Howe, Ernest, 1875-1932

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Ernest Howe (1875-1933), geologist.

From the description of Ernest Howe papers, 1881-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132128

Surveyor and geologist

From the description of Howe, Ernest, 1875-1932 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575022

Ernest Howe, geologist, was educated at Yale (class of 1898) and at Harvard, where he earned his M.A. (1899) and Ph.D. (1901). In 1900, Howe joined the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) as an assistant geologist. Most of his early work was done in Colorado under Whitman Cross. Although he served with the U.S.G.S. until 1910, in 1906 Howe was appointed geologist of the Isthmian Canal Commission. After 1910 he went into private practice as a consulting geologist. In 1916-17 he joined the Royal Geographic Society of London's expedition, headed by Hamilton Rice, to the upper Amazon and in 1920 he was hired by the Mexican government to reorganize their geological survey. Throughout his career, Howe published scholarly papers, and from 1926 until his death he served as editor of The American Journal of Science .

Howe's stepfather was Arnold Hague, noted geologist of the U.S.G.S. Hague owned stock in the North Star Mines Company and was related to the managing director, which explain Howe's long association with this California mining operation. The company hired Howe in 1910 and 1911 to survey the North Star and Champion mines. When Hague died in 1917, Howe acted as administrator of his estate and two years later was elected a director of the North Star Mines Company. He continued to act as consulting geologist for the company and through his contacts became involved with other California mines. In 1919, Howe, along with other officers of the North Star Mines Company, invested in the Round Mountain Neocene Drift Placer Mine. This mine was located just north of Grass Valley, the home of North Star, in Nevada County, California. The North Star Mines Company might have invested in Round Mountain, but no ore was found during the development work. Howe joined other investors in the Bantam Syndicate, a financial association created to develop mining properties around West Point, Calaveras County, California. In 1922, the Syndicate, joined by North Star Mines Company, evolved into West Point Consolidated Mines, Inc.

Howe married Anne Wilson in 1905 and the couple had two children, Margaret Bruce Howe and Walter Howe. The family lived in New Haven in the winter and in Litchfield during the summer, with frequent trips to Newport where Howe's mother resided. Howe served two terms in the Connecticut General Assembly during the 1920s.

A detailed biography of Howe was published in The American Journal of Science, vol. 25, no. 146, February 1933, p.97. See also Yale Biographies and Annuals .

From the guide to the Ernest Howe papers, 1881-1932, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

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creatorOf Ernest Howe papers, 1881-1932 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn North Star Mining Company and associated records, 1853-1959 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Records of the U.S. Geological Survey. 1839 - 2008. Photographic Albums Documenting Geological and Hydrological Survey Expeditions National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Malcolm Rutherford Thorpe papers, 1913-1952 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Thorpe, Malcolm Rutherford, b. 1891. Malcolm Rutherford Thorpe papers, 1913-1952 (inclusive). Yale University Library
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associatedWith Agnew, George B. person
associatedWith Agnew, George B. person
associatedWith Bedford, Robert H. person
associatedWith Bedford, Robert H. person
associatedWith Foote, A. D(Arthur De Wint), 1849-? person
associatedWith Geological Survey (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Hague, William, d. 1918. person
associatedWith Isthmian Canal Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith North Star Mines Company. corporateBody
associatedWith North Star Mines Company. corporateBody
associatedWith North Star Mining Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Outerbridge, Eugene H. person
associatedWith Outerbridge, Eugene H. person
associatedWith Pagan, W. D. person
associatedWith Pagan, W. D. person
associatedWith Round Mountain Neocene Drift Placer Mine. corporateBody
associatedWith Stapler, J. B. person
associatedWith Stapler, J. B. person
associatedWith Thorpe, Malcolm Rutherford, b. 1891. person
associatedWith West Point Consolidated Mines, Inc. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Panama
Canal Zone.
Brazil
California--Nevada County
West (U.S.)
Colorado
Brazil
Nevada County (Calif.)
Nevada County (Calif.)
Amazon River
Canal Zone
California
Colorado
Panama.
Amazon River
United States
Subject
Geology
Geology
Geology
Geology
Gold mines and mining
Gold mines and mining
Witoto Indians
Occupation
Geologists
Gold miners
Mining engineers
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Birth 1875

Death 1932

English

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