The Magazine of Colorado School of Mines

Volume 93 Number 4 Fall 2003 MINES

Wind Farm on Energy Tour page 22

New Geology Museum Dazzles, Delights page 6 Mines – A Leader in Energy page 16 Letters to the Editor MINES FALL 2003 Mines is published quarterly by the Colorado School of Mines and the CSM Alumni Association for alumni and friends of the School. The Networking Pays Off magazine is a merger of Mines Magazine (founded in 1910) and Mines Today I would like to thank you for printing the alumni (founded in 1986). The directory (Network 2002). During my recent job merger took place in 2000. hunt I decided to look for job opportunities in Comments and suggestions the directory and wound up being hired by are welcome. Contact us by another Mines graduate! writing to MINES, P.O. Box 1410, Golden, CO 80402; or call 303-273-3294 or Vanessa Davies-Pappas BSc Math & Comp 800-446-9488, ext. 3294, Sci ’99, MSc Math & Comp Sci ’01 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., M-F, MST; or email [email protected]. [Editor’s note: Active members of CSMAA can view the directory on line. The on-line John U. Trefny, President version is updated constantly throughout the Colorado School of Mines year.] John N. Schwartzberg ’88 President CSM Alumni Association More on Mines’ Military History Maureen Keller, Editor CSM Alumni Association As a former professor of Military Science at Mines, I read Lorraine Wagenbach’s article Marsha Konegni, Co-editor “The Glory Years of ROTC” (Mines, Fall 2002) with a bit of disappointment for it said CSM Communications nothing about Army ROTC in later years. For example, in 1983 and 1984 Mines led the Coordinator nation in the number of students who won Army ROTC scholarships! But this wasn’t an A Special Remembrance presented by Contributing Writers easy accomplishment. Robin Laws, sculptor & Karla Gordon Take home . . . Spirits in the Wind Gallery Heather McGregor Although Ms. Wagenbach proudly pointed out that in 1971 Mines commissioned 64 as seen in front of Greg Murphy Robert Pearson ’59 engineers as second lieutenants, the nadir of the program followed just nine years later Guggenheim Hall at the Jo Marie Reeves when enrollment in the advanced course fell off drastically, and the Mines Army ROTC a memory of Mines Colorado School of Mines. David Rein program was placed on probation and faced extinction. The reasons for this are many: the Robert Sorgenfrei Order this valuable bronze which is offered in three sizes: Nick Sutcliffe anti-war backlash of the Vietnam War, the “national malaise” pointed out by President Carter, and the Department of the Army decision to discontinue “Branch Material” Photography 6"l x 5 1/2"d x 6 1/2"h Edition 500 $600. programs like Mines’, which guaranteed Mines students commissions in the Army Corps 4 weeks delivery Douglas Baldwin ’03 Gary Baughman ’73, ’74 of Engineers. 8"l x 7 1/2"d x 9"h Edition 50 $1800. Tom Cooper 4 weeks delivery Tony Newlin ’96 It was only through hard work and the support of many Mines faculty members and 4 1/2’l x 4’d x 5’h Edition 19 $3700. Jim Noelker 4-6 months delivery former grads that the Mines cadre, led by an energetic enrollment officer named A special amount is donated to Colorado School of Mines Graphic Design Maj.(later lieutenant colonel) Bruce Goetz, was able to turn the tide, and Mines led the on purchase. Emelene Russell Advertising & Design nation (in Army ROTC) once again in 1983 and 1984. Since then, Mines graduates have served with distinction in Operations Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, Bosnia, Kosovo, Downtown Historic Golden on Washington Ave. Printing or shop online at www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com American Web and I am sure Iraqi Freedom! Our gift to you CPM Number # 40065056 Rick Anderschat engraved on gold www.mines.edu SPIRITS IN THE WIND GALLERY tone title plaque: Colonel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Retired ■ Your Name csmaa.mines.edu/alumni 1211 Washington Ave., Golden, CO 80401 ■ Professor of Military Science, 1983-1985 303-279-1192 or 877-844-1609 Date Graduated “A Friend to Lean On”

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Government Policymakers Go to the Source Energy and Minerals Field Institute provides 22 on-site lessons about energy resources New Geology Museum Dazzles, Delights Geology museum moves to new home in General Research Laboratory 6 Engineer Shows Passion for Wildlife and the Environment Newlin ’96 is a scientist and a nature photographer Short Takes 8 24 Staying Connected 13 Engineering New Traditions 26

History of Kudos 28 Mines – A Leader in Energy CSM is uniquely qualified to play a prominent role Look Who’s Running for Office 29 in energy issues 16 Athletics 30 People Watch 32

Events Calendar 34

Notes & Quotes 35

Philanthropy at Mines 36

In Memoriam 37

On the Move 40

From the Archive 47 About Our Cover: The Ponnequin Wind Farm, located south of Cheyenne, Wyo., near the Colorado-Wyoming border, provides the first commercially produced electricity from wind power in Colorado. The wind farm was one of many sites visited last summer by participants in CSM's Energy and Minerals Field Institute. Photo courtesy of Xcel Energy, Denver, Colo.

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 4 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 5 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES By Marsha Konegni

The official ribbon-cutting by Dr. and Mrs. John U.Trefny

Former CSM President Guy T. McBride Jr. examining a recent CSM Board of Trustees President donation to the new F. Steven Mooney Geol E ‘56, left, museum and CSM President John U.Trefny at museum’s opening reception Bryan Lees BSc Geol ’85 in September Museum Director and Curator Paul Bartos, left, and Vice President and Kathryn Lees BSc Math Calcite from the Elmwood Mine, Carthage, of Academic Affairs Nigel Middleton, right, with Bruce Oreck, who ’88 beside the world’s best Tenn., on loan from Martin Zinn has donated mineral specimens worth $1 million to the museum, collection of rhodochrosite including this clear quartz crystal surrounded by albite and specimens, which they have tourmaline from the Pederneiras Mine in Brazil loaned to the museum; the rhodochrosite, Colorado’s Dave Bunk, state mineral, is from the former Mines Sweet Home Mine in student, with his Colorado. special exhibit of rhodochrosite from the Sunnyside Mine in Colorado Gold from the Smuggler Union Mine,Telluride, Colo. Paul Bartos, left, and Martin Zinn, who has donated an entire special exhibit of Tennessee minerals to the museum

The main floor of the two-story museum, located in the new General Research Laboratory at 1310 Maple Street, is a beautiful showcase; the lower level is a hands-on, educational environment for children who tour the museum.

Azurite with malachite, donated by Bruce Oreck

Malachite with azurite from the Copper Queen Mine, Cochise County, Ariz.

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Under Secretary MicroPhage Inc. Valley, Calif., is a not-for- Mines’ Newest Building of Energy Visits Mines profit global network of MicroPhage Inc. has won entrepreneurs and professionals. The General Research Laboratory Robert G. Card, the U.S. “The Next Great Idea: Mines has partnered with (GRL), Mine’s newest building, Department of Energy’s Under TiE-Rockies’ Search for MicroPhage Inc. to commercialize celebrated its opening with a Secretary of Energy, visited Mines in Tomorrow’s Technology technology developed in the reception in September. Building July to become better acquainted Business,” a region- Department of Chemistry and occupants include the Center for with the School’s energy research wide competition to Geochemistry. Angelo Madonna Commercial Applications of program. He met with Vice identify and help PhD Applied Chem ’02 and Kent Combustion in Space, the President of Academic Affairs Nigel develop the best new Voorhees invented the technology Geology Museum and the Middleton, as well as John Curtis, technology business that allows for identification of Ultrafast Optical Science John Fanchi, David Olson and concepts in the microorganisms in such Laboratory. GRL is located Tony Dean. The meeting focused Rocky Mountains. applications as bioterrorism at 1310 Maple Street. primarily on natural gas potentials All submitted incidents, environmental in the Rocky Mountain region, with CSM’s Nigel Middleton with Under business plans monitoring, food safety and Secretary of Energy Bob Card supplementary discussion on oil and were evaluated emergency epidemics. gas production, nuclear energy and by leading Colorado business surrogate nuclear materials, and fuel executives and venture capitalists. cell technologies. TiE, founded in 1992 in Silicon General Research Laboratory (GRL) officially opened in September HORT STAKES

Mooney Honored The best students in science and math Dr. Michael Mooney, associate Mooney’s research involves professor in the Division of the development of intelligent Engineering, has received the 2003 geoengineering systems through Arthur Casagrande Professional sensing, automation and control. Development Award from His research in intelligent the American Society of Civil geoconstruction and built Engineers. The award recognizes infrastructure monitoring is funded During summer field sessions, students outstanding accomplishments as by the National Science Foundation, studied the geology of the Italian alps evidenced by completed works, the Federal Aviation Administration reports or papers in the field of and Ingersoll-Rand Corporation. Mines Medals Michael Mooney geotechnical engineering. Mooney to High School Juniors was honored for his contributions to mathematics. The awards, a joint geotechnical health monitoring, A reception for Colorado high program of the CSM Alumni intelligent geosystems and school juniors who won Mines Association and the Office of geotechnical education. Medals this year was held June 8. Financial Aid, include a $1,000 The students were chosen as the best scholarship for students who attend in their schools in science and Mines.

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CSM a “Pipeline”for government commitments to: CSM Discoveries microscopy. This novel technique Hailed by extends the concept of a color filter, Department of Energy ■ provide extensive training in fossil Physics Today long used to enhance contrast in energy technologies optical microscopes, to imaging at Mines is one of two schools chosen Of four noteworthy physics to act as a pipeline leading top-notch ■ pay up to $40,000 of student loans the atomic scale. The team of Mines discoveries highlighted in the August researchers around Physics Associate engineering graduates to careers in ■ pay for a master’s degree in earth 2003 issue of Physics Today,two Professor Peter Sutter, which the Department of Energy’s Office of sciences or engineering from one originate from the CSM Physics Fossil Energy. developed the technique, foresees of the pipeline educational Department. far-reaching applications in institutions, while working part- Chosen from among top engineering One is the all-optical histology with nanotechnology. time and receiving full salary and earth science learning femtosecond lasers, a technique for institutions across the nation, Mines ■ provide other standard benefits of cutting and imaging brain tissue. and Penn State University will employment with the federal Mines Professor Jeffrey Squier BSc institute pilot programs to attract government. Phy ’84, Msc Phy ’86 is one of the Teresa Hall of Custodial Services was future employees to government researchers on the multidisciplinary, After an initial pilot program awarded the 2003 Mines Classified positions in fossil energy. multi-institutional team that has Employee of the Year Award at the classified implementation period of up to 36 Approximately two-thirds of the developed the technique. staff recognition brunch held on campus in Office of Fossil Energy staff are months, the program is expected to At a CSM Engineering Design Summer Camp, August. Pictured with her is Director of eligible to retire within the next four expand to include more colleges and high school students invented propulsion systems to The other discovery is energy- Human Resources Mike Dougherty. years. universities ranked as superior in the transport their teams in vessels across the School’s filtered scanning tunneling engineering and earth sciences swimming pool. No oars or paddles allowed! Selected graduates will enter a disciplines. technical career intern program with HORT STAKES Geophysics Professor Unique Poster and Director of the a Winner Center for Wave A Mines poster entry won first prize The CSM research project Phenomena in the category “Unique, Unusual, associated with the poster is Kenneth Larner and New Techniques” at the 2003 funded by the State Geop E ’60 at International Metallographic Historical Fund with a team the International Contest in San Antonio in August. of faculty and student Geophysical Frederick Fraikor, director of CSM’s investigators including E. Conference and Colorado Advanced Materials Craig Simmons, Chemistry Exhibition Institute, and Tim Casias, an and Geochemistry; Hans Moscow in undergraduate student in the George Joachim Kleebe, Materials September. Ken Larner S. Ansell Department of Science; Andrea Elliott, The award, Metallurgical and Materials Chemistry and named after Engineering, submitted the winning Geochemistry student; the recipient of the 1978 New Athletics Hall of Fame inductees entry, “Scanning Electron Helen Kearney, Materials Nobel Prize in Physics, included John Lockridge Geol E ‘52 and his wife Erika, both outstanding boosters of Microscopy of Petrified Wood Science graduate student; recognizes Larner’s Jodi and Larner Awarded Medal Oredigger athletics. attended theRaul 8th Varela Annual BSc Athletics Eng ’96 Archeological Artifacts.” The poster and Mark Eberhart, contributions to geoscience, In July a film crew used the Mines campus as its location for Hall of Fame Dinner in September, was also one of five finalists for the Chemistry and Geochemistry. the theory and practice of seismic when Raul was inducted into the Class the taping of a television commercial. The Russian Academy of Natural Jacquet-Lucas Award for best in methods, and humanitarian activities. of 2003 Hall of Fame. Raul was the all- Sciences will present its highest award, time leading scorer in the history of the show. the Piotr L. Kapitsa Gold Medal, to Oredigger basketball program with

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CSM Alumni Association Central Officers Chicago➡ John N. Schwartzberg BSc Met ’88 August 1, a group of Miners, friends President and family got together for a Cubs Arthur T. Biddle Met E ’61 game in Wrigley Stadium. Afterward, President-elect the group partied at the home of Alan J. Mencin BSc CPR ’79 Jeff Babcock Met E ’65. Treasurer Kathleen A. Altman BSc Met ’80 Secretary Directors U.S. House Speaker’s Task Force holds meeting at Mines Scott R. Clark BSc Pet ’85 Vicki J. Cowart MSc Geop ’77 John Curtis U.S.Task Force held on the Mines campus in from a number of witnesses, Marshall C. Crouch III Geol E ’67 Hears Testimony August. Rep. Bob Beauprez of including Mines Associate Professor Brenda J. Eckles BSc Geop ’94 A meeting of the U.S. House Colorado, with Rep. Barbara Cubin John Curtis, who is director of the Hugh W. Evans EM ’49 Speaker’s Task Force for of Wyoming and Rep. C.L. “Butch” Potential Gas Agency. Roxann M. Hayes BSc Eng ’95 Affordable Natural Gas was Otter of Idaho, heard testimony Robert Kendrick EM ’54 Blase A. Leven MSc Geol ’89 Kimberly M. Lewis BSc CPR ’92 Missouri➡ Jodi M. Menebroker BSc CPR ’91 Several Mines alumni turned out to Pat Phillips Met E ’61 watch the Orediggers football team Laurence G. Preble PRE ’61 beat University of Missouri at Rolla. Lori L. Stucky BSc Eng ’97 Jeffrey S. Suiter BSc Geop ’91 Julie D. White BSc CPR ’93 Clockwise from foreground is Staff Kent Peaslee BSc Met ’78, Jay Mallery BSc Min ’83, Rosanna Ridings, Roger Phillips Geol E ’63, Andy Olson BSc Geol ’99, son Bryce Olson, Angela Olson BSc Eng ’00, Cheryl Ray, son Taylor Named Janet Blair Derrick Ray, son Daniel Ray, David Ray BSc Eng ’91, Dan Applegate. Speaker Administrative Assistant Brooker Discusses Sarah Brinton Gulf Coast Patrick Taylor BSc Met ’74, Violence, Imagination Student Assistant Houston➡ BSc Math ’74, PhD Met ’78, and Literature Kathy Breit Houston Happy Hour: From left, Louise George S. Ansell Chair Interim Executive Director The Division of Liberal Arts and Jacobsen BSc Pet ’00, Meghan Quiat Distinguished Professor of Maureen Keller International Studies announces (current student), and Laura Westler BSc Chemical Metallurgy, has Editor that the 2003-2004 Hennebach CPR ’00 enjoyed getting together for happy been invited to speak at the Daniel Keyser Visiting Professor is Jewel Student Assistant hour June 26. 2004 Extraction & Spears Brooker, a professor of Bob Pearson PE ’59 Processing Division literature at Eckerd College in Sections Coordinator The Houston section toured the Saint Arnold Brewing Company in mid-July. Standing Luncheon at the 133rd St. Petersburg, Fla. Her lecture Jo Marie Reeves left to right: Jairo Cadena (guest, Texas A&M grad), Nicolas Lacouture BSc Min ’88, Annual Meeting & series—open to all CSM Records Laura Westler BSc Exhibition of The students, staff, faculty and CPR ’00, Will Minerals, Metals & Westler BSc Pet ’00, the public—is titled 1600 Arapahoe Street Materials Society in Kathy Roldan BSc “Violence, Imagination, and P.O. Box 1410 Charlotte, N.C., in Geop ’88, Kelly Modern Literature.” Golden, CO 80402 March. His Brown BSc Pet ’93 Jewel Spears Brooker Office: (303) 273-3295 presentation will be (800) 446-9488, ext. 3295 and son Deklan, Sara Brown BSc CPR ’93, Ground was broken in September titled “Extractive Fax: (303) 273-3583 for three sorority houses, Sigma Metallurgy Today and E-mail: [email protected] Julie White BSc CPR Kappa, Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Phi. Tomorrow—An www.alumnifriends.mines.edu ’93. Front row, Susie Academic’s Perspective.” and Jon Kepler BSc Eng ’01.

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Staying connected connected “Welcome” Class of 2007

Gulf Coast his year’s T freshman Dallas➡ class was Twenty alumni and friends attended a get-together of the Dallas welcomed by section in June. Seated around the table starting at left, Gulshan volunteer alumni Amlani, Jack Parkin Geop E ’53, Nancy Alexander BSc Math ’76, (wearing the Will Culp BSc CPR ’99, Diane Brownlee BSc CPR ’75, Kevin red shirts) who Janowski BSc Chem Eng ’02, Les Crum MSc Min Ec ’80, John helped out on Gorman MSc Env Sc ’92, Elizabeth Gorman, Tim Saenger BSc move-in day at Phy ’95, Azy Madani BSc Chem Eng ’01, Scott Darling BSc Pet the dorms Aug. 15. ’87, Chip Hodge (on the stool), Kathy Roldan BSc Geop ’88, The Alumni Suzanne Heskin BSc Geop ’01, James Heskin, Keith Brownlee Association also BSc Geop ’75, Kevin Smith BSc Geop ’82, John Wise PRE ’68, sponsored a picnic James Messer BSc Met ’92. Photos by Will Cup. for freshmen and their families that Rocky Mountain day and about 225 people showed up Utah➡ at the Coolbaugh Bob Pearson ’59 traveled to Utah to watch the Orediggers House for a soccer team compete in two games the last weekend in August. barbecue lunch. Afterwards, the team and supporters met for an after-game meal. The following Monday, alumni volunteers distributed water during the M-Climb in the morning and flipped burgers and mingled at the graduate student picnic held on Kafadar Commons ➡ Grand Junction, Colo. that afternoon. Aug. 14, the Grand Junction section sponsored a send-off party for new freshmen from that area. Thirty-six people attended along If you’d like to with three new freshmen and their parents. help at future fun events, contact the Denver Metro Alumni Office at 303-273-3295 Denver➡ or e-mail to [email protected].

The August mixer at the Wynkoop Brewery, owned by Denver’s new mayor, John Hickenlooper, drew some regulars and some new faces.

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 14 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 15 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES RESEARCH ■ Recovering methane from sandstone aquifers is being explored in a new characterized, they can be included in the combined transport-kinetic models needed university in the United States with approach that works by dewatering the aquifer to recover trapped gas. Because this for optimization of fuel cell performance. programs from the baccalaureate technique generates a fair amount of produced water, economic ways to treat the water through the doctorate in all of the key for beneficial reuse to make the process more attractive are also being studied. ■ New processing techniques are being designed and new and improved fields related to energy. materials are being developed for the synthesis of thin film electrodes, solid electrolytes, ■ The Reservoir Characterization Project focuses on acquisition, processing, the minimizing of corrosion and oxidation problems and the maximizing of transport The School is home to the Colorado interpretation and visualization of time-lapse geophysical data – repeated efficiencies in proton transfer fuel cells, PEM fuel cells, and solid oxide fuel cells. Energy Research Institute, recently measurements over an operating field that help detect and track changes in the reestablished with support from the subsurface due to the movement of ■ Using a combination of electronic structure calculations and chemical Colorado Energy Management and fluids (water, oil, gas) in the activation analysis, researchers are identifying the effect of pressure and temperature on Conservation. It develops energy A LEADER IN ENERGY production and enhanced recovery the product distributions of key reactions that lead to production of the aromatic research and educational programs processes. precursors that ultimately lead to formation of soot and/or deposits in an effort to throughout the state including fossil new energy economy is emerging, reduce pollution. fuel, renewable and alternative energy “A focused not only on the affordable ■ The Center for Wave technology, as well as energy efficiency and environmentally sound development Phenomena focuses on new ■ The green alga and conservation. In addition, the of fossil fuels, but also on a rich array of theoretical and computational Chlamydomonas reinhardtii School houses 13 centers and institutes emerging new energy technologies,” techniques for processing seismic generates H2 by means of an directly related to energy. CSM also has a says President John U. Trefny. “Mines data from fractured reservoirs. Such Fe-hydrogenase-mediated unique collaboration with industry in its stands ready to play a leadership role in data exhibit all the complexities system that has the highest development of The Petroleum Institute the development of this new energy associated with wave propagation potential energy efficiency of in Abu Dhabi, which opened its doors to economy, helping to build a better future through inhomogeneous, any known photosynthetic H2- students in 2001. for the citizens of Colorado, the United anisotropic geologic environments generating mechanism. To States and the world.” and demand sophisticated maximize the hydrogen- All Mines departments and divisions are mathematical techniques applied to producing capacity of the involved in energy-related projects The Department of Energy has the data using computationally algae, researchers are working including fossil fuels, alternative energy projected that the world’s total energy intensive algorithms on parallel to optimize a known sources, combustion, nuclear energy and consumption will rise by 59 percent clusters of Linux processors. The hydrogenase through materials, energy storage technology, between 1999 and 2020. Standards of Center develops, maintains and molecular engineering to power distribution technology, and living are closely related to energy supports the open-domain Seismic identify enzymes involved in energy economics and policy. Much of consumption and a study conducted in Unix processing system, which has the regulation of hydrogenase the study is interdisciplinary. For 2000 by A. Pasternak found that the been installed on nearly 3,000 synthesis and to develop a new high-throughput assay for biological H2 production. example, molecular hydrogen (H2) is a United Nations’ Human Development systems in more than 60 countries around the world. promising future energy carrier because Index (a measure of basic human well ■ Research on the pyrolysis of biomass includes developing new pyrolysis of its clean combustion and potential for being) begins to level out at an annual ■ Mines expertise in scientific computing and numerical analysis provides reactors to produce hydrogen from tree thinnings obtained from western forests. sustainable production and is being per capita electricity use of about 4000 computational modeling of gas flow and scientific data visualization, an essential studied in a variety of ways. One kilowatt hours. Reaching this level component in data analysis for reservoir characterization. ■ Better transparent conducting oxide layers for photocell applications are problem associated with an economy worldwide would require the production being developed to bring fusion energy to commercial reality. A charged particle using hydrogen is that the energy and ■ of significantly more energy than has The huge natural gas resources locked in dirty, low permeability “tight” detector that can withstand the extreme conditions inside the fusion reactor vessels has power density of gaseous H2 is low been projected. geologic formations common in the Rocky Mountain basins are the focus for research also been developed and can be used to diagnose the fusion production. unless the gas is highly compressed. So, in well stimulation hydraulic fracing techniques. New computer modeling techniques for example, the range on a hydrogen It has been predicted that the world’s simulate 3-D and 4-D reservoir behavior. ■ Innovative new metal-substituted hexaaluminate catalyst materials that fuel cell car is only a few miles unless reliance on fossil fuels will decrease from show good activity as lean-combustion catalysts with excellent high temperature we compress the hydrogen to high approximately 70 percent in 2000 to only ■ The Center for Hydrate Research studies natural gas hydrates that are stability for catalytic combustion are being developed. pressures. Mines researchers are working about 14 percent by 2100. Whether or encountered in energy exploration and production. In exploration, the Center measures on a variety of possible solutions to not this proves accurate, dramatic and models hydrates in the oceans. In production, it concentrates on flow assurance, ■ Modern diesel injectors are very high pressure resulting in improved fuel this problem. changes can be expected and Mines, with i.e., keeping the pipelines free of hydrate plugs – the estimated cause of >90% of the atomization. Since fuel/air mixing is a critical component for in-cylinder control of its special focus on the Earth and the flow obstructions in deepwater gas production sites around the world. emissions, full utilization of this new injection technology requires a deeper In addition to hydrogen fuel cells, responsible stewardship of its resources, understanding of the transient diesel mixture preparation/combustion process. The researchers at CSM are studying solid is uniquely positioned to play a ■ Researchers are investigating the quantitative kinetic characterization of combined experimental and modeling effort aim is to improve the understanding of the oxide fuel cells, which will convert a prominent role in current and future reaction systems, especially those where kinetics and transport are coupled. Reactions relationship between fuel injection as a controlling parameter for diesel efficiency and hydrocarbon, like gasoline or ethanol energy issues. In fact, energy and related that occur during direct hydrocarbon oxidation in high-temperature solid oxide fuel emissions. (ethyl alcohol), directly into carbon fields are explicit in the statutory mission cells are being studied. Once the gas-phase and heterogeneous kinetics have been dioxide, water and electricity. These of the School. Mines is the only efforts could make it possible to use the

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 16 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 17 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES RESEARCH ■ Spray rolling, an innovative and energy-efficient manufacturing technique but their general high cost and relative inefficiency make them impractical. Bacteria are into electricity, are only economically to produce aluminum net-shape products, is being studied. Spray rolling combines being used to transform uranium from the soluble, mobile oxidized form to one that is feasible in small power applications such spray forming and twin-roll casting. It requires less energy and generates less scrap reduced and less mobile. as calculators or in remote applications than conventional processes and, consequently, enables the development of materials where it is too expensive to introduce a with lower environmental impact in both processing and final products. ■ New materials and processing techniques for long life, rechargeable batteries power line. are being developed, as well as new materials (intermetallics, carbon nanotubes and ■ Understanding ignition kinetics is essential to being able to reliably nano particles) and processing techniques for improved hydrogen storage capabilities. Much Mines research continues to focus characterize events such as ignition in a low-temperature homogeneous charge on fossil fuels. Researchers are studying compression ignition (HCCI) ■ Electrical energy systems ways to recover more oil and gas from engine. The improved engineers are concerned with all known fields, improving drilling mechanisms can be used to aspects of generation, transmission, technologies for applications on Earth fuel cell with hydrocarbon-based liquid suggest combinations of fuel distribution and utilization of and in space, such as on the moon and fuels before the hydrogen economy is and engine conditions that electrical energy. They are pursuing Mars, and improving long-reach fully developed because we already have should lead to more robust both fundamental and applied horizontal wells, multi-lateral wells and a vast infrastructure to handle liquid operation of the HCCI engine. research in the interrelated fields of smart wells. fuels. Handling compressed gaseous conventional electric power systems ■ fuels, like H2, will require an enormous The OpenChem and machinery, renewable energy Markets for coal, electricity, petroleum infrastructure change. Workbench (OCWB) Project is resources, distributed power and natural gas also are being analyzed developing an integrated suite generation and power electronics. with special focus on differences in the Others are studying problems of reaction engineering Current research includes application competitive structures of these markets associated with the proton exchange software utilities for the problems in power systems, energy and implications for public policy. A membrane (PEM) fuel cell. Current simulation of gas-phase engineering education, power quality, recent study discusses energy and PEM fuel cells use materials that must chemical reactors. The aim of variable drives, microgrid system and the information revolution and how be fully hydrated to function well and this software is to put powerful interconnection issues to deal with cultural differences affect management are therefore limited to operating chemical reactor modeling tools distributed generation. in the multinational world of energy. temperatures below 100 C. Currently, into the hands of a broad array Another focuses on the problems facing only platinum can be used with these of chemists and chemical ■ Researchers are studying the national economies that are dependent temperature limitations and it is engineers. Only specialists have application of risk and investment on energy production and examines expensive, so a class of inorganic proton the expertise to operate the theory to the petroleum industry to the relationship between government conductors is being studied that can current software. The types of provide guidance to firms and revenues from oil production and work at temperatures up to 250 C. processes that can be modeled decision makers with regard to macroeconomic policies. Researchers are hoping to discover and optimized using the developing strategies, allocating cheaper catalysts that can one day OCWB include some of the resources and managing risk. Another Researchers are studying combustion replace platinum and dramatically most energy-intensive operations in the chemical process industries: combustion and focus is on the integration of to develop cleaner and more efficient reduce costs. pyrolysis/cracking. portfolio management and decision analysis, the application of portfolio management to engines and to use catalytic combustion oil and gas exploration and production, an investigation of corporate risk tolerance and within gas turbines. Catalytic Two researchers have recently received ■ A process and a reactor to deposit CdTe films by atmospheric-pressure performance in oil companies, and a behavioral study of risk taking at a major oil combustion limits the formation of funding to develop models for a “Palm chemical vapor deposition are being designed. The atmospheric-pressure process has company. nitrous oxides in the combustion Power” miniature fuel cell to provide 20 potentially great advantages over vacuum-based processes for the high volume process. Other studies examine ways to watts of power for 72 hours on a half- production that is needed for cost-effective manufacture of terrestrial photovoltaic ■ Recent energy-related doctoral research developed a system of integrated minimize radioactive wastes produced liter of diesel fuel. High temperature, systems. Photovoltaic research includes chemically reacting flow modeling to support software applications to allow the Minerals Management Service to maximize royalty by nuclear energy plants and bacterial ceramics-based fuels cells that can manufacturing reactor design and control, development of chemistry models for the revenues from natural gas production on federal properties, particularly in the Gulf of colonies that passively treat uranium- operate directly on hydrocarbon fuels is CdTe deposition process, and film growth and process demonstration. Mexico. The mathematical model constructed decides when it is profitable to consider contaminated groundwater at another energy source being developed. conversion from royalties in-value (cash payments) to royalties in-kind (physical abandoned uranium mine sites. Researchers are working on small power ■ How to minimize radioactive wastes produced by nuclear energy plants and molecules of gas). sources for the military that are intended what surrogate materials might be used for devolving techniques for radioactive While it is impossible to predict the to replace batteries. They are being materials processing are being studied. ■ Researchers are studying connections among natural resources, political future, it is clear that significant changes designed to use jet fuel or diesel fuel. corruption and development, with a particular focus on petroleum. How do the different in energy production and policy are ■ Bacterial colonies in permeable reactive barriers to passively treat uranium- governments manage windfalls and rents from abundant natural resources, such as coming. Mines, with its major Understanding and improving the contaminated groundwaters at abandoned uranium mine sites are being studied. One petroleum, and why do these countries tend to perform worse economically than those investment in energy research, will be at efficiency and durability of solar cells is consequence of uranium mining is widespread contamination of groundwaters. A without similar endowments? the forefront of this change. another area of study. Currently solar number of technologies are available for treating uranium-contaminated groundwaters cells, which convert sunlight directly By Maureen Keller

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 18 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 19 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES Endowed Faculty Chairs Corporate Research Laboratory of the energy industry’s efforts toward Energy. Readey directs CSM’s Colorado of numerous campus and national awards, Help Drive Research ExxonMobil Research and Engineering environmentally-friendly and sustainable Center for Advanced Ceramics, which is including the Presidential Award as Company; prior to that he taught at the production and distribution. Outstanding CSM Educator, the CSM Colorado School of Mines is able to University of Missouri. A board member Faculty Senate Distinguished Lecturer maintain its position as a national and of the Combustion Institute, Dean is Dr. Kenneth L. Larner Geop E ’60 and Award, and the Donald L. Katz Research international leader in energy thanks to its currently researching reactions that occur PhD graduate from MIT, is the Charles Award of the Gas Processing Association. ability to attract top research scientists during direct hydrocarbon oxidation in Henry Green Professor of Exploration His history of 30 years of hydrates research and engineers. In addition to the School’s high-temperature solid oxide fuel cells, has been supported by a consortium of 12 longstanding reputation for excellence in with the goal of developing a means to corporations. He is a Fellow of the energy, several distinguished endowed optimize fuel cell performance. Dean is American Institute of Chemical Engineers. chairs and professorships that help retain also working on identifying hydrocarbon highly talented faculty have been created structures that are less likely to produce Dr. Roel Snieder holds the W.M. Keck in energy-related disciplines. The holders the specific free radicals that lead to soot Foundation Distinguished Chair in of these endowed positions attract or deposit formation. Exploration Science. Prior to joining the support from a range of public and faculty, Snieder was professor of private agencies for the development of Dr. Robert J. Kee, the George R. Brown seismology at Utrecht University, where innovative energy-related research and Distinguished Chair in Engineering, is the from 1997-2000 he served as dean of the instructional programs. Furthermore, their stature and accomplishments draw additional faculty members and high caliber graduate students interested in furthering the specific field of research. currently researching fuel cell, solar cell Mines is currently fortunate to have and battery materials with funding from faculty occupying 17 endowed chairs and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory professorships, many of whom are Geophysics and the director of CSM’s (NREL). conducting energy-related research. Six Center for Wave Phenomena. Prior to such individuals are featured below: joining the faculty of Mines, Larner was Dr. E. Dendy Sloan is the Gaylord and the vice president for geophysical research Phyllis Weaver Distinguished Professor in Dr. Anthony M. Dean is Mines’ William K. at Western Geophysical Company. Larner, Chemical Engineering and Petroleum Coors Distinguished Chair in Chemical a past president of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, recently served as a Society of Petroleum Engineers distinguished lecturer, and this year received the P. L. Kapitsa Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, its highest award. His research interests faculty of Earth Sciences. In 2000 he was include imaging of the Earth’s subsurface elected as Fellow of the American former manager of the Thermal and with an emphasis on application of the Geophysical Union for important Plasma Processes Department of the seismic method to seismic data processing contributions to geophysical inverse Sandia National Laboratories and the for exploration and development of theory, seismic tomography, and the winner of such awards as The Silver Medal hydrocarbons. theory of surface waves. Snieder is one of of the Combustion Institute, The Bastress the four faculty members of the Center for Award for Outstanding Contributions to Dr. Dennis W. Readey is the Herman F. Wave Phenomena, a research group that Technology Transfer, and DOE Basic Coors Professorial Chair in Ceramics and is supported by a consortium of 26 Energy Sciences, Sustained Outstanding past president of the American Ceramic companies from the petroleum industry Research in Materials Chemistry. Kee is Society. Before coming to Mines, Readey with the aim of making exploration and currently working on a portfolio of was chairman of the Department of production of hydrocarbons more alternative energy research projects, Ceramic Engineering at Ohio State efficient. including solid-oxide fuel cells, catalytic University and prior to that he was a Engineering. Dean joined the faculty of combustion, and thin-film photovoltaics. program manager in the Division of Refining and the director of CSM’s Center Mines after serving 21 years at the All of these technologies will help advance Physical Research of the Department of for Hydrate Research. Sloan is the recipient

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 20 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 21 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES Brenda Aird Kathleen BenedettoMichael Brown Benjamin BurnettRichard ChristiansenDavid ConoverBill Cooper Mark GaffiganCarol Hardy-VincentJoshua Heird Eli Hopson Jeffrey HuntEloise Kendy Christopher King House CommitteeLeland on McGee Rick Mertens Roger MeyerKyndra Miller Darren MollotBrenda PierceGary Schmitz Susan SpearJohn Staub Natalie TawilAllen ThomasTrudy TranstrumGene Whitney William Wicker BureauManagement of Land HouseResources CommitteeU.S. on EnvironmentalProtection AgencyOffice and ofManagement Budget Colorado SchoolU.S. Departmentof MinesHouse ofand Committee Energy CommerceGeneral On Energy AccountingCongressionalService Office ResearchOffice Wayne of Senator Allard House CommitteeBureau on of Science IndianAmerican AffairsInstitute Geological Science Bureau of IndianOffice AffairsBudget of ManagementU.S. Departmentand Office ofGovernor of Energy Wyoming FreudenthalU.S. DepartmentU.S. Geologicalof EnergyNational SurveyLaboratory RenewableU.S. Energy Forest ServiceU.S. DepartmentCongressional of EnergyU.S Budget Bureau Office ofU.S. Reclamation DepartmentOffice ofTechnology of Energy Science & SenatePolicy Energy CommitteeResources and Natural on To Learn More About Energy, Government Policymakers Go to the Source ouring energy sites in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, By Marsha Konegni Tparticipants in the 2003 Energy and Minerals Field Institute (EMFI) in August saw a “buffet, a smorgasbord of Western energy resources,”as William Wicker described the experience. “It gave exposure to the greatest variety of resources possible,” added Wicker, who serves on the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

The EFMI, originally called the Energy Field Institute, was established in 1978 to create a forum for exploring interactions between regional energy development in the West and federal policies. Due to a decline in financial support from the federal sector, many of the Institute’s major programs were discontinued National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Outdoor Test Facility in in 1996. In 2003 the Colorado Office of Energy Management and Golden, Colo. Peter McNutt of NREL explains the operation of the Vernal, Utah. Jim Kohler, of the Salt Lake City offices of the Bureau Conservation provided funding to reactivate the Colorado solar collectors at the OTF. of Land Management, points out some ongoing tar sand Energy Research Institute (CERI), which is administered by operations on Asphalt Ridge near Vernal, Utah. CSM. Together with matching financial support and in-kind Flaming Gorge Dam in Dutch John, contributions from CSM, the reestablished CERI provided Utah. The EMFI toured the 502-foot- sufficient funding to the CSM Office of Special Programs and high dam, which houses three 36-MW generators. Continuing Education (SPACE) to conduct the summer Institute.

“Through EMFI, the School has provided valuable input to the policymaking process and has gained the recognition and respect of many in the public sector,”said Gary Baughman MSc CPR ’73, PhD CPR ’74, director of SPACE and former EMFI director. Other EMFI organizers were Erling Brostuen, Melody Francisco, Jim Proud and John Rold.

I now have a better understanding of the whole energy“ picture. This was a very comprehensive, Jim Bridger Coal Mine. Jim Johnson BSc Min ’77 from the Jim Bridger hands-on week. I work in renewables so the fossils Coal Mine explains the surface mining operations, including the new were most interesting to me. I had my eyes opened to high-wall mining process, to Kathy Benedetto (House Committee on things I had no experience with- and experiences are Resources), Chris King (House Committee on Science), Ben Burnett so much better than another PowerPoint presentation. (OMB) and Rick Mertens (OMB). Discussions with both sides showed the amount of compromise that will be necessary in the future.” Jim Bridger Coal Mine. Alan Thomas (BuRec) engages - Roger Meyer Jim Bridger Power Station in Rock in a conversation with a miner. Springs, Wyo. Institute participants “The whole package was interesting. I wanted to learn about converting coal into experience new things, and I had never been to a electricity. power plant. I wanted an integrated view of the whole energy picture, and I got it. -Gene Whitney The Ponnequin Wind Farm. Located” south of Cheyenne on the Colorado- Wyoming border, this wind farm is operated by Xcel Energy. West Elk Mine in Somerset, Colo.“The Glowworms”—one of the EMFI groups underground at the mine—sport reflective vests.

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 22 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 23 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES Engineer Shows Passion for Wildlife and the Environment Tony Newlin MSc CPR ’96 is both an engineer at Intel Corporation and a nature photographer. At Intel, he applies mathematical tools to supply chain optimization. In nature, he captures the beauty of the wilderness on film.

Growing up in northern New Mexico, Newlin often camped with his family in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado and developed an appreciation of the great outdoors. He observed nature long before he decided to photograph it. He mountain bikes, kayaks, hikes or takes a float plane to remote places to find animals in their habitats, where he tries to photograph them without

disturbing them. Newlin now lives in Portland, Ore., and often travels to Alaska.

With no formal training, Newlin became serious about photography in the summer of 1996 while on a kayaking trip in the San Juan Islands. He uses 35 mm Nikon cameras for his photos and sells his prints over the Internet (www.tonynewlin.com) and at various lodges in Alaska. Next summer, he plans to open a gallery in Telluride, Colo.

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 24 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 25 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES Engineering New Traditions Lifetime Members of CSMAA

Gary R. Abbott BSc Eng ’94 Jenny Canepa Camardo BSc Marvin E. Gantz, Jr. Met E ’40 Michelle M. (Moore) McCassey M Eng Geop ’99 Association is a volunteer organization at its heart. We have an Natalie A. Abbott BSc Geop ’95 CPR ’96 Louis E. Gaspar E M ’45 MSc Min Ec ’00 M. MacLean Price BSc Pet ’95 Dear Fellow Alumni and Friends, extremely dedicated and competent professional staff that takes Evan R. Anderman M Eng Geol Charles A. Champion Geol E Paul R. German BSc Eng ’00 Wallace McGregor Geol E ’52 Stephen E. Randolph BSc Pet ’93, PhD Geol ’96 ’52 Shivarao Y. Ghorpade Met E Harold P. Meabon MSc Pet ’65 ’82 care of the organization’s day-to-day operations, but as our name Arvid N. Anderson Met E ’54 James S. Classen Geol E ’57 ’62 Jesse R. Medaris P R E ’49 Terrill W. Ray BSc Geop ’90 After more than 15 years, I’ve finally gotten over the dread that reminds us, we are an association of Mines alumni. John B. Ashby BSc Geol ’78 Jack D. Cline BSc Min ’74 Melanie D. Gipe BSc CPR ’81 Larry C. Medina BSc CPR ’88 David C. Raymes BSc Geop comes with the end of summer and the start of classes at CSM. Scott A. Baker BSc Geop ’93, Catherine A. Collins BSc CPR John R. Guffey BSc Pet ’84 Beth Mensing-Nahama BSc ’84 Geol E ’00 ’88 John D. Haley P E ’48 Pet ’89 E. Avery Reed E M ’65 As a matter of fact, I had an absolute ball as the fall semester got We are working hard to have a greater presence on campus, to be William P. Bartow BSc Min ’73, Stephen Collins BSc Phy ’86 Ann E. Hanson BSc Geop ’81 Gordon M. Miner E M ’48 Irvin M. Rice E M ’39, MSc Min underway this year. Of course, I’m not facing a semester of visible and known to students and faculty, and to be part of the MSc Min Ec ’75 Ronald J. Cooper P E ’69, MSc Christopher D. Harden BSc Antonio Moraes Met E ’49 ’47 Sohrab R. Batmanglidj Geop E Pet ’70 Eng ’00, BSc Econ ’00 Robert L. Morse BSc Min ’74, Michael L. Richards BSc Eng thermodynamics, linear algebra, transport phenomena or any campus experience. I see students as alumni-to-be who will soon ’69 David B. Crawford II BSc Pet Charles A. Haskin P E ’59 MSc Min Ec ’76 ’87 other classes. But still, it was a thrill to be part of the excitement join us in the esteemed ranks of CSM alumni. We want them to Catherine C. Bedwell BSc ’77 Jennifer J. Holt BSc Geop ’96 Michael J. Muhr BSc Geol ’91 Michael D. Ringler BSc Geol CPR ’94 James G. Cunningham P R E James R. Howell E M ’66 James M. Murphy Geop E ’50 ’88 and eagerness of the dawn of a new school year at Mines. For the be part of us, and we want to be part of John L. Bedwell PhD Geop ’74 ’47 Perry K. Hurlbut Geol E ’40 Todd J. Mushovic BSc Pet ’92 John D. Rogie BSc Geol ’96 first time, the Alumni Association participated in some events their lives. To succeed, the Association John R. Beers P E ’53 Daniel J. Cutting BSc CPR ’96 Gary L. Hutchinson E M ’62, Joseph A. Nahama MSc Pet Norman A. Ross E M ’69, MSc that I hope will become new traditions for us and the School. must engage students as soon as they come John H. Benton BSc Pet ’78, Vanessa A. Davies-Pappas MSc Min Ec ’89 ’90 Min ’70 MSc Pet ’84 BSc Math & Comp Sci ’99, Kevin C. Janowski BSc Chem Michael R. Niznik BSc Pet ’94 David A. Rowland P E ’49 to the School. Besides, it truly is enjoyable Gerald W. Berk P E ’62 MSc Math & Comp Sci ’01 Eng ’02 Thomas E. Northrop E M ’32 William C. Rump P E ’33 On freshman move-in day, Aug. 15, alumni volunteers helped and rewarding to spend time with them! Eugene V. Bermudez BSc Eng John P. Dempsey Met E ’49 Jennifer M. Jesseph BSc Eng Randall B. Ollmann BSc Eng Bruce E. Russell Geol E ’58 ’94 Brian C. Dille BSc Met ’95 ’95 ’98 Charles R. Russell, Sr. P R E freshmen and their families get settled in. Alums decked out in Donald L. Bingham Phy E ’64 Thomas E. Dimelow Geol E Warren O. Johnson P E ’49 Andrew L. Olson BSc Geol ’99 ’54 snappy red polo shirts were present at each of the dorms greeting Remember, the Alumni Association is all Benjamin E. Binkley Geop E ’66, MSc Geol ’73 Thomas C. Jones BSc Eng ’90 Angela A. Olson BSc Eng ’00 Samuel C. Sandusky P E ’48 ’52 Dennis G. Downing BSc CPR Michael R. Kennedy BSc Pet Richard E. Oppel Geol E ’51, John R. Schmedeman Math E students and answering questions, making them feel as much at about people – people who have graduated James R. Boone E M ’39 ’94 ’82 MSc Geol ’53 ’66 home as a new frosh can feel in the first five minutes on campus! from Mines – or will some day – and Toni A. Bowden BSc CPR ’95 Frederick F. Dueser P E ’49 Jacquelyn B. Kircher P R E ’49 James F. Orofino Geol E ’57 Frank A. Seeton E M ’47 That same day, the Association and Student Life hosted a people who love the School as deeply as do James A. Bowler E M ’39 Richard D. Dunham BSc CPR Darrell L. Kramer MSc Geop Paul E. Pastore BSc Eng ’89 Richard R. Severns Met E ’60 John A. Bowler III Geop E ’60 ’74 ’84, PhD Geop ’91 John Petrocco Geop E ’50 L. Arthur Shannon Met E ’40 barbecue luncheon for we. As I mentioned at the start of this Albert H. Brookes Met E ’36 Frederick H. Earnest BSc Min Carl F. Krueger Met E ’53 Karen R. Phelps BSc Eng ’96 Stanley E. Shaw BSc Pet ’83 freshmen and their families. It letter, I hope these events will take root and Kelly M. Brown BSc Pet ’93 ’87 John G. Kunkle BSc Min ’86 Randall J. Phelps BSc Eng ’96 Burleigh W. Shepard Geol E Lynn A. Brown Geol E ’50, DSc Randy G. Edelen BSc Eng ’97 Stefany B. Lewis BSc Geop ’99 J. Douglas Pitts Chem E ’69 ’51 was a wonderful opportunity become traditions for the Association and Geol ’70 Rodney J. Eichler BSc Geol J. Donald Longenecker E M ’60 Paul L. Placek Met E ’49 Robert D. Sloan P R E ’49, for alumni and staff to visit the School. I also hope that as the year Mark J. Brown BSc B E ’77 ’71, MSc Geol ’73 Robert W. MacCannon Met E L. Douglas Poole BSc Geol MSc PRE ’52, DSc PRE ’57 Sara K. Brown BSc CPR ’93 Jess A. Elshere BSc Eng ’88 ’51, E M ’54 ’79, Msc Math ’97 C. Ogden Smith Geop E ’59 with and get to know the continues, we can build upon the success of these events and Darren A. Buck BSc Eng ’94 John B. English Met E ’40 Addison B. Manning Geol E ’40 Colleen T. Porro MSc Geol ’84 Richard D. Smith Met E ’68 students and their families. create more opportunities and more traditions. Even if you don’t Kristan K. Buck BSc CPR ’92 Lynn D. Ervin Geol E ’40 Mr. J. Paul Mathias P E ’63 Marc T. Pottorf Geop E ’67 Chad C. Soliz BSc Geop ’93 live within reach of campus, make the opportunity to meet Mines Bart J. Burns E M ’52 Hugh W. Evans E M ’49 Mr. Norman E. Maxwell, Jr.P E Erin A. Powers BSc Met ’88 Stephen A. Sonnenberg PhD Jan E. Caffey MSc Min Ec ’91 Jon A. Ferris Geop E ’64 ’41 Amber L. Price BSc Geop ’97, Geol ’81 Alumni also volunteered on students and their families from your hometown. Participate in Joseph R. Soper, Jr. Met E ’44 Aug. 18 helping Blue Key and the send-off parties and the Alumni Admission Representative John W. Stockwell, Jr. BSc Geop ’80 Student Life during the program. Return to campus for Homecoming and Reunions. It is Kurt-Martin Strack MSc Geop traditional “M” climb. We our responsibility to help shape the future of the body of Mines ’81 Timothy E. Sumpter BSc CPR manned a water station along the route to help revitalize the kids alumni by becoming actively involved on a personal level with ’94 on their way up Mt. Zion. See the website each other and with our future fellow alums! Paul R. Swanson Met E ’51 (www.alumnifriend.mines.edu, then click “Recent Events”) for Lin Han Tan BSc Eng ’96 Jon R. Taylor BSc Met ’77 photos. Does that bring back some memories? Sincerely, Roderick A. Thomas, Jr. P E ’52 Brett W. Thompson BSc Eng Later the same day, alumni volunteers manned the grills and food ’98 lines for the Graduate Students Association picnic. We had a great John P. Tiernan BSc Eng ’86 Robert L. Townsend BSc Eng time talking with grad students and flipping burgers and hot ’95 dogs as fast as possible. Steven Y. Vandenburgh BSc John N. Schwartzberg BSc Met ’88, P.E. Geop ’82, BSc Math ’82 Giuliano G. Verdina MSc Pet The positive response from these events from volunteers, students President, Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association ’66 and their families was overwhelming. The alums had a ball and Tom J. Walker BSc Pet ’89 William C. Ward BSc Pet ’84 the students enjoyed visiting with those of Richard A. Wertz BSc Math ’97 us Miners who have “gotten out.” The Gysbert J. Wessels PhD Min Ec ’89 freshman parents appreciated the attention James B. Whitfield BSc Math and the effort to help them and their frosh ’85 get that at-home feeling. Barth E. Whitham BSc Pet ’79, MSc Min Ec ’82 Richard G. Williamson BSc I see two important things in these events: Geop ’82 Sally A. Williamson MSc Geop they were done by alumni volunteers, and ’86 they involved alumni interacting with Kurt A. Wittges, Jr. Geop E ’52 Charles V. Woodard Met E ’44 students on a personal basis. We may forget Sandra J. Wrobel BSc CPR ’82 sometimes, but the CSM Alumni

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 26 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 27 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES LOOKLOOK WHO‘SWHO’S RUNNINGRUNNING FORFOR OFFICEOFFICE HistoryHistory ofof KudosKudos Active Alumni Association members will Lavalin America. Altman holds master’s firm. He previously was with the Coastal receive a ballot in the mail along with the and doctorate degrees from the Mackay Corp. in Houston and also spent 13 years he Alumni Association has a long tradition of honoring of 1933 during its membership drive. Several positions on the School of Mines at University of Nevada, with Richfield Oil Co. T those who have been especially loyal and helpful to 50th reunion. Called CSMAA board will be filled in February Reno, and has worked internationally on Russell is a retired colonel in the Association and the School. Alumni awards include the Melville F. 2004. Candidates for the open positions five continents. She was on the committee the U.S. Army Reserve and Honorary Memberships, the Outstanding Alumnus Coolbaugh Award, it are profiled below. The only contested that wrote the history of women at Mines past president of the Award, the Melville F. Coolbaugh Award and the Young was named in honor of position is secretary. Please return your as part of the Caldwell Centennial Houston chapter of the Alumnus Award. the man who served as ballot to the CSMAA office by Jan. 31. Celebration. She is a member of the Association of Information CSM president from 1925- Society of Mining Engineers and has been Technology Professionals. He was Alumni In 1929, the Association’s first Honorary Membership 1946. The award is given to CSM Foundation Director a member of CSMAA since graduation. Association section coordinator in Los was conferred on Erle O. Kistler. Kistler volunteered his someone “who has made an (2-year term) Angles and Corpus Christi, Texas, prior to services as football coach in 1912 after the Mines team outstanding contribution Vicki Cowart MSc Geop ’77 is Secretary (1-year term) moving to Houston. During the ’80s and had suffered “three unsuccessful and dreary seasons,” toward improving the image president and CEO of Planned Roger Newell MSc Geol ’71 ’90s, he was a section coordinator in Earl O. Kistler according to the 1929 Mines Magazine that announced and enhancing the reputation of the School.” The first Parenthood of the Rocky is a mineral exploration Houston and served on the board as the the honor. Kistler turned recipient was Mountains (PPRM), which geologist and mine developer. Gulf Coast Regional Director for six years. things around immediately. Claude L. Barker operates 32 health centers in six states. He is vice president of In 1995 he was named Outstanding “The 1912 season closed in EM ’31. Barker was Prior to joining PPRM, she was the development for Capital Alumnus by the Association. triumph, with the Miners the active in industry, Colorado State Geologist and director of Gold Corporation and is undisputed champions of the School and the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS). responsible for world class gold CSMAA Central Regional Director Conference,” said the article. Association affairs. Since 1993, she was the head of that discoveries, mineral property (3-year term) “Kis,” as he was called, led the Among other scientific agency within the Colorado developments, acquisition opportunities Don Ott Geop E ’63 is a manufacturer’s team until 1914 when he things, he headed David L. Coolbaugh Department of Natural Resources. At CGS, and evaluations. He has a close working agent for manufacturers of resigned because of business up the Colorado Mining Cowart directed the agency’s budget of relationship with other industry leaders electronic parts and is a part- activities. But in 1923, when Association summer about $4 million with a staff of about 50. including CEOs in corporate and time adjunct instructor. After the team’s future once again educational program to During her tenure as state geologist, professional organizations within the service in the U.S. Army’s looked gloomy, he returned as “an ‘inspirational Coach,’ talking to familiarize high school teachers with the mineral Cowart served as president of the exploration and mining community. His Corps of Engineers in the boys on the field and injecting spirit and enthusiasm into industry. In 2002, David L. Coolbaugh Geol E ’43, EM Association of American State Geologists, professional achievements include major Vietnam and Korea, he them.” Although not a Mines graduate himself (he was ’47, DSc Geop ’61 won the award that was named after the organization of the chief executives of exploration discoveries, joint-venture earned an MS degree in engineering from Yale and had played fullback on one of its famous his father. Dave has a long history of service to the all 50 state geological surveys. negotiations, resolution of major legal administration from Southern Methodist teams), he nonetheless “placed Mines on the football School and the Association. He currently chairs the disputes and managing multi-million University in 1971. His past experience map.” CSM History Project, which is overseeing a book to be CSMAA President-Elect (1-year term) dollar budgets. He is active in numerous includes several years as a geophysicist. Ott published next year. The recipient of this award need Alan J. Mencin BSc CPR ’79, currently professional organization and has been a lives in the Tulsa area where he is an active Since 1929, the Association has conferred Honorary not be an alumnus. In 1995, the award was given to Bob Robert Weimer CSMAA treasurer, is a planning services CSMAA member since 1984. member of the Tulsa area alumni group. Membership on 204 men and women for a variety of Weimer, a CSM geology professor from 1957-1983. Frank specialist with Mencin & Thomas A. Manhart activities. The list includes past and current CSM Stermole, a chemical engineering and mineral economics Associates and CapWest Ben Panfalone BSc Eng ’97 CSMAA Rocky Mountain Regional presidents, 10+-year Association employees, professors, friends of professor, received the award in 2001. Securities. He is president and is a financial representative Director (3-year term) the School and volunteers. Honorary Members have the same CEO of ACM, Inc., a with the Northwestern Del Tolen PRE ’57 has spent 45 years in rights and privileges as dues-paying members. The Young Alumnus Award was instituted in 1986. computer-network design Mutual Financial Network. the petroleum refining Because the Association’s other awards usually are given company. He is also a licensed Panfalone is active with the industry with various A second Alumni Association honor was instituted in to mature alumni with many years of service, the Professional Engineer in Colorado. Mencin CSMAA in the Denver companies. He served three 1983. The Outstanding Alumnus Award, presented to Association’s board of directors decided to establish is actively involved with the Metro-Denver Metro area and led a variety of student years in the Army before Thomas A. Manhart Geop E ’30 and William M. recognition for young alumni who show enthusiasm for Section Committee. He received an MBA organizations during his time at CSM. attending Mines. While in Frank Stermole Mueller Met E ’40, MSc Met ’49, DSc Met ’52 that first supporting the Mines community early in their careers. from University of Denver in 1989, where Notably, he served as president and school, Tolen ran on the

William M. Mueller year, is for a member of the Association who “has The award is given to alumni under 40 who received their first he was a founder of DU’s Graduate programs director of the student chapter track team, got married and began a family, contributed meritorious service on behalf of the CSM Mines degree within the past 15 years. The first Business School (now Daniels Business of ASME, formed the current bicycling ending up with five sons. During his career, Alumni Association.” The award, an engraved plaque, is presented recipient was Timothy L. Hoops BSc Geol ’79 who was School) alumni association. club and served two years as president, and the Tolens lived in Kansas, California, during May Reunions. recognized for his work in establishing the CSMAA served as president of the Non-Traditional Oklahoma, Alaska and several other places. annual golf tournament. To date, the tournament has Treasurer (1-year term) Students. Panfalone currently participates Tolen helped get the Bakersfield alumni Manhart was chairman of the Mines Annual Fund effort raised $102,500 for the emergency student loan fund. Kathleen A. Altman BSc Met ’80 is a in the Boulder Chamber of Commerce meeting monthly, which continues today. and was a charter member of the School’s International consulting metallurgical ambassador program. He semi-retired to Grand Junction, Colo., Resource Council. Mueller was professor, dean of Honorees of CSMAA awards have their names engraved engineer in Denver. She has and inspired alumni there to meet for faculty, vice president of Academic Affairs and an on plaques displayed in the Association office. A Timothy L. Hoops worked for numerous CSMAA Gulf Coast Regional Director lunch monthly. His section also hosts send- interim executive director of the Association. Both men complete list of winners also appears in the annual directory. If companies including CF&I (3-year term) off parties in August, holds a barbecue were life-long members of CSMAA. you know of a deserving person who should be honored by the Steel Corp., Climax Charles R. “Chuck” Russell PRE ’54 is before the Mines-Mesa State football games Claude L. Barker Association, please submit the name, along with backup material, Molybdenum Co., Barrick CEO and manager of I.T. Search, a and hosts the women’s basketball team A third award was established, also in 1983, by the Class to the CSMAA office. Goldstrike Mines, FMC Gold and SNC- Houston-based management consulting after their games at Mesa. By Maureen Keller MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 28 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 29 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES CSM Athletics Athletics fall 2003 fall 2003

This past winter, a pair of transition very easy. I am very FOOTBALL: The Orediggers are just 2-4 on longtime Mines head coaches New Leading Ladies in Golden comfortable around the office the season, but have shown signs of improvement decided to call it a career. By Greg Murphy Longtime Oredigger Marv Kay and absolutely love the small from years past as they have hung tough with the Michele Harris, a 10-year town atmosphere of Golden.” teams in the upper echelon of the Rocky Mountain mentor of the volleyball to Retire program, decided to step away Athletic Conference. Mines, which has posted wins in order to devote more time Both coaches have benefited by Colorado School of Mines over Western New Mexico and Missouri Rolla, is being to her family. In addition, hiring outstanding assistant Athletics Director Marv Kay led by junior Chad Friehauf who has thrown for more Vic Doperalski, a 10-year coaches for their respective EM ’63 has announced than 1,400 yards and 10 touchdowns. Sophomore verteran of the women’s programs. Krueger speaks that he will retire from his linebacker Jared Heath has registered 62 tackles and is basketball program, decided highly, day in and day out, of position at the end of the among the national leaders in that category. to retire from his duties. her assistant Mike Jacobsma. 2003-04 school year. He “Mike epitomizes what college has served as the athletics VOLLEYBALL: After winning just one match last Athletics Director Marv Kay basketball assistants are all director at Mines since 1995. season, Mines has posted a 6-12 mark through 18 EM ’63 and two search about. He is the first one to matches this season. Perhaps the best win of the season committees, committed to arrive and the last to leave. We Kay began his career at was a convincing 3-0 triumph at Mesa State, the finding quality coaches to keep came from the same conference Mines as an undergraduate preseason favorite in the RMAC West Division. Senior the programs going in so we know each other’s styles. student. He graduated with a Lauren Ramsay leads the team in kills (193) and blocks the right direction, finally decided on Shelly Johnson as It was a perfect fit.” degree in engineering in (73), while senior Sonia Hesseltine has posted a team- the head volleyball coach and 1963. While at Mines, he was best 255 digs, 144 kills and 11 aces. She was also named Paula Krueger to take over the Meanwhile, Johnson is a standout offensive lineman to the Clash in the Foothills All-Tournament Team. women’s basketball program. extremely excited to have Kasey with the football team and was named the Outstanding Johnson arrived in Golden after Meyer by her side after Meyer Sophomore and Junior Athlete at CSM, as well as a Small College SOCCER: Mines has posted a 5-8-1 mark this season. serving the past three seasons as lettered four years as a setter at All-American. Following graduation, Kay signed as a free agent Each match has been closely contested. Six of the losses an assistant coach at Wayne Wayne State, including the with the Denver Broncos. have been by one goal, while another loss was by two State (Neb.), while Krueger came final three seasons with goals. On the other hand, three of the Orediggers’ five to CSM after a successful six- Johnson as an assistant coach. After spending the next three years away from Mines, Kay came victories have come via shutouts. Senior Jared Peacock year stint as an assistant coach at “It’s great to have Kasey here back to his alma mater to serve as the head freshman football leads the team with eight points, while senior Robbie Northern State. teaching the setters,” Johnson coach and swimming coach from 1966-67. The following year, he Williams, junior Justin Buck and sophomore Mike said. I can rely on her to take was named the defensive coordinator of the varsity team and Dixon have six points apiece. In addition to their coaching the setters aside and talk to served in that capacity from 1967-69 until he was promoted to skills, both were standout them one-on-one. She works the head coaching position in 1969. He was then named an CROSS COUNTRY: The Mines cross country teams athletes. Johnson was selected as with the setters daily and I sssistant athletics director in 1980. have been extremely competitive in their races this an NAIA All-American in 1990 at Wayne State and Krueger was trust everything she says and season and competed at the RMAC Championships on named the Most Valuable Player of the Division II National does will benefit the team this Kay served as the Oredigger head football coach until 1995 and Oct. 25 in Alamosa. The CSM women, ranked 10th in Tournament during Northern State’s National Championship season.” is the all-time winningest coach in school history with 84 the region earlier this season, have been led by super campaign in 1993-94. Each coach hopes to bring with them ideas wins. In addition, Kay was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic sophomore Heather Beresford, while senior Derek and concepts they have already learned as players and coaches. Johnson began her coaching career at the Clash in the Foothills Conference Coach of the Year and the American Football Coaches Hudson has paced the men’s squad. Tournament hosted by Mines and Colorado Christian. The Association District Coach of the Year in 1975 and 1979, as well “When I was at Northern, it was all about tradition,” Krueger Orediggers posted a 2-2 mark at the Tournament, including a as the National Intercollegiate Athletics District Coach of the Year ON THE NET: Now you can get all the latest and most said. “I want to establish that same idea of tradition here at convincing 3-0 victory over Montana State-Billings in Johnson’s in 1975. comprehensive news on Oredigger football and Mines and increase overall school spirit and support for all first match as head coach. In addition, Johnson coached her Colorado Mines athletics 24 hours a day by visiting the athletic teams.” Since the new coaches arrived on campus in July, squad to a convincing 3-0 win at Mesa State on Oct. 3. The In addition to his service at Mines, Kay has been an instrumental Colorado School of Mines Athletic Department’s both have added new dimensions to their respective programs Mavericks were picked by the conference coaches to win the figure in the city of Golden. He has served as the chairman of the official website at http://athletics.mines.edu. and are ready to take them to new levels. RMAC West Division this season. Golden Buffalo Bills Day Celebration, the chairman of the Golden Oktoberfest Celebration committee and has been a JOIN THE OREDIGGER E-MAIL LIST: Get all the “I was extremely excited to join the volleyball family, as well as On the other hand, Krueger will ease into her game competitions Golden Civic Foundation board member since 1984 and served as latest news on all of Colorado Mines Athletics by the athletics staff here at Mines,” Johnson said. “The timing of with the first women’s basketball game slated for Nov. 15 at the president in 1987. Kay was also the mayor of the city of signing up for the Orediggers’ E-Mail List. Receive daily the announcement was perfect for me personally and Mesa State. “Anytime you come into a new program, it’s good to Golden from 1988-96 and was a member of the Golden City updates, game recaps and press releases on all of Mines’ professionally. The community of Golden and the entire set realistic goals for the team,” Krueger said. “I expect nothing Council from 1986-98. athletic teams by e-mailing Sports Information administration have welcomed me and been very supportive.” less than the best from myself and the players on the court. As Director Greg Murphy at [email protected]. Please for this season, I hope we can double the win total from last A national search for Kay’s replacement has begun. indicate in your e-mail which sport reports you want, Krueger echoed those comments saying, “The athletics staff has season and turn the corner in becoming one of the top teams in or if you want to receive news of all sports. embraced both Shelly and I with open arms and has made the the conference.”

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Beckley ’85 Turns Beckley had spent years pestering Denver resident Pete Prebble, tramway, a mountaintop who owned the Fairy Caves property, to give him a chance to enter restaurant and gift shop, Hobby into Business the mysterious caverns. Prebble bought the caves property in 1960 trains, an observatory, a with the intent of reopening them as children’s discovery center By Heather McGregor a tourist attraction. He never pulled and the caverns offered, they it off, but closely guarded the caves. changed the name of the Steve Beckley BSc Pet ’85 always tourist attraction to wanted to own a commercial cave, a In 1992, Prebble agreed to let the Glenwood Caverns place where he could take people couple enter the cave. Accompanied Adventure Park. underground and show them the by a Texas caver hand-picked by wonders he discovered as a hobby caver. Prebble, the two entered the Fairy “We always wanted to show “I thought it would be neat to have Caves and made their way to Jam people what you can see in a something for people to come and see Crack, which at the time was the cave, but in most caves you’re to enjoy themselves in a natural only way to get down to the vast crawling through tight spots,” environment,” Beckley said. network of undeveloped caverns in Jeanne said. With these Iron Mountain. Jam Crack is a carefully developed caverns, In 1998, his dream began to come true when a door of vertical opening in the limestone, 30-feet deep and about 8.5 This was Jeanne Beckley’s second time caving and she nearly lost visitors don’t even get their shoes dirty. But they come away with opportunity opened at the historic Fairy Caves in Glenwood inches wide. The three cavers inched their way down the crack, so her nerve. But the Texas caver convinced her that Jam Crack was a smile, which pleases the Beckleys. Springs, Colo. By then, he shared the dream with his wife, Jeanne. narrow they couldn’t even turn their heads. “You make a the worst spot, and everything else would be fine. “He lied to me,” Reprinted with permission from the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. commitment, left or right, and then you go down,” Beckley said. she said with a laugh, remembering the rest of the route. “It took us three hours to get from the entrance down to the Barn; it turned into a 10-hour caving trip.” But the strain was worth it. “It Luengo ’85 Builds Hydro Plants was so incredibly beautiful,” she said. They saw the Barn, a huge cavern embellished with thousands of soda straw stalactites, in Guatemala flowstone, cave bacon and glowing stalagmites. And they went farther down to see King’s Row – now the end of the developed Javier Luengo BSc Pet ’85 is a consultant in the hydroelectric field tour – a garden of stalagmites. working mostly on new projects in Guatemala. “I have experience designing, building and operating hydro plants,” he says. “During “We came back to Denver and made a pact,” Jeanne said. “We do a the pre-feasibility and feasibility studies it is normal to meet with lot of things by fate. We said if Pete ever signs a lease, we’ll quit the local villagers and authorities on a regular basis.” our jobs, move over to Glenwood and do this.” They didn’t leave Prebble’s decision to fate, however. Over the next several years, The power plant Luengo is currently working on will provide they nurtured a friendship with Prebble and his wife. And in local villagers with jobs in addition to power. All the projects I 1998, Prebble offered to lease the caverns to the Beckleys. have been involved with are private. “Other benefits are greater sales of goods during construction, transportation to and from With the help of friends, they worked for months turning the the sites to the near villages, consumption of goods and services caverns into a space that could be visited by ordinary people. from nearby towns and villages and housing rentals,” says Luengo. They drilled a new entrance with airlock doors and installed a He has seen communities improved by new roads and bridges boardwalk and 127-step staircase and landings so people could being built and community lighting installed. walk down. They reworked the century-old electric lighting system to be safe and subtle. On Memorial Day weekend in 1999, “Being a petroleum engineer, this field of work is totally different they opened the caves for the touring public. for me,” Luengo says, “but my Mines engineering degree has helped me during the years in different fields of work.” In the five- Every day from May to October, tour buses drove groups up the plus years Luengo has been involved with hydro plants, he has narrow, twisty and steep road on the west side of Iron Mountain traveled to Switzerland twice (where he snow skied), Canada, the to reach the cave entrance. That first year, 30,000 people toured United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia and a the caverns. During winter and early spring, the road was simply variety of sites in Guatemala. too dangerous for the tour buses so the caverns closed in the winter. But with the recent opening of the Iron Mountain “Searching for oil and producing it, which I did years back, is very Tramway, a joint project of the Beckleys and another Glenwood interesting,” he says, “but what I really like of the field I’m in now Springs couple, the caverns are now open year-round. With a is that the energy is clean and friendlier with the environment!”

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November December January March Edwards ’61 Retires After Long Mines Career Two Named to Mining Hall of Fame Glen R. Edwards Met E ’61, a professor of metallurgical George O. Argall Jr. EM ’35 and Russell L. Wood EM ’49 were Golden, Colo., Lunch Houston Luncheon. Houston Happy Hour: Golden, Colo. Lunch engineering and co-founder of the Center inducted into the National Mining Hall of 13 Bunch: second Thursday 05 Details TBA. 15 Outback Pub, 5:30 p.m. 11 Bunch (see Nov. 13 for Welding Research (now the Center for Fame in Leadville, Colo., in September. Welding, Joining and Coatings Research – Argall (1913-2002) was an internationally of every month. An informal Golden, Colo. Lunch Bunch 3100 Fountainview at for details). CWJCR), has retired from CSM. famous mining engineer, technical editor alumni get-together meets at (see Nov. 13 for details). Richmond Ave. Denver Mixer (see Nov. 11 Edwards worked for Los Alamos National and publisher. During his career he visited the Buffalo Rose in Golden, Denver Mixer (see Nov. 13 Grand Junction, Colo., 13 for details). Laboratory while studying for his master’s and reported on mining operations in 66 Colo., 11:30 a.m. for details). section luncheon (see Grand Junction, Colo., 18 degree in materials science. He also earned nations. He took special pride in getting a Denver Mixer: second Nov. 20 for details). section luncheon (see Grand Junction, Colo., 18 a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1971. story right. On his typewriter, Argall taped Thursday of every month. Nov. 20 for details). Wyncoop Brewing Company, section luncheon (see February three words so he could always see them: 18 Edwards began his career at Mines in 1976 1634 18th Street, Denver, Nov. 20 for details). April accuracy, accuracy, accuracy. As a Golden, Colo. Lunch and was a full professor by 1979. He has devoted the last 27 years George Argall youngster, Argall went to school in the 5-7:30 p.m. No charge at Golden, Colo. Lunch January Bunch (see Nov. 13 to course development, materials research and both building that is the core of the National Mining Hall of Fame and door, pay own way. 12 Bunch (see Nov. 13 for details). 08 undergraduate and graduate education. He helped found the Museum in Leadville. Grand Junction, Colo., Golden, Colo. Lunch Denver Mixer (see Nov. 13 for details). CWJCR in 1982 and assumed directorship in 1987. section luncheon: third Denver Mixer (see Nov. 20 Bunch (see Nov. 13 for details). Wood (1927-2001) was a consummate Thursday of every month. At 08 13 for details). for details). mining engineer. He was dedicated to Bookcliff Country Club, Grand Junction, Colo., Strack ’81 Wins Achievement Award Denver Mixer (see Nov. 13 section luncheon (see Nov. For the most up-to-date learning and to the use of new technology. 2730 G Road, noon. For 19 Dr. Kurt M. Strack MSc Geop ’81, president for details). 20 for details). information on what’s happening, He generously used his resources for the information call John Howe at of KMS Technologies – KJT Enterprises Grand Junction, Colo., check the website at benefit of CSM and the communities in 970-242-4903 or Del Tolen located in Houston, has received a section luncheon (see www.alumnifriends.mines.edu which he lived. His relationships with at 970-256-1118. 15 Distinguished Technical Achievement Award Nov. 20 for details). and click on “News and Events” (top laborers and leaders of industry were for 2003 from the Society of Petrophysicists of page). Scroll down to the calendar. sound, good-natured and successful. Wood and Well Log Analysts, during its annual Russ Wood conference June 24 in Galveston, Texas. served on the School’s Board of Trustees for Strack’s company specializes in borehole 15 years including seven as president. logging tool and permanent sensor Mines Annual Fund development. He serves as an adjunct Each year, the Mining Hall of Fame selects men and women who professor in the geosciences department at University of Houston pioneered the discovery, development and processing of our The gifts we give reflect the values we hold. When you make a donation where he teaches borehole geophysics. nation’s natural resources to add to its roster. This year’s group to the Mines Annual Fund, you affirm your loyalty to the School. included six people bringing the total honored to 179.

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Mines Acknowledges Individual Donations FRANK “RED”AUSANKA PE ’42 the U.S. Navy in Japan. In 1948, he married appointed assistant superintendent at Colorado School of Mines received gifts of $25,000 or more from the following individuals died at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif., Charlotte E. the Thornton Quarry in eastern Illinois for between March 21 and August 31, 2003. Acknowledgements for corporate and foundation gifts May 4. He was 89. After graduation, Ausanka Kienhoff. Bolmer Material Service Company, at the time, the since the last issue of Mines will be included in the winter issue. served in the U.S. worked in the largest commercial quarry in the country. Jerome ’64 and Becky Broussard gift just before his untimely death in May. projects in the Engineering Senior Army Corps of field of mining He returned to oil shale in Colorado completed their Transforming Resources As he did every year, he directed his gift to Design course. Engineers in Burma engineering all of before joining Marble Head Lime as campaign pledge with a payment his endowed scholarship fund and to the The Professor Robert Thompson during World War II. his life. His first job superintendent at the lightweight aggregate of $50,000. This gift supports scholarships Mines Annual Fund. Memorial Award Fund now exceeds He was retired after was as a mucker for plant in Ottawa, Ill. He retired in 1987 as for students in the Engineering and William A. Preston ’58 renewed his $75,000, thanks to a challenge from suffering major U.S. Mine in vice president of operations. Following Technology Management master’s degree membership in the Simon Guggenheim Thompson’s close friend John Wright ’69 program. Society with a gift of $25,000 to the ’85. Wright’s goal was to triple the fund by hearing loss and was Bingham Canyon, retirement he worked as a consultant for a Holland Coors made a gift of $25,000 Renewal Fund, a scholarship endowment. offering to match contributions dollar-for- given hearing aids Utah. He also worked as a foreman/safety number of years before devoting his time to to support the Advanced Coatings and Don Thorson ’55 enhanced his Senior dollar up to $25,000. Wright was pleased to which he wore the engineer for New Jersey Zinc Co. in Gilman, fishing, golf and hunting. Burgh is survived Surface Engineering Laboratory in the Design Endowed Fund with a generous submit a check for $25,000 in June 2003 rest of his life. Ausanka then became an Colo. Bolmer was a mining by his wife of 58 years, Mary Jane, a son, Department of Metallurgical and Materials gift of $100,000. The Fund helps support and thanks the Mines community for their independent oil producer beginning his engineer/superintendent from 1949-1981 for three daughters, six grandchildren and three Engineering. role in making it possible. career in California and moving to Wichita the U.S. Bureau of Mines in Lakewood, great-grandchildren. A gift of $355,937 from the estate of Falls, Texas, in 1949. He spent more than 50 Colo. In 1990, he and his wife retired to James D. and Allis V. Corbett was used Mines Remembers James D. Mulryan ’54 years exploring and developing the oilfields Battlement Mesa, Colo., in the heart of HILDRETH FROST JR. EM ’39 died in to establish a trust that will endow Colorado School of Mines is saddened by the loss of long-time friend and of North Texas as Ausanka Oil Operations. western Colorado’s oil shale area that he Denver Aug. 7 from complications of scholarships for students in Petroleum He retired to Santa Barbara. Ausanka was a loved. The couple moved to Grand Junction pneumonia. He was 88. The son and Engineering. distinguished alumnus, James D. Mulryan. A 1954 Mining Engineering graduate, member of the CSM President’s Council. He in 2002. Bolmer enjoyed hunting, fishing grandson of miners, Frost also pursued With a Transforming Resources campaign Mulryan was a retired independent minerals consultant who, until 1985, worked for pledge of $200,000 and a subsequent Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company as a production manager, manager of safety is survived by his wife of 60 years, Martha, and photographing the Colorado a career in mining and metallurgy. He payment of $50,000, Fred Dueser ’49 and land development, and administrative supervisor of exploration. three daughters and four grandchildren. mountains, as well as spending time with operated the established an endowed scholarship fund his family. He is survived by his widow, son Hiawatha Gold to support undergraduate students who Jim was also one of the School’s most devoted PAUL “RON”BETHURUM PE ’54 died July Robert S. BSc Pet ’77, two daughters, three Mine in Cripple demonstrate strong potential for success. benefactors. He was a charter member of the 11 at age 77 in Denver after a long illness. He grandchildren, a sister, two nieces and Creek from 1939 to Patrick J. Early ’55 made an unrestricted Simon Guggenheim Society of the President’s began his career in mining and mill a nephew. 1942 and worked contribution of $50,000 to the Council, which recognizes individuals who processing with for the U.S. Army Transforming Resources campaign. make annual contributions of $25,000 or more Susquehanna Western in ERNEST “ERNIE”E.BURGH EM ’44 died from 1942-1945. Hugh W. ’49 and Ann Evans donated to the School. Jim contributed at this leadership South Dakota, Wyoming July 17 in Bella Vista, Ark. He was 81. Burgh From 1945-1952 he appreciated assets with a value of $101,919 level each year since the Society’s inception in and Texas. Subsequently spent his childhood in Alaska and was a was chief engineer to the Evans Charitable Remainder Trust. 1996-97. Jim was also a member of the Mines he held the positions of member of the Bering Straits Native for the Denver Equipment Company and Fred J. Hilterman ’63 ’70 and his wife Kathleen established the Hilterman Century Society, honoring his total lifetime manager of Utah Corporation. He was one of the first Alaska supervised construction of the mill at the Endowment Fund for Geophysics with a giving of over $300,000 to the School. operations with Atlas natives to pursue a college education and Pride of the West Mine. He also consulted donation of $50,000. The gift was in honor Minerals in Moab, Utah; persuaded others to do the same. After on mining and milling operations in Mexico of Fred’s 40th reunion year. In 1992, Jim generously established The James vice president of soda graduation from and Peru. He patented a new method for A bequest of $75,000 was received from D. and Lois H. Mulryan Endowed Scholarship ash operations with Texas Gulf in Green Mines, Burgh froth flotation and concentration of suphide the estate of Betty Kissinger for the in Mining Engineering to provide financial aid River, Wyo.; and executive vice president of served in the U.S. ores. He became a professor of metallurgy Bradley James Kissinger Memorial for needy and deserving undergraduates Pioneer Nuclear in Amarillo, Texas. Navy during World at CSM in 1953. In 1969, President Nixon Scholarship. The scholarship honors Mrs. majoring in Mining Engineering. Since then, the scholarship has made 29 awards, Bethurum is survived by his widow, Mary War II. After the appointed him to be the chief assayer of the Kissinger’s son, who was a student at enabling 19 talented students to attend Mines. Lou, three daughters and four war, he worked for U.S. Mint in Denver where he served until Mines at the time of his death. grandchildren. the U.S. Bureau of retirement in 1977. Frost was active much of Robert Maytag donated $261,429 to Jim contributed his time to Mines as well. He served on the Special Gifts Committee Mines west of Rifle, his life in the Boy Scouts of America and was fund the Andes Scholarship Program, which Mr. Maytag established in 1989. The of the RESOURCES Campaign; was a member of the Class of 1954 Reunion Gift ROBERT L. BOLMER EM ’44 of Grand Colo., developing a an Eagle Scout and a Brotherhood member program enables students from the Andes Committee in 1989; and chaired the reunion gift committee in 1994. He also served Junction and Lakewood, Colo., died July 2 at low cost, high of the Order of the Arrow. He was a lifelong region of South America to attend Mines. on the School’s Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1988 to 1994. age 82. Bolmer was born in Council Bluffs, production, underground system of mining member of the Grace Episcopal Church Rob ’68 and Ann McKee contributed Iowa, and graduated from Omaha North oil shale for recovery of the oil by retorting. Mission. Frost is survived by his wife of 64 $44,428 to the McKee Family Endowed Mulryan served his profession as a trustee of the Mining Engineers Foundation and High School in Nebraska. He was an Eagle In 1930, he joined Mississippi Lime years, Doris, three sons, six grandchildren Scholarship Fund, which provides financial his community as a member of the Littleton Lions Club. He will be fondly Scout and member of Sigma Nu fraternity as Company in Missouri, returning to and five great-grandchildren. A fourth son aid to Mines students participating in remembered by those who knew him at Mines, including the many students who well as a member of the Society of Mining Colorado in 1955 to work again in oil shale predeceased him. varsity athletics. have and will benefit from The James D. and Lois H. Mulryan Endowed Scholarship. Engineers and a lifetime member of development and as a mine consultant in Dedicated supporter Jim Mulryan ’54 (An obituary for James Mulryan appears on page 39.) CSMAA. During World War II he served in uranium operation. In 1957 he was made his annual Guggenheim Society level

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STEVEN M. GRUVER PE ’82 died in a plane he worked for Motorola in Phoenix. Hanson scholarships, invertebrate paleontological JAMES DONALD MULRYAN EM ’54 died JOHN L. NEFF EM ’53 died May 19 at age event in his life and was an eloquent crash Sept. 2, 2002. The crash was the result was passionate about designing and building research projects and a permanent display of May 20 in Littleton, Colo. He was 74. That 73. After graduation spokesman for his alma mater. After of engine failure during takeoff in his electronic gadgetry long before he ever got Hillenbrand’s wildflower photography at the day, SME lost a distinguished and dedicated from Mines, he graduation, Walthall became an offshore Beachcraft Baron. Gruver’s entire family and paid to do it. However, Motorola must have Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Bone Marrow member. Mulryan was an honor high school worked at the drilling engineer in Alaska for ARCO. It was in-laws were in the plane and there were no really hated his work because they kept Transplant Unit. student, outstanding football and track Climax Mine in reported within the company that he was survivors. After ejecting it into space. Hanson designed athlete and president of his senior class. Colorado, then spent the first straight-out-of-college person to be struggling through radios for the Space Shuttle, and JOSEPH ERNEST HOPKINS, who attended After two years at Stanford, he transferred to two years in the U.S. sent directly to an offshore position. Walthall Mines for over transponders and antennas for military and CSM for two years in the 1930s and was a CSM. After graduation, he was a lieutenant Army Counter- then moved to Dallas with SEDCO Drilling six years, Gruver non-military satellites, including the Iridium great friend to the School, died May 21 at his in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Intelligence Corp. Co. (later merged with Schlumberger). He graduated with global satellite system. Although Duke had home in Grand Junction, Colo. He was 89. Mulryan spent his career in industrial Neff then taught worked as an engineer in offshore drilling the proud the brainpower to be a world-class geek, he Hopkins was a mining engineer born in minerals mining and processing. He began engineering part-time at University of and later in platform accomplishment was blessed with a mischievous streak that Breckenridge, Colo. In 1928 he moved to at U.S. Gypsum’s Iowa operations, then Washington while attending law school. He design. He worked in of receiving the overcame any nerdy temptations. We spent Alaska with his family and ultimately joined Sierra Talc & Clay Company. In graduated from UW law school in 1958 and the North Sea and Tippie & Vaughn scholarship for those that most Friday and Saturday nights cruising graduated from University of Alaska in 1939 ensuing years, he was moved to Spokane, Wash., where he was a the Gulf of Mexico. show potential but not necessarily academic and street racing his Starsky-and- after having attended Mines. He worked as a operations manager partner in Witherspoon, Kelly, Davenport In 1992, Walthall was excellence. In 1983, Gruver married Julie Hutchmobile. We also spent many great gold panner on prospect drills and as a for mining and and Toole, a partner in Neff, Nays and diagnosed with Coyle from Charleston, W.Va. They spent weekends at the discos seeking, but never surveyor during summers before joining processing and vice Witherspoon and successor firms, retiring in Parkinson’s disease the next 20 years following the oil fields in finding, our dream girl. After losing several U.S. Smelting Refining and Mining. Later he president of mines. 2000. Neff was a life member and longtime and retired. He is Texas, Louisiana, Syria, Venezuela and potential wives, we deduced that the surest worked for Union Carbide in Colorado, Cyprus Mines Corp. secretary of the Northwest Mining survived by one Scotland while raising a family and pursuing way to end a conversation with a disco diva New Jersey, California, New York and Brazil. acquired Sierra in Association. He was also an active member daughter and two sons. “Sam was the their passions for water skiing and flying. was to admit being a student at Mines. He was superintendent at the mine where 1964 and after of Manito United Methodist Church and embodiment of CSM in that he believed They raised three active girls who enjoyed Within three months of arriving in Golden, uranium was first extracted for the atomic overseeing the several other organizations. Survivors that there was no problem too great to gymnastics, music, water skiing, dance and we became “CSU students.” Hanson leaves bombs used in World War II. He is survived construction of a talc processing facility, include his wife of nearly 50 years, Barbara, solve if you worked at it intelligently and flying: Amanda 15, Sarah 13, Elizabeth, 13. behind a wife and four daughters. by his wife of 64 years, Ellen, a son, two Mulryan joined Pfizer’s calcium carbonate four daughters, five grandchildren and two tenaciously,” says friend H. Joe Boyd PE ’63, At the time of their deaths, they resided in By Russell Law BSc Min ’81, Robert Vincent daughters, four grandchildren and four mining operations. He returned to Cyprus step-granddaughters. MSc Pet ’69. “It was that attitude that Lafayette, La. Gruver was vice president and BSc Pet ’81, John Ehlers, Expatriate great-grandchildren. in 1971 as manager of western operations brought him considerable international general manager of the North American unit with responsibility for 16 mines and mills PATRICE recognition as an offshore drilling engineer for ENSCO International Inc. His CHARLES F. “C HAS”HARDING BSC PET ’93 AUGUSTUS LEE MOORE EM, ’42, MSC MIN in California, Nevada, Texas, Montana and TOBEY BSC on both platforms and drill-ships.” professional activities included SPE, died June 1 from injuries sustained when a ’46 died June 2 at his home in Chattanooga, Nebraska. In 1979, Amoco Corp. acquired PHY ’85 International Association of Drilling well head blew out and an object struck him. Tenn. He was 83. Originally from Memphis, Cyprus Mines and combined its metals, died in Contractors, American Petroleum Institute, He was 33. Harding was born in Texas and Tenn., Moore attended Mines after being industrial minerals and coal operations April 2001 Global Drilling Safety Leadership Initiative moved with his family to Oklahoma in 1970. awarded a Tennessee State Scholarship. into Denver-based Amoco Minerals after a long and his local chamber of commerce. He was a petroleum engineer, a member of While at Mines, he was a member of Sigma where Mulryan was a key member of illness. She was 36. After graduation from Gruver’s positive “can-do” and supportive Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Society of Alpha Epsilon. He was a veteran of World the engineering and exploration team. CSM, Tobey (also known as “Pat” and attitude touched many people through the Petroleum Engineers. In 1998, he married War II, serving as a bombardier with the 8th Throughout his life, Mulryan was a “Marshmallow”) was an aerospace engineer oil industry. His friends and colleagues Kari Marie Anderson. When Harding died, Air Force, 457th bomb group based in relentless recruiter for SME and was devoted with Hughes in Los Angeles. She is survived established a Mines scholarship in his honor. his wife was pregnant with their second son. Glatton, England. Most of his engineering to Mines academic and sports activities. by her mother and brother. Tobey (center Gruver is survived by his parents, Henry PE Harding is survived by his widow, two sons, career was spent in the exploration, He was an active member of CSMAA, front) is shown surrounded by her best ’57 and Jan Gruver, a sister and brother, a his parents, five brothers and grandparents. development and mining of raw materials established a Mines scholarship, and was a friends (front left) Annette Bills BSc CPR nephew, two nieces and a grandmother. “We will all miss Chas so much. He was a for the aluminum industry in the United member of Silver and Blue. He was a trustee ’87, Tobey, Gina Morrison BSc Geol ’85; delight to know and work with,” said friend States, Caribbean, Central and South of the Western Mining Museum in Colorado (back left) Peggy Mott BSc Phy ’86, Lisa Cox DUKE HANSON, who attended Mines in David Peetom. America, and Africa. He worked for Springs and was a dedicated member of the BSc Math ’87, Kathy Buess BSc CPR ’86, 1977-78, died July 7 from injuries sustained companies including Alcan, Revere and Littleton Lions Club. He is survived by a Leslie Gawkoski BSc Math ’86. in a car accident. He was 44. Even though we MARK F. H ILLENBRAND BSC GEOL ’77 died Kaiser Aluminum, spending the final years daughter, a son and four grandchildren. haven’t forgiven Duke for being the world’s June 14. He was an applied technology of a long and interesting career at Tennessee Although Jim’s heart finally failed him, those SAM E. WALTHALL PE ’67 died Oct. 17, all-time sloppiest roommate, we will miss teacher at Thunder Ridge Middle School in Valley Authority. He retired in 1993. His son, of us who knew him will remember him for 2001 in the arms of his fiancée, Donna him terribly. After graduating valedictorian Newton, Kan. After graduation from Mines James L., was killed in action in Vietnam in the strong and faithful spirit with which it Riffle, at his home near Chidester, Ark. from Glenwood Springs, Colo., High School, he completed his teaching certification in 1969. He leaves a daughter, Lisa M. Moore, beat. Jim was always a positive, outgoing, Walthall attended Southern Arkansas he spent his freshman year at CSM. He science education. He was married to and a sister, Jean M. Steadham. loyal friend and colleague. We shall miss University for two years before transferring earned an electrical engineering degree from Pam Schmidt. A memorial fund has been him greatly. to Mines. He considered graduation from University of Colorado in 1982. Since then, established that will support student By Henry T. “Joe” Mulryan Mines to be the crowning and defining

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 38 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 39 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 1948 MSc Geol ’77 (left). independent consultant in Mica, 1970 retired in Tokyo. retired in Farmington, N.M. Wash. William R. Smith PE, father of Lee Moore Jr. Geol E is senior 1975 1979 Brian J. BSc Pet ’85 and grandfather seismic processing consultant for 1966 Theodore S. Allen III BSc Pet is Joseph D. Achierno BSc CPR is of Erik D. BSc Eng ’03, has another Exploration Consultants Ltd. in Richard E. Hague Geop E, MSc a petroleum engineer for Allen a site leader for Dow Chemical Co. granddaughter, Jennifer M. England. Min ’70 is retired in Breckenridge, Engineering in Edmond, Okla. in Malaysia. Rotramel, who plans to attend Colo. George W. Matthews BSc Min is Steven A. Jensen BSc Geop is Mines next year. 1971 With Omar Fulton BSc Min ’98 Robert W. Warning Met E is Ralph Baird BSc Geop has a plant manager for U.S. Silica in Mill vice president of research and 1956 (right). manager of grinding media sales for Creek, Okla. development for GeoCenter in Thomas O. Mohr PE is Border Steel in El Paso, Texas. Andrew P.Schissler BSc Min, Colorado Springs, Colo. PhD Min ’02 is an assistant owner/president of Mohr & 1969 1980 Associates Inc. in Montrose, Colo. professor at Penn State University. Abelardo A. Cruz PRE is retired Collin R. Fay BSc Min is 1958 in Caracas, Venezuela. 1976 president of ACEi in Grand John D. Wright BS Pet , PhD Julie H. Smith BSc Geol is Junction, Colo. Donald G. Miller PRE is retired new granddaughter, Jordan Lynn. in The Woodlands, Texas. With Mike Morgan BSc Eng ’88 Pet ’85 is president and chief president of International Business Philip O. Johnson BSc Pet is (left). engineer at Questa Engineering 1972 Strategies in Golden, Colo. operations manager for the U.S. 1961 Corp in Golden, Colo. Questa Energy Corp. in Riverton, Wyo. Samuel C. Prutch BSc CPR is 1977 Kim de Rubertis Geol E worked 1962 Engineering has merged with production superintendent for Bryan Vaughn BSc Met has Randy D. Roberts BSc Geol is with three other Miners on separate Wendell E. Cloepfil Geol E is Norwest Corp. of Salt Lake City and Mewbourne Oil Co. in Hobbs, N.M. been promoted to division manager, hydroelectric projects in the Pacific retired in Portland, Ore. Calgary, Alberta, to create one of the administrative director for Academy sheet products, at U.S. Steel. Northwest in May. world’s most fully integrated energy 1973 Corporate & Personal Services in Catherine V.Woldow BSc Geol, 1964 consulting firms. This team will William H. Borland BSc Geop Cañon City, Colo. MSc Env Sc ’90 is an environmental Ronald B. Mellor PE is a field offer unmatched expertise in coal, is a principal geophysicist for Thomas W. Windle BSc Geop is health and safety specialist for manager for Niko Resources Ltd. in petroleum, natural gas, coalbed Schlumberger Ltd. in the United a software engineer for LXE Inc. in University of California at Santa Surat, India. methane, oil sands, and mineral Arab Emirates. Duluth, Ga. Cruz. resources. Questa: 1965 www.questa.com and 1974 1978 1981 Michael R. Tolliver BSc Min is With Mike West Geol E ’70, Larry J. Hoppe Met E is an www.norwestcorp.com. Takashi Ohya PhD Geop is Charles E. Huffaker BSc CPR is Sierra Nevada Rendezvous ascent up steep hours, we left the trail and headed east to remained in camp, while Dave and I By John Sulzbach EM ’56 switchbacks with two the icy headwaters of Matterhorn Creek started up Matterhorn Peak. We demoralizing false where we began an exhausting ascent. We progressed up the sandy, shifting scree For years, Dave Mann EM ’56 and I had summits, then another each chose our own path through grass slopes, traversed south to a notch in the lobbied John Blomberg PE ’56 to join us long climb before dropping and low shrubs, over and around rocky ridge, then rock climbed to the 12,279- backpacking in the High Sierras. Now, down into gentler terrain detritus. We crested a cirque, and paused foot summit. It was glorious. Heading finally, it was a reality. John, Dave, and I and a major trail junction. for lunch before resuming our ascent. back, we schussed the talus slope in long, had been roommates and fraternity Over a streamside lunch we The low point on the jagged ridge was sliding heel-first strides. brothers at Mines. The fourth member of decided to continue up the 11,350 feet but offered no obvious way The fifth day we headed back, walking our expedition was Bill Elliott. valley with the likelihood down. It looked hopelessly steep. Dave and north through the shadowed, rocky gorge Day one, mid-August, was clear and of less-traveled trails. The I explored the crest, eventually finding a of Horse Creek Pass, past snowfields and sunny for the trek to Steelhead Lake trail was well defined at a route we convinced ourselves was do-able. huge, blocky talus; then up a remnant where we camped at 10,500 feet. We gentle grade, so we hiked We carefully descended a steep ledge that terminal moraine where we could see the enjoyed ramen noodles and freeze-dry steadily for another two sloped in toward the cliff face. At one whole valley before us. The steep trail was fettuccine before dropping temperatures hours before camping at point we had to remove our packs and hard to see and we often lost it and had to hastened our retreat to warm sleeping 9,200 feet. Dave and Bill Descending Horse lower them by rope while negotiating an force our way through dense willow bags. Next morning we began the steady fished, John birded, and I Creek Pass, Bill in lead, eight-foot vertical break, but eventually thickets, stumbling and falling on unseen, slog up a ridge and found ourselves looked for artifacts until followed by Dave and we reached the bottom and picked our slippery rocks. When found, the trail was peering over a sheer cliff with no dusk. Bundling up, we John B. way through the talus and outcrops to a scarcely better—a faint traverse across discernable trail. We cautiously worked enjoyed dinner around a small lake. long stretches of unstable talus, high up our way along a ledge on the vertical cliff campfire. With high spirits we hustled to wash up on the valley wall. face to descend, then bushwhacked north We woke to a frosty morning. The and get into warmer clothes before the Finally we reached a decent trail that led over timbered slopes. After lunch, we valley opened before us as we climbed sun set. Our mood was further enhanced us down to the lake. Too tired to care, we continued forcing a route through heavy toward the craggy pinnacles of Sawtooth when Bill produced a flask of bourbon to splashed across the creek in our boots and timber on steep slopes before making the Ridge. Snowfields on the northern slopes go with our dinner. marched to my Jeep. It had been a great climb to Spiller Creek. Nearly out of energy fed melt streams that crossed our trail. In the morning we were awakened by trip and we agreed it should become an and sunlight, we gratefully made camp. The grade was reasonable, but after two calls of white-tailed ptarmigan. Bill annual opportunity to renew friendships Day three we were challenged by a long headed down the canyon to fish, John formed 50 years ago.

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 40 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 41 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES a supply chain specialist for Europe NATO in Belgium. the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in and husband Erik announce the a captain in the U.S. Army at Fort 1997 TransMontaigne Inc. in Denver. Jeffrey P.Lee BSc Geop is Denver. Irwin, Calif. Morrakot Khebchareon MSc Amy L. Peterson BSc Geop is a commander of the Indianapolis Charles C. McConnell BSc Pet 1995 Math, PhD Math & Comp Sci ’03 is TPF systems programmer for IBM Recruiting Battalion for the U.S. Army. is senior engineer for the Southern on the science faculty at Chiang Mai Kenneth A. Bates BSc Phy is a Global Services in Denver. Paul R. Onsager BS Pet, MS Pet Star Central Gas Pipeline in University in Thailand. senior process engineer for Intel in ’97 is vice president and senior Owensboro, Ky. Aaron R. Ochsner BSc Eng is a 1982 Hillsboro, Ore., developing a reservoir engineer at Questa Nancy Kathleen Roldan BSc design engineer for Consolidated Matthew T. Berghorn BSc CPR module for Intel’s next generation Engineering Corp in Golden, Colo. Geop is senior geophysicist for Kerr- Metco Inc. in Portland, Ore. is project manager for ForeRunner microprocessor chip. Questa is merging with Norwest McGee in its onshore division in Katherine F. Osmanson BSc Corp. in Denver. Maria Angela Capello de Corp. of Calgary, Alberta, to create Houston. birth of Jackson Connor Nov. 6, CPR is a nuclear engineer for Naval Judith L. Bolis BSc Min, MSc Passalacqua MSc Geop is general one of the world’s most fully John C. Stites BSc Eng is a 2002. Vicky is project engineering Sea Systems Command Puget Sound Env Sc ’92 is a mining and manager for PDVSA in Caracas, integrated energy consulting firms. construction engineer and manager manager for WellDynamics in Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash. environmental engineer for AKA Venezuela. This team will offer unmatched for the Forest Service in Delta, Colo. Houston. Benjamin Panfalone BSc Eng is PROS Inc. in Denver. Jeffery C. Dillon BSc Eng is an expertise in coal, petroleum, natural Mark S. Morgan BSc Eng is a financial representative for Pablo Hadzeriga Jr. BSc Pet ’82, 1989 advanced services engineer for gas, coalbed methane, oil sands, and director of engineering for the Northwestern Mutual in Boulder, P.E., is senior reservoir engineer for Linda N. Bliss BSc Chem is a Smith International in Midland, mineral resources. Questa: People’s Electric Cooperative in Ada, Colo. the Chesapeake Energy Corp. in department supervisor for Corning, Texas. www.questa.com and Okla. Brett A. Parker BSc Eng is a Oklahoma City. Inc. in North Brookfield, Mass. Amy N. Flammang BSc CPR is www.norwestcorp.com. E. Hugo Vieytes MSc Geop is a project engineer for Galloway, Timothy L. Hermann BSc Geol a high school science teacher in senior geophysicist for ENAP - Romero & Associates in Denver. is senior operations engineer for 1985 1990 Gypsum, Colo. Empresa Nacional del Petroleo in Dustin G. Ruehle BSc CPR is a XTO Energy Inc. in Fort Worth, John W. Anthony BSc Geol, M Brad Davis BS Pet has Leslie A. Hamilton BSc CPR is Santiago, Chile. senior software engineer for Texas. Eng Geol ’88 is lead scientist for joined Questa Engineering, an division manager for the Zia Natural Raytheon in Denver. Kevin Stank Richards BSc Geol Mitretek Systems in Denver. international consulting firm 1993 Gas Co. in Ruidoso Downs, N.M. Kari S. Sanders BSc Phy, BSc is a civil engineer for the Federal William M. J. Feldman BSc Pet located in Golden, Colo., Kelly BSc Pet and Sara Brown Saskia Hoffer BSc Chem is on Eng is an analyst for BIT Systems in Energy Regulatory Commission in is senior staff satellite systems as a reservoir engineer. the technical staff at Sandia National Denver. Chicago. engineer for Lockheed Martin in www.questa.com Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. Anthony K. Staley BSc CPR, Henryk C. Szymanski BSc Pet Boulder, Colo. Jeffrey D. Kitman BSc Min, P.E., D. Edward Settle BSc CPR is MSc Eng & Tech Mgmt ’02, PhD is a petroleum engineer for the Steven D. Nash BSc Pet is a is a financial adviser for U.S. director of Renewable Investments Met & Mat Eng ’02 is a senior Bureau of Land Management in senior staff engineer for the Bancorp Piper Jaffray in Denver. LLC in Golden, Colo. metallurgist for Newmont Mining in Denver. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. in Duane J. Maue BSc Eng is a Denver. Houston. business manager for Dynegy in 1996 Jennifer A. Van Dinter BSc Geol 1983 Frederick H. Seymour Msc Houston. Kegan J. Baird BSc Eng is a is director of investor relations and Glen J. Lesnick BSc BE is a Math is a CSM graduate student. BSc CPR have a new son, Deklan. teaching assistant at CSM. manager of corporate planning for project manager for Swales Brian J. Smith BSc Pet is 1991 Kirsten W. Dickhut BSc Geol is Robert D. Carlson BSc Eng Young Innovations Inc. in Chicago. Aerospace in Torrance, Calif. director of the Denver Basin Daniel G. Constance BSc Chem an environmental consultant for received his MBA from University of Brian J. Lindsey BSc Geop is operation for Kerr-McGee in Evans, graduated from St. George’s The SI Group in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chicago and is an associate for 1998 Gulf Coast exploitation manager for University School of Medicine and is United Airlines. Colo. King Foo BSc CPR, MSc CPR Brandon K. Ahrens BSc Eng is a Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore a physician in Flint, Mich. Dan Huber BSc Eng and Carrie ’95 and Koon Eiong Tan BSC Min manager for Accenture in Reston, LLC in Houston. 1986 Meftun Erdogan MSc Min Ec, ’94, MSc Min ’97 announce the Va. Michael A. Scherrer BSc Geop Mark A. Degenhart BSc Pet is PhD Min Ec ’96 is principal birth of Justin Kanglin Tan, born Lindsey C. Cooper BSc Math is is president and co-founder of Focus executive vice president for Perenco consultant for the Landmark Nov. 23, 2002. Koon is a products a software engineer for Sybase in Exploration LLC in Houston. LLC in Houston. Graphics Corp. in Houston. trader for Statoil Marketing & Englewood, Colo. John D. Jensen BSc Eng is Trading (U.S.) Inc. in Stamford, Thomas A. Hager BSc CPR and 1984 1987 regional coordinator for Conn. Angela S. Hutchinson BSc Eng ’03 Jeffrey S. Childs BSc Pet is a Wade A. BSc Pet, MSc Pet ’93 ConocoPhillips in Calgary, Alberta. Thomas M. Grimaldi BSc Eng, have married. project director for BP Plc. in and Karen C. Bard MSc Pet ’92 are Eric S. Olson BSc Met is a MSc Eng & Tech Mgmt ’02 is chief Jennifer A. Hudson BSc CPR London. consultants in Indonesia. systems engineer for the town of Olson are engaged and will marry in executive officer for Acceligent, LLC received a chemical engineering Craig A. Douglas H. Brown BSc Min, Vail, Colo. July. in Golden, Colo. master’s degree from Washington Fulton BSc Min MSc Min Ec ’92 is vice president of Barry A. Thomas BSc Pet is a Min J. Pongklub BSc Pet is Jerry Naranjo BSc Eng is vice State University in May and now is a commander business development for NovaGold student at Bethel Seminary and an human research manager for WMS president/general manager of works for Stewart Environmental for the U.S. Resources Inc. in Vancouver, B.C. intern minister in South Barrington, Gaming in Waukegan, Ill. Naranjo Civil Constructors Inc. in Consultants Inc. in Fort Collins, Navy at Ill. Andrew C. Schneider BSc Eng, Greeley, Colo. Colo. Supreme 1988 P.E., is an engineering inspector for Headquarters Meredith A. Bond BSc Phy is a 1992 1994 INSPECTRUM in Evergreen, Colo. Allied Powers senior environmental engineer for Vicky Jackson Nielsen BSc Pet Andrew N. Liffring BSc Min is

MINES FALL 2003 MINES FALL 2003 42 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 43 C0LORADO SCHOOL OF MINES Kendra LupPlace BSc Eng and married Greg Lynch June 29, 2002. 2001 Douglas A. Klein BSc Eng, MSc Colo. Laura Gabrielson BSc Eng is a The couple met at State University Mohammed Saif Al-Nuaimi Eng & Tech Mgmt ’03 is an Adetayo Suleiman Balogun BSc mechanical engineer associate for of New York Plattsburgh. They BSc Pet is a reservoir engineer for applications engineer for Advanced Pet, BSc Econ is a CSM graduate Lockheed Martin in Denver. currently reside in Denver and have Dolphin Energy Ltd. in Abu Dhabi. Coordinate Technology in Denver. student. Francisco A. Garcia BSc Math & one son, Ripley. Gwen Christiansen Arthur B. Brown BSc Min is a Robert M. O’Donovan BSc Pet Amy L. Bean BSc Geop is an Comp Sci is a software engineer for MSc Env was the maid of honor. territory sales engineer for Scandura is an operations engineer for Murfin engineering sales trainee for Raytheon in Aurora, Colo. John S. Oakey MSc CPR, PhD Conveyor Belting in Durango, Colo. Drilling Company Inc. in Wichita, Ingersoll-Rand in El Cajon, Calif. Len F. Garcia BSc Math & CPR ’03 is president and CEO of Eric-Paul Couture MSc Min Ec Kan. Michael J. Berry BSc Eng is a Comp Sci is a software engineer for husband Adam announce the birth Metafluidics Inc. in Golden, Colo. is pursuing a Ph.D. in economics at Misty C. Reuter BSc Chem Eng field engineer for the Kiewit Western Raytheon in Aurora, Colo. of Annabelle Mary, May 8. Andrew L. Olson BSc Geop is a McGill University in Montreal. is a chemical engineer for Orica in Company. Rajiv K. Giri BSc Math & Comp Patrick M. MacCarthy BSc Eng captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Gabriel J. D’Arthenay BSc Pet is Aurora, Colo. James L. Brown BSc Eng is an Sci is chief executive officer of is manager of J&J Programs for Med Engineers at Fort Leonard Wood, a production engineer for Williams Jessica J. Semmler BSc Geop is a attorney for Swanson & Bratschun Webcapacity Inc. in Boulder, Colo. Source Technologies in Bethlehem, Mo. Production RMT Co. in Gillette, staff engineer for VEI Consultants in LLC in Denver. Matthew A. Grinewich BSc Eng Pa. Gordon L. Olson MSc Pet is Wyo. Anchorage, Alaska. Wade T. Clerkin BSc Eng is a is in sales training for Ingersoll- Eric J. Prieve BSc Eng is a president of Wind River Consultants Samuel L. Handsborough BSc Christopher G. Theel MSc Env project engineer for Shell Pipeline Rand in Atlanta, Ga. professional engineer for the LLC in Lakewood, Colo. Chem Eng is a process and project Sc is a water quality researcher and Company LP in Houston. Mary E. Hamann BSc Eng is an Colorado Department of Preecha Termsuksawad MSc engineer for ConocoPhillips in scientist for the Colorado Abigail L. Cochran MSc CPR is engineer in training for Pro Terra Transportation in Denver. Met & Mat Eng, PhD Met & Mat Mertzon, Texas. Department of Public Health and an engineer at the Puget Sound Design Associates Inc. in Oakdale, Eng ’03 is a lecturer and researcher Environment in Denver. Naval Shipyard in Washington. Minn. 1999 Jeremy K. Lee BSc Eng is a field at King Mongkut University of engineer for Granite Construction Benjamin L. Cohen BSc Pet is a Cammie E. Harding BSc Chem Alfredo A. Chambilla Quispe M 2003 Technology in Bangkok, Thailand. Co. in Raleigh, N.C. staff engineer for Occidental Oil and Eng is a production assistant for Eng Min is a mining engineer for Ryota Abe BSc Eng is an Kerry L. Petranek BSc Econ is Gas Co. in Bakersfield, Calif. Archer Daniels Midland Co. in Glencore in Lima, Peru. 2000 electrical engineer for Electric Power district operations coordinator for Bernadette M. DeCianne BSc Decatur, Ill. Vanessa A. Davies-Pappas BSc Jody B. Funk BSc Eng is a Systems Inc. in Anchorage, Alaska. Eaton Cutler Hammer in Austin, Chem Eng is an analyst for Olivia O. Harren BSc Pet is a Math & Comp Sci, MSc Math & masonry specialist for CEMEX in Vanessa L. Aguayo BSc Chem Texas. Accenture LLP in Denver. graduate student at University of Comp Sci ’01 is a research analyst Denver. Eng is a chemical engineer for the Nathaniel R. Walker BSc Eng is Sheresa D. Derks BSc Eng is Texas at Austin. for the Southwest Research Institute Shane T. Gagliardi BSc Pet is a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in a quality engineer for ATK Thiokol staff engineer for Vector Colorado Larry E. Hartman Jr. BSc Pet, in San Antonio, Texas. project engineer for Evergreen Denver. Propulsion in Promontory, Utah. LLC in Golden, Colo. BSc Econ is a reservoir engineer for Edna A. Faamao BSc Eng is an Resources, Inc. in Wasilla, Alaska. Mohammed N. Al-Khamis PhD Aaron K. Ecton BSc Eng is a the Unocal Corp. electrical engineer for CH2M Hill Travis Helms MSc Geochem 2002 Pet E is a petroleum specialist for pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Jennifer M. Harvey BSc Phy is a Inc. in Bellevue, Wash. and his wife Shelli had twins, Elijah Michelle L. Aikman BSc Chem the Saudi Aramco Co. Matthew R. Ellsworth BSc Eng systems engineer for Northrop Alexander Fairbanks BSc Met & and Jonah, in May. They join older Eng is an engineer for Florida Ahmed Khaleefa Al-Neaimi BSc is a teaching assistant at Colorado Grumman Mission Systems in Mat Eng is a senior metallurgist for brother, Caleb, who is 3. Helms is a Forensic Engineering Inc. in Largo, Pet is a junior reservoir engineer for State University in Fort Collins. Aurora, Colo. Fansteel - California Drop Forge in petroleum geologist in Lafayette, La. Fla. the Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Britania N. Eustice BSc Eng is Travis W. Hasse BSc Eng is a Los Angeles. Vanessa L. Henderson BSc Geol Daniel S. Benedict BSc Pet is a Co. an electrical engineer for Jacobs project engineer for American Civil Janice M. Gossman BSc CPR is is an environmental safety and MWD engineer for Baker Hughes Laurie M. Alzheimer BSc Chem Engineering Group Inc. in Golden, Constructors in Denver. a chemical and environmental health coordinator for the Colorado INTEQ in Broussard, La. Eng is an engineer at Lockheed Colo. Joshua M. K. Hodsdon BSc Eng engineer for Earth Tech in Denver. Springs, Colo., airport. Heather E. Booker BSc Eng is a Martin in Denver. Joshua B. Farber BSc Eng is a is an engineer for Kiewit Robert D. Gossman BSc CPR is Daniel J. Larkin IV BSc Eng is petroleum engineer for Glenda J. Anderson BSc Chem hospital engineer for the Underground in Duluth, Ga. a process engineer for Optera an engineering assistant for Lennon ChevronTexaco in New Orleans. Eng is a procurement quality Department of Veterans Affairs in Rachel M. Holland BSc Geol is Colorado Inc. in Longmont, Colo. Smith Souleret Engineering in Brandon L. Desh BSc Eng, MSc engineer for ATK Thiokol Cheyenne, Wyo. a mudlogger for Pason Systems in Marcus W. Lathrop BSc CPR is Coraopolis, Pa., and a student at Eng & Tech Mgmt ’03 is a Propulsion in Brigham City, Utah. Rebe J. Feraldi BSc Chem is a Colorado Springs, Colo. a staff engineer for Environmental Trinity Episcopal School for geotechnical engineer for HWS Laura Anderson BSc Eng and volunteer for the Peace Corps. Kimberly A. Huelson, BSc Math Resources Management in Pittsford, Ministry. Consulting Group Inc. in Lincoln, Tammy L. Foppe BSc Chem Eng & Comp Sci is a software engineer at N.Y. David E. Petrick BSc CPR, MSc Neb. is a reservoir engineer for Shell. Medtronic SNT in Louisville, Colo. Georgeanna Nugent MSc Env CPR ’01 is a thermal engineer for Kathryn A. Heidrich BSc Econ Matthew J. BSc Eng and She purchased her first home Aug. 8 Technology Applications Inc. in is a senior associate at Platts Jennifer Cross Frary BSc Eng are in Golden, Colo. Boulder, Colo. Research & Consulting in Boulder, civil engineering aids for Los Victoria U. Imeh BSc Chem Eng Sally J. Rautio BSc Pet is a Colo. Angeles County’s department of is a field engineer for Schlumberger completions engineer for Kerr- Sophia M. Holtsnider BSc Eng public works. Overseas S.A. in Thailand. McGee Oil and Gas in Houston. is a junior engineer for Black & Nicolas B. Frazier BSc Pet is a Jeffrey J. Jantos BSc Eng is a Arman A. Tulegenov BSc Pet is Veatch Engineers in Denver. petroleum engineer for BP. field engineer for Radon Abatement a production engineer for Agip Shalyn M. Hyer BSc Met & Mat John P.Gabrielson BSc Chem Systems Inc. in Golden, Colo. Kazakhstan North Caspian Eng is a senior associate engineer for John P.Gabrielson BSc Chem Eng Eng is a graduate student at James E. Johnson BSc Eng is a Operating Company NV. Caterpillar Inc. in Mossville, Ill. were married June 21 in Evergreen, University of Colorado, Boulder. mission control flight controller for

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Archive Acquires Working Model archive NASA at the Johnson Space Center Denver. in Houston. Joe Mazumdar MSc Min Ec is a of a 19th-Century Stamp Mill Boris Kaliskstein BSc Math & senior market analyst for the Phelps Comp Sci is a software engineer for Dodge Sales Company in Phoenix. ast year, the Russell L. & including iron instead of wooden stems, cast iron instead of soft the Lockheed Martin Corp. Jeffrey J. McCall BSc Eng is a Sami M. Kamel PhD Min Ec is systems engineer for Raytheon. LLyn Wood Mining iron shoes, round shoes instead of square, and using curved an energy economist for the United Ramon Mendoza-Reyes MSc History Archive received a tangential cams instead of straight ones. The California stamp mill working model of a stamp or Quartz Mill as it sometimes was called was developed from Nations Environmental Program Min is a project manager for Wiley A stamp mill like the CSM model. and is based in Denmark. Consulting LLC in Englewood, mill, generously donated by practical experience in the California gold fields. It became the Chip D. Karo BSc Eng is a field Colo. ’02 May 17. The couple resides in Mike and Holly Blitstein of Buena Vista, Colo. model used around the world as the standard ore-crushing engineer for Nielsons Skanska Inc. Anne M. Miller BSc Chem Eng Woodinville, Wash. machine. Even the Cornish eventually adopted it in the late 19th in Cortez, Colo. is an engineer in training for the Nicholas J. Rogers BSc Eng is a Stamp mills were used to crush ore into a fine enough grind so century after a great deal of resistance. Wherever it was used, the Drew-Daniel T. Keefe BSc Eng Lehigh Cement Co. construction engineer for the Kansas that precious metals could be liberated. Stamp mills were a basic design was the same. The only differences were the weight of is an engineer at the Puget Sound Caleb D. Mitchell BSc Phy is a Department of Transportation. significant improvement over arrastras that had been used since the shoes on the stamps, the distance the shoes fell to the anvil, Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash. systems engineer for the Raytheon Nathan K. Rothe BSc Eng is an antiquity to grind ore. Stamp mills were used in China, not just to and the order in which the stamps fell after being lifted. Most Juliet N. Kelty BSc Geol is a Company. environmental engineering associate crush ore, but for crushing and milling stamp mills have a wooden frame made field engineer for Schlumberger in Adam D. Montalvo BSc Eng is for the Lockheed Martin Corp. rice. In Europe, stamp mills first from heavy timber, but iron or steel Beckley, W.Va. an engineer for Kiewit. Timothy J. Schulte BSc Eng is appeared in the Middle Ages. By the frames are also found. Although stamp Derek M. Kleehammer BSc Ever Morales BSc Math & in technical sales for the Ingersoll- Renaissance, stamp mills were well mills were heavy, they could be Chem Eng is a CSM graduate Comp Sci is with the U.S. Rand Co. established in mining and milling transported disassembled to a mining student. Department of Defense in Kyle D. Scott BSc Chem Eng is a operations in Germany and Bohemia. site and easily reassembled. They were Manjari Kumar BSc Eng is an Shoshone, Idaho. field technician for the Halliburton used well into the 20th century but were engineer in training for the Stan J. Mossberger BSc Math & Co. in Brighton, Colo. A stamp mill is made up of pestles or eventually replaced by ball mills. Today Colorado Department of Comp Sci is a senior technician for Joseph V. Sikorski BSc Econ is a stamps lifted by a cam from a power only a few working stamp mills and Transportation in Denver. Low Voltage Installations in Golden, platoon leader in the U.S. Army. source, usually water or steam, but working models survive in museums or Mathieu C. Le Renard MSc Min Colo. David E. Simon BSc Eng is an Ec is a cooperation projects finance Lap P.Nguyen MSc Mat Sc is an engineer for Perceptek Inc. in sometimes animal or human power. as rusted ruins at old mining sites. supervisor for PSA Peugeot Citroen engineer for Valleylab Inc. in Denver. Once a pestle is lifted to a set height, it is in France. Boulder, Colo. Keith P.Swedhin BSc Eng is a dropped on ore placed below it. Each CSM’s model is a California-style stamp Melinda S. A. Lee BSc Eng is a Christopher S. Nocks BSc Geol field engineer for Kiewit Western. stamp assembly, with stem, tappet, mill manufactured in London by the project manager for the Federal is a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Jared R. Thompson BSc Econ is bosshead and shoe, weighed between Thames Mining Machinery Company Aviation Administration in Denver. Force. an estimator for ABCO Contracting 500 and 1,300 pounds. The sheer weight Ltd., around 1890. The model is about 4 Brooklyn Rose LeRoux BSc Eng Amber L. Noll BSc Geol is a in Denver. and force of the stamp assembly falling feet tall, 2 feet wide and 4 feet long, built is an engineer associate for geotechnical engineer for Langan Jennifer K. Thompson BSc Met crushed the ore. The assemblage of to a scale of 8 to 1. Two batteries of Lockheed Martin Astronautics. Engineering in Elmwood, N.J. & Mat Eng is a research engineer for pestles used to crush the ore was called a The Agricola stamp mill is a precursor and a stamps, with five stamps each to a David Liu BSc Met & Mat Eng Brian S. O’Connor BSc Eng, the Johns Manville Corp. in Denver. battery, with usually three to five stamps direct ancestor to the 19th century model at CSM. battery, make 10 stamps in all. The is a student at St. Louis University BSc Econ is a project manager for Eric M. Valencia BSc Math & per battery. As ore was crushed, water discharged it through order in which the stamps fall varies by region and is determined School of Medicine. ExxonMobil Corp. in Houston. Comp Sci is a software engineer for screens onto copper amalgamation plates. Mercury painted on by the type of ore being crushed. With this particular model the Michael N. Lucas BSc Chem James C. Page BSc Pet is an Northrop Grumman. the copper attracted the gold or silver forming an amalgam that order is 1-3-5-2-4. This order was known as the homestake Eng is an engineer for Halliburton engineer trainee for ENSCO Michael R. Webb BSc Econ is a could later be recovered through a retorting process. Heating the sequence in the United States and was also commonly used in in Brighton, Colo. International Inc. in Lafayette, La. surface warfare officer in the U.S. amalgam during the retorting process vaporized the mercury, South African mines. Joseph W. Malory BSc Eng is a Joshua S. Parrill BSc Eng is a Navy. which was carried away as a gas to be condensed back into liquid field performance engineer for tunnel shift engineer for JF Shea Inc. Kristi M. Wickman BSc Chem form for use again, leaving the gold or silver. Because the model has a stamp order used in South Africa it may Gambro BCT in Denver. in San Bernardino, Calif. Eng is a naval architect for the Puget have been manufactured as a working model made for export to Stephanie L. Marek BSc Chem Adam J. Pennell BSc Eng is a Sound Naval Shipyard in The German stamp mill was adopted in Britain and became that country where the British had extensive mining interests. It is Eng is an associate technical project engineer for SCS Energy. Bremerton, Wash. professional for Halliburton in Nathan A. Peterson BSc Phy is a Jordan R. Wiens BSc Eng is an known there as the Cornish gravitation stamp mill. It eventually likely the model was used in expositions and trade shows where Alice, Texas. CSM graduate student. electrical reliability engineer for found its way to the United States and was first used in 1829 in the Thames Mining Machinery Company tried to sell its stamp Stacey A. Martinez BSc Math & John H. Pfahl BSc Eng is a staff Exxon Mobil Corp. in Torrance, the Georgia Gold Rush and later in mines in Virginia and the mills throughout the British Empire. How it got to Buena Vista, Comp Sci is a computer engineer for MFG Inc. in Wallace, Calif. Carolinas. When the 1849 California Gold Rush began, stamp Colo., is a mystery. Fortunately it did and was preserved until it programmer for the U.S. Idaho. Mark R. Williams MSc Geol is mills soon followed. The first California stamp mills had could be donated to the Archive. Department of the Interior. Monte K. Richard BSc Eng is a vice president of exploration for the wooden shafts and soft iron shoes and proved to be inefficient. Steven T. Maxson BSc Eng is an field engineer for Sturgeon. Whiting Petroleum Corp. in Denver. Fortunately, all manner of people had flocked to California to seek By Robert Sorgenfrei engineer for Shafter Baucom Maggie Roderick BSc Chem their fortunes, including “Yankee mechanics.” These mechanically Robert Sorgenfrei is librarian/archivist of the Russell L. & Lyn Wood Engineering & Consulting in Eng married Dale Clark BSc Eng inclined miners instituted a number of innovative design changes Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library.

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