Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-09
MINE SCHOOL IS
BEGINNING WITH
BIC ENROLMENT
New President, E. H. Wells,
Has Had Extensive Edit
cation and Much PraC-
ticaI Training.
Especial Correspondence to The Journai.)


Especial Correspondence to The Journai.)
Socorro, n. NJ, Sept. S.-Prof. E.
II. Wells, who conducted special
geological Investigations for the
Chino Copper company at Santa
Rita, N. NJ, in 1920 and this year,
is the new president of the New
Mexico state School of Mines at So
zorro. The enrolment for this
semester, which began September
6, is fully as large as in 1920 or
previous years.
Professor Wells was graduated
from the School of Mines of the Uni
versity of North Dakota in 1909,
with the degree Of engineer of
mines. From then to 1912 he was
assistant mining engineer and en-
gagged in mining and leasing at the
DAILY West and Daily Judge mines
at Park City, Utah. The next two
years he was engineer and drafts
man for the Canadian Galleries
(Duinsmuir) Linn, at Cumberland.
B. c. From 1914 to 1916 he was
instructor in mathematics, geology,
mineralogy, and coach of athletics
at the Tintic Mining high school, Eu-
reka, Utah, following which he was
an instructor in mathematics and
physical education at the West Side
high school of Salt Lake City.
Utah. He spent the summer of
1917 as mining engineer for the
Austin-Dakota Mining company of
Austin, New. The following fall he
was selected professor of geology
and mineralogy of the school Of
mines of New Mexico.
He has written two bulletins of
the mineral resources survey of the
state school of mines, as follows:
Manganese in New Mexico, based on
field work dWing the summer of
1918, and The Oil and Gas Posi-
bilities of the Puerticito District
Socorro and Valencia Counties.
New Mexico, published in 1919. He
is planning to do considerable out
side geological work this year for
the school and with a view to the
development of the mineral re-
sources of New Mexico.
Other newly elected members of
the faculty are: Prof. w. 7.
Quayle, a graduate of the Colorado
School of Mines, with the degree of
engineer of metallurgy. He has
spent fourteen years in practical
mining and smelling work in vari-
Gus parts of the southwest. During
the last six years he has been with
the Phelps Dodge corporation, his
last position with them being gen.
eral mine foreman of the Burro
Mountain branch at Tyrone, N. M,
He occupies the chair of mining and
metallurgy.
Prof. j. w. Jourdan Of the de-
partment of civil engineering is
recruit from the New exico College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
near Las Cruces, where he was
professor of civil and irrigation en-
cheering. Since graduating from
the civil engineering college of
Purdue university he has had con-
siderable practical work in survey
ing. mapping, and construction
work, in addition to four years
teaching at the New Mexico State
college.
Prof. r. r.. Bowman Of the de-
partment of chemistry has been
employed as chemist for the Cleve-
land Cliffs Iron company and the
Republic Iron and Steel company.
Shortly after the United States en-
tered the war Professor Bowman
enlisted in the United States ord
nance department as army chemi-
cal inspector and claims investiga-
to-. He is graduate in chemical en-
cheering from Case School Of APP
piled Science.
w. c. Ramlon. instructor in the