, who was instrumental in building the Avalos ASARCO smelter, among others. “The professional career of Thomas Septimus Austin, who died at El Paso, Tex., Aug. 23, 1906, was contemporaneous with [...]

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