The John Mason Boutwell papers. 1905.

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The John Mason Boutwell papers. 1905.

Collection consists of galleys and proofs for the U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper #38, entitled Geology of the Bingham Mining District, Utah, by John Mason Boutwell. The report includes "an introductory statement on the general geology of the region by S.F. Emmons, a chapter on the areal and structural geology of the Bingham district by Arthur Keith, and a detailed discussion of the economic geology by J.M. Boutwell."

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University of Utah. Libraries. Manuscripts Division

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Boutwell, J. M. (John Mason), 1874-

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John Mason Boutwell, a mining geologist, held a master's degree from Harvard (1896) and taught in its Geology Department from 1896-1900. He was employed by the United States Geological Survey, 1896-1908, and from 1908 until he retired in the late 1950s, was a consulting mining geologist. His clients included Phelps, Dodge & Company, Cerro de Pasco Copper Corporation, Peru, and Silver King Coalition Mining Company. He wrote on economic geological topics, and specialized in the geology of ore ...