Show Anaconda Official to Receive e eive AIME AIMS G Gold ld Medal Award The American Institute of Mining Min ing Metallurgical and Petroleum Petrol Petrol- Petroleum eum has hM announced that one of Ju ts moat most distinguished awards the William Lawrence Saunders Gold GoldMedal Medal has been voted by the Boi Board d of Directors tr to John Ballantine Knaebel of Grants New Mexico consultant to the Anaconda company Presentation Presentation Presentation Pres Pres- will wUl be at the AWE AIMS annual annual an an- nual meeting in San February 19 15 1959 Th t medal goes to Mr Knaebel Knaebel Knaebel bel for his versatility and courageous courageous courageous cour cour- ageous leadership in pioneering developing and managing highly successful mining ventures as a aleader aleader aleader leader among men yet one of them The William WUll m Lawrence Saunders Sound Sound- ers era Cold Gold Medal established in 1927 through a gift of Ir ott Saunders ers a former lormer president of 1 AIME UME ME recognizes distinguished achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment mining In other than coal Clyde Evarts Weed now chairman chair chairs man of the board of the Anaconda Anacon Anacon- da company received the medal medalin in 1951 Herbert Hoover former president of the United States and former president of AIME AIMS was the 1928 recipient Mr I Knaebel whose career has taken him on major projects Inmany Inmany in inmany many countries was named by bythe bythe bythe the magazine Mining World as 81 Mining Man of the Year In 1956 Born In Denver Mr Knaebel Knaebel Knaebel bel attended Cornell university and received his BS In fn EngineerIng EngineerIng Engineer Engineer- Ing In 1929 at Stanford university university lt sity had and a y year ar later the tM degree of Engineer of Mines Mine Mr Knaebel bel bet was Wd su successfully lly assistant mining engineer in the United States Bureau of Mines in Washington Wash ington D. D C. C and In Berkley and San Francisco California SuperIntendent Superintendent Super Super- manager East dance Mining company Philippine Philip pine Islands Consultant mine examinations In the United States Canada Mexico and Central Central Central Cen Cen- America Managing director Amparo Mining company of Canada Canada Canada Can Can- ada Ltd gold British Columbia Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia Superintendent assistant manager United States SmeltIng Smelting Smelting Smelt Smelt- ing Refining and Mining company company company com com- pany Bayard New Mexico Superintendent Sup Gold mil Hill Arsenic Mine Ut Utah h U. U V.-S. V. S. S Smelting Refining A Smelting melting company A. A Assistant to the vice president ent assistant m manager a h a It g e r r. r Western Mines U. U S. S Smelting Refining and Mining company Salt Lake city ty From 1946 to 1950 with Anaconda An An- Anaconda Copper Mining company Mr Knaebel Knubel was wu In charge charee of en an exploration project In British rit B-rit h Guiana and nd Brazil and managed Anaconda British Guiana Mines Mine Ltd and Gurupi S. S S. S From 1951 to 1956 he was manager New Mexico operations Anaconda Mining company From July 1 1956 to May 1 1958 Mr Knaebel was assistant to t vice president in charge of mining operations Anaconda company He lie became a consultant to the company on May 1 1958 Besides membership in AIME AIMS Mr Knaebel's affiliations Include American Mining Congress western western west west- ern em division director New M Mex Mex- x- x ico leo association president 1956 U. U S Society lety of Economic Geologists British Columbia Society of Professional Professional Pro Pro- Engineers National Aeronautical Aeronautical Aeronautical Association Aircraft Owners Ownen and Pilots Association and Quiet Birdmen Birdmen- Mr Knaebel Knaebel Knaebel bel uses USe aircraft extensively Infield In Infield infield field visits |