William Stryker Conner, Rancagua, Chile, So. Amer.

Proposed by H. A. Guess, R. K. Stockwell, Lester E. Grant.

Born 1890, St. Paul, Minn. 1902-04, High School, Belleville, N. J. 1906–07, Mt. Hermon, Mass., Preparatory School. 1907-08, High School, Belleville, N. J. 1908-11, Mech. Engrg., Stevens Institute of Technology. 1912-13, Min. Engrg., Mass. Inst. of Tech. 1911, summer, Gillespie Const. Co. Catskill Aqueduct contracts. Tunnel Erectn. 1911-12, Boston and Montana Red. Dept., Amalgamated Copper Co., Special sampler, Mill test work under M. W. Krejci. 1913-14, Braden Copper Co., mill test work, mill office work, oil flotation operator, mill shift boss helper, mill shift boss. 1914, Engrg. Dept. with Mr. R. K. Stockwell.

Present position: Estimating Engr., Braden Copper Co.

Jerome James Day, Northport, Wash.

Proposed by H. J. Stehli, D. N. Ellis, A. S. Dwight.

Born 1876, Truckee, Cal. Common school education. No technical school training. Worked way up from common miner, etc. 1913, Prest., Tamerack and Custer Cons. Min. Co. 1915, Prest., Northport Smelt. & Ref. Co.

Present position: Director, Pennsylvania Smelt. Co.

Willard Albert Deane, Anaconda, Mont.

Proposed by C. R. Kuzell, Albert E. Wiggin, Louis V. Bender.

Born 1881, St. Louis, Mo. 1898, Grad., Chicago Manual Training School. 1903, Special course in General and Electro Metallurgy, Lehigh Univ. 1904, Grad., Michigan Colle of Mines. 1905, Engr., Black Mt. Min. Co., Sonora, Mex. 190608, Cyanide Mill Designer, Real del Monte Min. Co., Pachuca, Mex. 1908-09, Chief Draftsman, Guanajuato Dev. Co., Guanajuato, Mex. 1909-11, Supt. Const. and Cyanide Plant, Compania Placera Gardura y Anexas, Placera del Oro, Gaurero, Mex. 1911-12, Battery man, Goldfield Cons. Min. Co., Goldfield, Nev. 1912-15, Draftsman, Anaconda Copper Co., Anaconda, Mont.

Present position: Flotation Research Dept., Anaconda Copper Co.

Charles L. Denison, New York, N. Y.

Proposed by Walter H. Aldridge, W. A. Bostwick, W. W. Mein.

Born, Corning, N. Y., 1866. President of the Buffalo Mines, Ltd., for 10 years. Director, Dome Mines Co., Ltd.

Present position: Capitalist and mine owner.

Philip Orr Harding, Rancagua, Chile, So. Amer.

Proposed by R. K. Stockwell, H. A. Guess, Lester E. Grant.

Born 1881, Portland, Me. 1899, Pratt Institute, Applied Electricity. 1899-1900, Draftsman, Marshall Sanders Co. 1900-03, Draftsman, Taylor Iron and Steel Co. 1903-04, Draftsman, Virginia Electrolytic Co. 1904-05, Draftsman, Tennessee Copper Co. 1905-12, Estimating Engr., Cambria Steel Co. 1912-14, Designing Draftsman, Julian Kennedy. 1914-15, Designing Draftsman, Maryland Steel Co. 1915, Designing Draftsman, H. Hoppers Co.

Present position: Designing Draftsman, Braden Copper Co.

John H. Hieber, Kellogg, Ida.

Proposed by J. McD. Porter, Roy H. Clarke, Charles P. Robbins, L. K. Armstrong. Born 1884, Wickes, Mont. Studied under father, both mining and milling, practical and technical. Partial course, Butte School Mines. Complete course, Int. Correspondence Schools, Metal Mining. Have held positions as both mine and mill shift boss, foreman and superintendent, Montezuma Lead Co., Santa Barbara, Chih., Mex. Badger Min. Co., Corbin, Mont. Keystone Mines Corpn., Blacktail, Ida., etc.

Present position: Genl. Supt., mines and mill, Cor D'Alene Antimony Min. Co.

Robert E. Hobart, Lansford, Pa.

Proposed by R. V. Norris, Edwin Ludlow, W. G. Whildin.

Born 1874, Lansford, Pa. 1889, Grad., Tamaqua High School. 1893, Course in International Correspondence Schools (Mechanical Engineering). 1889-92, Machinist apprentice; 1892-99, Machinist. 1899-1908, Draftsman. 1908-11, Genl. Foreman of shops. 1911-12, Asst. Mech. Supt., Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.

Present position: 1912 to date; Master Mechanic, Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.

Frederick W. Horton, Denver, Colo.

Proposed by Van H. Manning, C. B. Dutton, Albert H. Fay.

Born 1883, Ipswich, Mass. 1904, Grad., Mass. Inst. of Tech., B. S., in Min. Engrg. and Metallurgy. 1905, Asst. Instr. of Min. Engrg., Mass. Inst. of Tech. 1906, Co-Mgr., Gold Bluff Min. & Lumber Co., Orick, Čal. 1907-08, Field Engr. for various companies, traveling in Alaska; in charge laboratories U. S. Metal Red. Co., Seattle, Wash. 1909, Junior Engr., Technologic Branch, U. S. Geological Survey. 1910, Asst. Editor, Mineral Industry, Hill Publishing Co., New York.

Present position: 1910 to date; Mineral Technologist, U. S. Bureau of Mines.

Charles Ross Huddle, Ivanhoe, Va.

Proposed by E. Gybbon Spilsbury, E. Fleming L'engle, Charles F. Rand.

Born, Ivanhoe, Va., 1884. 1898, High School, Cranberry, N. C. 1899-1900, College, Bristol, Va. 1908, Correspondence course, Elect. Engrg., 1910, Chemical and 1915, Mining. 1899, Asst. to Min. Engr., Cranberry Iron & Coal Co., Cranberry, N. C. 1904, Mech. Dept., Bertha Mineral Co., Austinville, Va. 1906, Supt. Mech. Dept., Ivanhoe Furnace Co., Ivanhoe, Va. Present position: 1912 to date; Supt., of Mines & Engr., Ivanhoe Furnace Co.

John Bardell Hunley, Seven Troughs, Nev.

Proposed by D. M. Folsom, C. F. Tolman, Jr., C. M. Vrang.

Born 1890, Oneida, Tenn. 1910-14, Leland Stanford Junior Univ., A. B. in Geology and Mining.

Present position: 1914 to date; Assaying, Mine Surveying and bookkeeping, Seven Troughs Coalition Min. Co.

Andre Prokopievitch Ivanoff, Petrograd, Russia.

Proposed by R. Gilman Brown, D. P. Mitchell, R. Macfee.

Born 1874, South Russia. 1897, Imperial Mining Academy, M. E., Petrograd. 1897-99, Asst., Iron Blast Furnaces, South Russia. 1899-1900, One year's travel and study abroad, and Manager of Thomas Steel Plant, Crimea. 1900-05, Genl. Mgr., Alla Verde Copper Mines and Smelter, Caucasus. Built first water jackets for pyrite smelting in Russia. 1906-08, Mgr., Kyshtim Min. Works. 1909-1910, Director of Copper Smelter, Bogoslovsk. 1910-14, Cons. Engr., Russian Min. Society, Petrograd, and other consulting work.

Present position: Managing Director, Ridder Min. & Trading Co., & Kirgiz Min. & Trading Co.

John R. Kenney, Chicago, Ill.

Proposed by Dibrell P. Hynes, H. L. Hollis, Irving Herr.

Born 1886, Drumbo, Ont. Chicago High Schools. Lewis Institute, Chicago, Ill. 1912, Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, B. S. 1912-13, Asst. Engr., Experimental Dept., Steptoe Valley S. & M. Co., McGill, Nev. 1913-14, Mill Foreman, Foreman, Buffalo Mines, Ltd., Cobalt, Ont.

Present position: Tunnel Engr., City of Chicago.

S. P. Kinney, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Proposed by Dorsey A. Lyon, Oliver C. Ralston, Walter Neal.

Born 1891, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1911-15, Univ. of Utah, B. S.

Present position: Secy., Arcane Min. Co.

Hugh Bertram Lee, Timmins, Ont., Canada.

Proposed by Maurice W. Summerhayes, C. D. Kaeding, C. H. Poirier.

Born 1888, Columbus, O. 1912, Ohio State Univ., E. M. 1910, Chem., Gas Inspector and Analyst, Consolidation' Coal Co., Fairmont, W. Va. 1912-13, Assayer, Mill Man, Shift Boss and Acting Supt., Deadwood Mill' of Cleveland and 'Weatherhead, Mogollon, N. Mex.

Present position: 1913 to date; Assayer and Refiner, Porcupine Crown Mines, Ltd.

Nicolas Lessig, Semipalatinsk Government, Siberia.

Proposed by R. Gilman Brown, D. P. Mitchell, R. Macfee.

Born 1880, Ural. 1907, Mining Institute, M. E., Petrograd. 1908-14, Gold dredging; in charge of iron mines; and for 5 years Director of Copper Mines, Bogoslovsk, Russia.

Present position: Genl. Mgr., Ridder Min. & Trading Co.

Wesley A. Looney, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Proposed by Arthur F. L. Bell, Raymond F. Bacon, Rosewell H. Johnson.

Born 1865, Philadelphia, Pa. 1881, Philadelphia High School. 1898, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia. 1881-87, Auditor of Passenger Receivers and Genl. Agents Office, Penn. R. R. Co. 1887-1903, Construction and Mfg. Dept., Atlantic Ref. Co. Present position: 1903 to date; Genl. Mgr., Gulf Ref. Co.

Charles Frederick Lunt, Rancagua, Chile, So. Amer.
Proposed by H. C. Bellinger, H. A. Guess, R. K. Stockwell.

Born 1884, Pelsall, So. Staffordshire, Eng. 1894-1900, Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall. 1900-05, Birmingham Technical College of Engineering. 1900-05, In works of Messers. Tangyes Ltd., Birmingham, on general machine fitting and erecting work. 1905-09, In Malay peninsula for Messrs. Tangyes on erection of tin mine and plantation machinery and commercial work. 1909-13, Supervising erection of freezing and textile machinery in Punta Arenas, Chile.

Present position: 1913 to date; Draftsman, Braden Copper Co.

Ervin W. McCullough, St. Paul, Minn.

Proposed by W. R. Appleby, Peter Christianson, E. H. Comstock.

Born 1885, St. Anggar, Ia. 1911, Univ. of Minnesota, Engr. of Mines.

Present position: 1911 to date; Instructor in Mining, The Univ. of Minnesota.

John Spotts McDowell, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Proposed by Waldemar Lindgren, H. O. Hofman, Carle R. Hayward.

Born 1885, Pocahontas, Va. 1912 to present, have been a student in the mining engineering department of Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Will complete course of instruction leading to B. S. degree, Feb. 1, 1916. 1903-12, and during summer months since that time, continuously in employ of Harbison Walker Refractories Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. 1903-08, held various positions on engineering corps. 1908 to present, in charge of engineering corps. The work done has included the necessary engineering work from preliminary stage to completion of plant and equipment for coal and fireclay mines, including geological reconnaissance, prospecting, laying out of railroads, haulage and vetilation systems, etc.

Present position: Student, Mass. Inst. of Tech.

Homer I. Merricks, Globe, Ariz.

Proposed by Guy N. Bjorge, P. G. Beckett, H. P. Bowen.

Born 1880, Minneapolis, Minn. 1899, East High School, Minneapolis. 18991901, 1904-05, Univ. of Minn., School of Mines. 1907-09, Michigan College of Mines, B. S., Houghton, Mich. 1901, Shopdraftsman, Anerican Bridge Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 1902-04, Electrical Dept., Twin City Rapid Transit Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 1905-07, Hydro-Electrical Engr., Stone & Webster Engrg. Corps, St. Croix Falls, Wis. 1909, Engrg. Dept., Soo Line freight, terminal and tunnel const., St. Paul, Minn. 1910, additional construction, Stone & Webster, St. Croix Falls, Wis. 191011, Engr., Live Oak Dev. Co. and Black Warrior Min. Co., Miami, Ariz. 1912-14, with various railroad and governmental surveys.

Present position: Draftsman, Mapping Geology, Old Dominion Copper Min. and Smelt. Co.

Hubert Merryweather, Coquimbo, Chile, So. Amer.
Proposed by W. L. Cumings, E. O'C. Acker, C. A. Buck.

Born 1882, Cincinnati, O. To 1900, Public Schools, Cincinnati. 1900-04, Mass. Institute of Tech., S. B. 1900-04, Various summer jobs in Northwest. 1904-05, Miner and timberman, Calumet and Hecla. 1906–10, Eng., Mill and Mine Foreman in various places in Mexico. 1910-14, Mine Supt. and Genl. Supt., Juragua Iron Co., Santiago de Cuba.

Present position: Vice-Prest. & Genl. Mgr., Bethlehem Chile Iron Mines Co.

Harry Wheeler Morse, Los Angeles, Cal.

Proposed by L. D. Ricketts, A. G. McGregor, Ira B. Joralemon.

Born 1873, San Diego, Cal. 1897, Stanford Univ., A. B. 1902, Leipzig (Germany) Ph. D. 1911, Fellow, Amer. Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1909-12, Asst. Prof. Physics, Harvard. 1912-13, Lecturer, Chemistry, Univ. of Cal. 1903-10, Consultant, Gould Storage Battery Co.

Present position: Since 1913, in charge of research and development work, Western Precipitation Co.

Walter Innes Nelson, Thane, Alaska.

Proposed by Erle V. Daveler, B. B. Nieding, G. T. Jackson.

Born 1888, Fields Landing, Cal. 1911, Univ. of Cal., B. S. in Min. Engrg. 191112, Miner, Alaska Treadwell Mine. 1912-13, Draughtsman, Foreman, Ready Bullion Experimental Plant. 1913, Prospector. 1913-14, Shifter in Cyanide Plant. Refinery foreman, under W. P. Lass, Supt., Treadwell Cyanide Plant.

Present position: 1914 to date; Refinery-man, Alaska Gastineau Gold Min. Co.

Holman Isaac Pearl, Wakefield, Mich.

Proposed by Howard S. Stebbins, James D. Ireland, Allan C. House.

Born

1888, Roslindale, Mass. 1907-09, 1911-12, Civ. Engrg., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1908, Sampler and Surveyor, Northwestern Iron Co., Mayville, Wis. 1910-11, Asst. Engr., American Boston Min. Co., Diorite, Mich. 1912, In charge, Magnetic survey for private parties in Wisconsin. Present position: 1913 to date; Min. Engr.; Genl. Mgr., Wakefield Iron Co.

Irving Perrine, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Proposed by E. DeGolyer, Charles N. Gould, W. E. Wrather.

Born 1884, Wallkill, N. Y. 1901-03, New Paltz State Normal School. 1903-12, Cornell Univ., A. B., A. M., Ph. D. 1907-08, Asst. in Geol., Cornell Univ. 1908-09, Asst. State Geol., Louisiana. 1908-11, Instr. in Geol., Cornell Univ. 1911-15, Prof. of Geol., Univ. of Okla. 1912-14 (summers), Prof. of Geol., Cornell Univ. 191314, Geol. to J. R. Armstrong, Oil Interests. 1914-15, Geol. to E. W. Marland, Oil

Interests.

Present position: Chief Geol., Pierce Oil Corpn., and Pierce Fordyce Oil Assn.

Philip Haile Pipkin, St. Francois, Mo.

Proposed by Waldo H. Comins, Herman Garlichs, James A. Caselton.

Born

N. Y.

1903,

1883, Farmington, Mo. 1899, Grad., Farmington High School. B. L. Carleton College, Farmington, Mo. 1903-05, Cadet, U. S. M. A., West Point, Instruction in practical military engineering, surveying, plotting and mapping. 1906-07, Asst. to Mine Surveyor, St. Louis Smelt. & Ref. Co., St. Francois, Mo. Present position: 1907 to date; Mine Surveyor, St. Louis Smelt. & Ref. Co.

C. de Ryck van der Gracht, The Hague, Holland.
Proposed by David T. Day, W. D. Waltman, C. E. Jamison.

Born

1866, Sourabaya, Java. 1879-84, High School, Sourabaya, Java. 1901, Polytechnical College, Delft, Holland (Mineralogy and Geology). 1906-07, Secy., Petroleum Maatschappy Saltcreek, The Hague, Holland. 1906-08, Managing Director, Holland Oil Co. and member of the Board of Directors of the Haagoche Petroleum Maatschappy, both of The Hague.

Present position: 1908 to date; Managing Director, Petroleum Maatschappy

Saltcreek.

Theodore F. Schwab, Semipalatinsk, Siberia.

Proposed by R. Gilman Brown, D. P. Mitchell, Robert Macfee, T. J. Jones. Born 1881, Moscow, Russia. 1896, Gymnasium, Moscow. 1904, Urals Mining School. 1901, Cyanide gold ore in the Urals. 1903, Platinum and gold placer work in the Urals. 1904, Workman in Verch-Issetzk Mines. 1905-06, Mine Boss, Andrevski Mine, Kouznetz district, Siberia. 1907, Prospecting for coal in Khirgeez Steppes. 1909, Supt., copper and coal mines in Turkestan. 1910-11, Boss Foreman, Konuikhoff Mine, Kyshtim, Urals, Russia. 1911-14, Mines Supt., Tissoff Mine, Kyshtim.

Present position: Supt. (equivalent to Mines Manager) Ridder Mines, Altai district, Siberia.

William Mathew Sixt, Timmins, Ont., Canada.

Proposed by Maurice W. Summerhayes, C. D. Kaeding, C. H. Poirier.

Born 1884, West Park, O. Case School of Applied Science. 1907, Mine Surveyor, Buffalo Mine, Cobalt, Ont., Canada. 1909, Asst. Mill Supt., St. Louis Smelt. & Ref. Co., St. Louis, Mo. 1911, Mill Supt., Nova Scotia Min. Co., Cobalt, Ont.,

Canada.

Present position: Mill Supt., Porcupine Crown Mines, Ltd.

Henry Boynton Smith, Rivermines, Mo.

Proposed by William Allen Smith, S. Paul Lindau, Franz Cazin.

Born 1892, Freehold, N. J. 1911, Grad., Northampton Mass. High School. Two years, Columbia Univ., School of Mines. 1915, Engineering Dept., St. Joseph Lead Co.

Present position: Asst. Chemist, Doe Run Lead Co.

Harry Howard Stout, New York, N. Y.

Proposed by David H. Browne, J. A. Church, Jr., John A. Church.

Born 1872, Sacaton, Ariz. 1895, Grad., West Point Military Academy. 1895, Officer, Cavalry, U. S. Army. 1898, Cuba Campaign, Santiago. 1899, Officer, Ordnance Dept., U. S. A. Mfg. nitro cellulose. 1901, Genl. Mgr., Peyton Chem. Co., San Francisco, Cal. 1908, Const. Engr., General Chem. Co., New York. Present position: 1914 to date; Genl. Supt., Nichols Copper Co.

John Wilfrid Wardell, Spassky Zavod, Siberia.

Proposed by R. Gilman Brown, Walter G. Perkins, C. J. Hall.

Born 1889, Winnipeg, Canada. 1900-03, Secondary School, Stockton-on-Tees, England. 1903-10, Technical Institute, Stockton-on-Tees, England; 12 Diplomas in Engineering Subjects. 1910-13, Grad., International Correspondence Schools, Grad., Metallurgy Course. 1903-10, Engineering Apprentice, Head, Whigtson & Co., Ltd., Stocktown-on-Tees, England. 1910-13, Specialist in Milling Plant design, in Engineering office of above_company. 1913-14, Member of Engineering Staff of W. G. Perkins & Co., London, E. C., Eng. 1914, Member, Junior Institute Engineers. 1915, Student, Inst. of Mining and Metallurgy.

Present position: Asst. Constructional Engr., Spassky Copper Mines, Ltd.

John Philip Blaikie Webster, London, E. C., England.

Proposed by D. P. Mitchell, T. J. Jones, R. Gilman Brown.

Born 1882, Llandegai, North Wales. Up to 1908, Woburn (Bedfordshire) Marlowes High School, Hertford. Roan School, Greenwich, and subsequent training with McAuliffe and Davis. 1898, Russian Petroleum Co., Ltd., Baku Russian Petroleum Co., Ltd., Russian Collieries and Railway Co., Ltd., London. 1903, Baku Russian Petroleum Co., Ltd., Baku, Caucasus, Russia. 1906, Assisting Leslie Urquhart, in Russian min. work. 1907, Kyshtim Min. Co., Kyshtim, Russia.

Present position: Mgr. and Secy., Irtysh, Tanalyr Russo-Asiatic and Kyshtim Corporations, Ltd.

William Lindsay Wotherspoon, New York, N. Y.

Proposed by David H. Browne, W. A. Bostwick, W. W. Mein.

Born 1879, Liverpool, England. 1896-1901, Durham College of Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Apprenticeship to mechanical engineering, W. Gray & Co., West Hartlepool, England. 1901-03, Draughtsman, W. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England. 1903-04, Draughtsman, Babcock & Wilcox, London, England. 1904-05, Designing engineer, Richardson, Westgarth & Co., Middlesbrough, England. 1905-12, Occupied varied positions from designer to Asst. Consulting Mechanical Engineer, H. Eckstein & Co., Johannesburg, So. Africa.

Present position: Consulting, Mechanical and Electrical Engr., The International Nickel Co.

Junior Members

Edward E. Bartlett, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Proposed by Roswell H. Johnson, L. G. Huntley, H. B. Meller.

Born 1894, Eldorado, Kans. 1907-12, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, B. S. 1912-14, Oil leasing and oil lands, Mannford Oil & Gas Co., Mannford, Okla. and with H. A. Bartlett, Oil Producer, Sapulpa, Okla.

Present position: Student, Univ. of Pittsburgh.

John Rainey Baush, So. Bethlehem, Pa.

Proposed by Joseph W. Richards, G. A. Roush, Howard Eckfeldt.

Born 1894, Beaver City, Nebr. 1910, Grad., Somerset High School, Somerset, Pa. Present position: Student in Electrometallurgy, Lehigh Univ.

Frederick H. Hayes, Milwaukee, Wis.

Proposed by Richard S. McCaffery, E. C. Holden, J. M. Longyear, Jr.

Born 1890, Plattsmouth, Nebr. High School education. Courses, International Correspondence Schools, Mechanical and Min. Engrg. 1912-15, Sales Dept., Power and Min. Mach. Co., Cudahy, Wis.

Present position: Student, Univ. of Wis.