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Show Page 2 American Minerals 9 6 on drillings reports Mining writer, cartoonist, Buck ODonnell dies mining and was part of it as Buck Charles John 68, a miner and mining executive as well as a chronicler of mining, died of natural causes at his Salt Lake City home Dec. 19. Mr. ODonnell was well known for his cartoons and poetry about mines and mining in general. These views of mining life were taken from a personal experience ranging from ore car ODonnell, to mining pusher superintendent. lived through the technological revolution in He of Shaft manager Machines & Co., a Development developer and manufacturer of mining equipment, in Salt Lake City for 14 years. His sketches and petry show mining in times past of hard workers and fighters like Unc the Finn and of foremen like More Rock McShane. Mr. ODonnell was formerly employed with the Anaconda Copper Co. in Butte, Mont., where he worked in the sampling and research departments. He also was affiliated with the Idaho Maryland Mining Co. Grass Valley, Calif., for five years. was a member of the Roman Catholic Church and a past member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He survived by his widow, the former Hildegarde Coster, Billings, Mont.; a brother and sister. Neil, Walnut Creek, Calif., and Mrs. Mary Freshman, Butte, Mont. He 2 Salt Lake City men win AIME Legion of Honor Two men have been named to the Legion of Honor in the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum i i i i i (Continued from Page 1) The Calvin Embrey Well in well in the Dorcas Field, Meigs County, Ohio, is currently being the Saltlick Field, Perry County, completed as a probable gas well Ohio, was completed as an oil with significant oil shows, and well with initial production of the Roy Profitt Charles Theiss me hundred barrels per day of No. 1 well in the Groundhog Creek Field of Ohio is currently high quality oil, Nixon said. the in the process of completion The Mildred Dunn well in Sisterville County, Ohio, was completed as an He was engineer for Columbia Steel Corp. in Utah, a HUNT was graduated with a degree in mining geology in 1915 at the University of Wisconsin. In later years he was a geologist for the Highland Boy Mine of the Utah Consolidated Mining Co. in the Bingham district. He later became chief geologist, vice president and a member of the board of directors of U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. He also was . a director and board member of Hecla Mining Co. tpcilii in silver, V TO $40 PER SHARE J. H. DILLON 1 1 & Field, is currently being tested and also appears to be a successful well. He said the American Minerals Fund No. 1 and No. 3 wells in S.E. Douglas Field, Converse County, Wyoming, have been drilled with significant shows of oil and gas. The wells are awaiting personnel and equipment for completion, he In the American Minerals Fund partnership 1969-2- , a total independent engineer to of six wells had been drilled ai determine the cash value of each the time of the report. Two hac of its partnerships! He said a been completed and four were i: financial report on the partnerships would be published. various stages of completion. Y OUR Classified in the Reaches Readers and selective BETTER SE CO. W. 412 Sprague, Spokane, Wash. 99201, Tel. 1 looking for business & investment opportunities, stocks, properties, new & used equipment for sale or lease, employment & other services. BETTER S I1M43I Member Spokane Stock Exchange I initial BETTER SER gold end uranium stock stocks. We accept collect calls on buy orders. penny mining with BETTER SERV hove profit potential Vo well with excellent probability of being completed as a natural gas well. He said the American Minerals Fund No. 2 well in the S.E. Douglas Area, Converse County, Wyoming, has been drilled-wit- h good shows of oil and natural gas. The Toledo No. 8 well in the Trail Canyon Field, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, is drilled and currently in the process of attempting completion, Nixon said. Indications are that the well will be completed as a natural gas well, he said. Nixon said the companys geology and other professional divisions are working with an BETTER SERVICE SILVER MINING STOCKS te oil production of 15 or more barrels per day of high quality oil. Nixon said the Stobart No. 1 in .the Ohio Groundhog Creek iBMMg RANGE Monroe Field, said. predecessor to United States Steel Corporations development of coal mines in Carbon County Engineers. They received their citations and steel plants in Ironton and at a dinner meeting of the Utah Geneva. Section of AIME He also worked on opening of They are DeWitt Van Evera and Richard N. Hunt, both coking coal mines in Carbon veterans of the minerals County. 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