Butler, Charles James

Charles R. Butler, geologist, consultant and entrepreneur, was born in Mason City, Iowa, in 1923. He was involved in the exploration, development and management of uranium mining operations during the uranium "boom" of the 1950s. He became a consultant to the mining industry, tried his hand at mining and milling and as a land man did courthouse and field land studies to determine the land status of mining properties on public, private and Indian lands. He has been in active practice in southwest Colorado for over forty years and has worked as a mining geologist in all the western states (including Alaska) plus Canada and Mexico.

From the description of Papers, 1950-1990. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 24958326

Charles R. Butler, geologist, consultant and entrepreneur, was born in Mason City, Iowa, in 1923. He was involved in the exploration, development and management of uranium mining operations during the uranium "boom" of the 1950s. He became a consultant to the mining industry, tried his hand at mining and milling and as a land man did courthouse and field land studies to determine the land status of mining properties on public, private and Indian lands.

He has been in active practice in southwest Colorado for over forty years and has worked as a mining geologist in all the western states (including Alaska) plus Canada and Mexico.

Charles R. Butler was born in Mason City, Iowa, in 1923. He grew up there and went to college for two years in Ames. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and served for three years. About this time he took a correspondence course in mineralogy and decided to pursue a career in geology. Towards this end he enrolled at the University of Colorado and received a B.S. and an M.S. in geology.

He worked a short time with the U.S. Geological Survey before being hired by the Walter Duncan Mining Company to investigate the uranium mining business. He became manager of the Walter Duncan Mining Company uranium mining operations for the next ten years. He branched out as an entrepreneur and independent consultant to the mining industry searching out and evaluating properties and determining land status (claims for surface ownership, mineral rights, gas and oil) of public and private lands. He has worked in the Western U.S., Alaska, Canada, Mexico and maintains an active practice as a geologist in Durango, Colorado.

Mr. Butler has been a director of the Colorado Mining Association for thirty-five (plus) years; is a long-time member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers; has served a term on the Colorado Mining Industry Development Board; and has held a license as a real estate broker in Colorado for years.

From the guide to the Charles R. Butler Papers, 1950-1990, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)