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Volume 50 Number 4 THE MINES MAGAZINE • Lithium Mining Operations • The Balance of Payments Problem • New Swedish Lead Mine Crushing Plant • Mineral Engineering Education • National Western Mining Conference Program • Explosions Research Applied to Mine Blasting • Production of Lightweight Aggregate MURRAY E. GARRISON, '16, who re­ MERLE Q. DANNETTELL, '23, has ARTHUR Y. BARNEY. '30, consulting JOHN F. FINN, '42, form>erly with G. W. HOFFMAN, JR., '48, has been CLASS NOTES tired March 1 from General Petroleum retired from the U. S. Army and is living geologist, may be addressed at 1404 Sun­ Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. at Sarcoxie, Mo., transferred from Lafayette, La., to 104 Corp., is addressed at 5721 E. 2nd St., at 248 26th St., De! Mar, Calif. set, Abilene, Texas. may now be addressed c/o Pan American Pamellia Dr., Bellaire, Texas. When advising us of a change o£ ad­ Long Beach 3, Calif. MILTON J. BENJAMIN, '23, who re­ DR. GEORGE H. FANCHER, '30, who Argentina Oii Co., Casilla de Correa 379, ROBERT C. MERRITT, '48, assistant dress, please confirm your position or title CHARLES B. GAUTHIER, '16, gives cently retired from Van Waters & Rogers was chairnian of the petroleum engineer­ Comodora Rivadavia, Argentina, S. A. manager of the Colorado School of Mines and company affiliation. his new address as 4639 Florida St., San Inc. of Spokane, Wash., has moved to ing department of the University of SAMUEL GEFFEN, x-'42, may be ad­ Research Foundation, lives at 25 Everett Diego 16, Calif. Hayd'en Lake, Idaho. Texas, recently accepted a position as dressed at 290 Denver Club Bldg., Denver St., Denver 21, Colo. 1882-1930 MISS NINETTA DAVIS, '20, is liv­ JOSEPH A. RYAN. '23, patent lawyer vice president and general manager of 2, Colo. DOUGLAS V. ROGERS, '48. is deputy HENRY E. KING, '03, is now in a for Allied Chemical Corp., may be ad­ Sinclair Research Laboratories. His mail­ director. State of Colorado Oil and Gas ing at 833 E. 14th Ave., No. 205, Denver JOHN H. BOLSTAD, '43, has moved sanitarium in the Los Angeles area. Mrs. 18, Colo. dressed at 40 Rector St., Rm. 620, New ing address is 801 N. Gillette Ave., Tulsa Conservation Commission. His address is 4, Okla. from Wichita Falis, Texas to 5012 Van- King writes that her husband's health has G. F. KAUFMANN, '21, who retired York 6. N. Y. 3315 E. Quarles Ave.. Littleton, Colo. been failing since an operation two years d'elia, Dallas 35, Texas. in 1959 from Standard Vacuum Oil Co., Rear Admiral H. P. COLONEY, "24, 1931-'40 MARVIN B. SELDIN, '48, is plant ago. The Kings live at 1600 Hi!! Dr., EUGENE F. KLEIN, '43, assistant dis­ gives his address as Dogwood Dr., R.D. retired U. S. Navy, lives at 1307 Lemond C. DOUGLAS HIER, '31, chief geo­ manager for Magnet Cove Barium Corp. Los Angeles 41, Calif. 1, Box 312, Yorktown Heights, N. Y. trict sales manager for Colorado Fuel & with mailing address P. O, Box 487, St., Tallahassee, Fla. physicist, Australian operations, Phillips Iron Corp., lives at 1733 Avenida Pianeta, W. B. RHODES, '03, may be addressed Battle Mountain, Nev. WALTER P. THOMSON, '21, lives at RUSSELL L. CHRISTIE, '24, general Petroleum Co., has moved to 23 Patrick Tucson, Ariz, Brezo 179, Colonia Nueva Santa Maria, L. G. TRUBY, JR., '48, is manager of 1342 Jones St., San Francisco 9, Calif. sup'erintendent for Hidden Splendor Co., Lane, Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queens­ Mexico City 16, Mexico. land, Australia. RICHARD F. MOE, '43, manager production for El Paso Natural Gas Co. ALBERT M. TURNER, '21, chemical has moved from Midvale, Utah to Fry Phillips Petroleum Co. Mining and Mill­ WALLACE LEE, '04-, advises that his BERNARD B. KUNKLE, '31, assistant His address is c/o El Paso Natural Gas engineer for Fibreboard Paper Products Canyon, Utah. ing Division, lives at 1208 Burke Dr.. Co., P. O. Box 1492, El Paso, Texas. new address is c/o Kansas Geological to the Works manager, Phelps Dodge Corp., lives at 9216 S. Harvard, Los MAXWELL L. EUWER, '25, formerly Gallup, N. M. Survey, Lawrence, Kansas. Refining Corp., gives his address as No. JAMES H. ALKIRE, '49. has moved Angeles 47, Calif. vice president of Union Oil & Gas Co. of E. E. THUM, '06, is editor in chi-ef of 1 Phelps Dodge, Box 1372, El Paso, JOSEPH R. SOPER, JR., '44, secretary- from Sacramento, Calif., to 2316 Pictoria Louisiana, is now vice president of the METAL PROGRESS with home address 162+9 JOSEPH P. BACCA, '22, is employed Texas. treasurer of Ginley-Soper Construction Dr.. Bakersfield, Calif. by Central Engineering Projects, U. S. newly merged Union Texas Natural Gas Co., lives at 2825 Forest St., Denver 7. Brewster Rd., East Cleveland 12, Ohio. DR. S. J. PIRSON, '31, is professor of ROBERT D. BRACE, '49. has moved Borax & Chemical Corp. with mailing Corp. His address is 7619 River Point Colo. petroleum engineering at the University from Anchorage. Alaska to Salt Lake ALFRED F. RICHARDS, '08, gives address 1128 Laguna St., Ooeanside, Calif. Dr., Houston 42, Texas. his mailing address as Box 37, Dockton, of Texas, with mailing address 4510 1946-'50 City, Utah. His P.O. Box number is 1076. Wash. THEODORE MA%VIN, '22, is presi­ CARLOS POSSO, '26. has moved from Edgemont Dr., Austin 3, Texas. ARTHUR J. JERSIN, '49, is director GILBERT FABRE, '47, has moved WILLIAM J. HAMILTON, '09, is liv­ dent of Michigan Chemical Corp., Saint Manizal'es, Colombia to Apartado Aero LAWRENCE G. HOGGATT, '32, is of Colorado Oil & Gas Co itervation Com­ from Houston to 1065 William St., Vic­ ing at 6260 Shamrock Ave., Goleta, Calif. Louis, Mich, No. 20-75, Caii, Colombia, S. A. metallurgist for Climax Uranium with mittee. He lives at 4960 Harlan St., Den­ toria, Texas. ver 12. Colo. ERNEST S. GEARY, '12, is living at WILTON T. MILLAR, '22, is super­ E. F. GALLAGHER, '28, regional drill­ mailing address 2050 S. Broadway, Grand EARL L. RAU, '47, has moved from 1318 ISth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. visor mine examination and exploration ing superintendent for Continental Oil junction, Colo. ROBERT E. MUNROE, '49, superin­ Tucson, Ariz, to 4860 King St., Denver engineer for the U. S. Bureau of Mines Co., may be addressed at La Rue Point DONALD L. HERBERT, '33, may be tendent of Great Western Sugar Co., A. R. FLINN, '13, gives his address as 21, Colo. He is employed as an engineer with address 9400 St. Andrews Way, de Mouton, Box 1266, Lafayette, La. lives at 311 Sixth St., Ovid, Colo. +5 Hickory Trail, Lake Mohawk, Sparta, addressed at 5308 Windswept Lane, by the Colorado School of Mines Research Silver Spring, Md. N. J. E. C. BITZER, '29, now in Yugoslavia Houston, Texas. Foundation, Golden, Colo. HOWARD E. YOUNG, '49, staff metal­ VINCENT R. LeBAR, '36, has moved lurgist for Aluminum Co. of America, GAIL G. GRIGSBY, '14, is owner of VINCENT C. PEET, '22, who was on consulting work, may be addressed FREDERICK C. ALDRICH, '48, has from Pittsburgh to 110 Johnston Dr., lives at 180 Inglewood Dr., Pittsburgh Grigsby Valve Co. with address 113 stationed at Eglin AFB, Fla., may now U.S.O.M./Y, C/O American Embassy, been transferred by The Ohio Oil Co. 28, Pa. North 7th St., Desioge, Mo. be addressed at P. O. Box 99, Ramey Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Canonsburg, Pa. from Sidney, Nebr., to 539 S. Main St., AFB, Puerto Rico. THEODORE J. ZAGURSKI, '49, geolo­ EARLE A. STRONG, '14, chief engi­ M. B. MILLS, '29, assistant district JACK McK. PARDEE, '36, is mining Findlay, Ohio. engineer with the U. S. Forest Service. gist for Shell Oil Co., may be addnessed neer for Cerro de Pasco Corp., may be LOUIS C. RHODES, '22, retired, may engineer for the Arizona Highway Dept., JACK D. DUREN, '48, is division addressed c/o Cerro de Pasco Corp., 300 His address is 7041 N. 13th PI., Phoenix, c/o Shell Oil Co., 250 Mt. Lebanon Blvd., he addressed at Box 28, C.C.G.C., Con­ has moved from Wilcox, Ariz, to 208 E. petrophysical engineer, Protluction De­ Pittsburgh 34, Pa. Park Ave., New York 22, N. Y. cord, Calif. 7th St., Safford, Ariz. Ariz. partment, Shell Oil Co. His address i-! ARTHUR H. SCUDAMORE, '37, re­ c/o Shell Oil Co., Box 845, Roswell, N. ROBERT C. ARNIM, x-'50, is man­ search specialist for Lockheed Aircraft M. ager of operations of Cancrude Oil & Gas Co.. Ltd., with mailing address P.O. Co., lives at 2158 Deodara Dr., Los Altos, RICHARD F. HAGEMANN, '48, may Calif. Sub 43, Kelvin Grove Farms, Calgary, be addressed Compagnre Generale de Alberta, Canada. PHILIP C. TEMPLETON, '37, chief Geophysique, 50 Rue Fabert, Paris VIII, Classifiers process engineer for Texaco, Inc.. gives France. (Continued on page 6) Laboratory Equipment his home address as 3614 Lewis Lane. Amarillo, Texas. JACK W. PETERS, '38, staff geo­ Diaphragm Pumps physicist for Mobil Oil Co., has been Ball and Rod Mills transferred from Billings. Mont, to c/o Mobil Oil Co., 500 Petroleum Club Bldg.. Denver 2, Colo. JOHN P. GOLDEN, II, '39, is regional Thickeners manager for Fafnir Bearing Co. of New Flotation Machines Britain, Conn. His address is 200 Oco .4 Ivy Road, N.E., Atlanta 5, Ga. EDWIN M. SWIFT, '39, is chief, Mili­ tary Construction Control Section, Corps Drum and Disc Filters of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, For ALL Your Nebr. C. MAC DYE, '40. has moved from Mining and Milling Ore Feeders Kingman, Ariz, to Ave. I, Boulder City, I t qanibli nn yuur iiiiiiiiig investment Nev.
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