The New York Herald-Tribune, 26 November 1896
 

OBITUARY
EDWARD EDDY
Denver. Nov. 25.—Edward Eddy, a millionaire, died last evening. He was one of the best-known mining experts in the United States, who made millions as an ore buyer and mill owner, though he never was directly interested in mines. He was born in Cornwall, England, fifty-seven years ago, and studied in the South Kensington School of Mines. He then removed to the United States, locating in the early days at Georgetown, where the foundation of his fortune was laid. The building of railroads caused him to remove to Denver, where he built a palatial home, and, later, when the Omaha and Grant Smelter Company was organized, he bought heavily of the stock and was one of its largest owners. He was at one time president of the National Lead Producers’ Association. For the last ten years he had been looked upon as the best-posted authority on mining in the West, especially with reference to Colorado. He was as well known in Europe almost as in the United States. Last June he returned from abroad in a vain attempt to regain lost health, and his death last night was due to heart failure, superinduced by pneumonia.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho