Barton Sewell

{{Short description|American industrialist (c. 1848 – 1915)}}

File:Aviso con renombre de Sewell.jpg is named in his honor]]

Barton Sewell ({{Circa|1848}}{{Snd}}1915) was an American industrialist, with investments in mining and smelting throughout the Americas. Sewell was instrumental in the funding of the El Teniente copper mine in Chile.{{Cite book |last=Coulson |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BAfmAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22barton+sewell%22+mining&pg=PA146 |title=The History of Mining: The events, technology and people involved in the industry that forged the modern world |date=2012-11-12 |publisher=Harriman House Limited |isbn=978-0-85719-266-0 |pages=146 |language=en}} Sewell, Chile was named in his honor shortly after his death.{{Cite book |last=Guides |first=Insight |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mKgxBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22barton+sewell%22+chile&pg=PT362 |title=Insight Guides: Chile & Easter Island |date=2013-01-25 |publisher=Apa Publications (UK) Limited |isbn=978-1-78005-617-3 |language=en}}

He also served in the American Civil War, enlisting in 1862 as a drummer boy and serving near the Mississippi River.{{Cite news |date=1915-01-08 |title=Death of Barton Sewell American Smelting Man |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anaconda-standard-death-of-barton-se/144548354/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |work=The Anaconda Standard |pages=4}}{{Cite news |date=1915-01-08 |title=Obituary of Barton Sewell (c.1848-1915) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-obituary-of-barton-sewell-c184/88864390/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |work=The Sun |pages=9}} Lake Sewell, the lake created by the original Canyon Ferry Dam, was named in his honor.{{Cite news |date=1915-01-08 |title=Barton Sewell Was Partner of Hauser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montana-record-herald-barton-sewell/144548613/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |work=The Montana Record-Herald |pages=2}}