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In this issue of CPG:

Leadville Field Trip—July 2013

AIPG Colorado Section Demographics

September & October Executive Committee Meeting

Fall 2013 Volume 34, No. 3

American Institute of Professional Geologists –Colorado Section

The Colorado Professional Geologist Fall 2013

The Board meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 a.m.; all members are invited to attend. Please contact a Board Member to confirm time and location.

Letters, articles, announcements, ads, etc. must be received by the Editor by the end of the third

full week of the month preceding publication. The CPG goes to print the last week of the month. Letters, articles, ads, announcements, etc. accepted on a space and printing funds available basis. Submission of articles, etc. via email is the preferred method; copy can be accepted in most PC formats. Call or email Doug Peters for details on submission of copy or advertising at: 303.278.1540, [email protected]. Copyright © by the Colorado Section, AIPG. Material may be reprinted with attribution. This is your newsletter, use it. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and not the Colorado Section unless clearly stated otherwise.

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AIPG National Headquarters 12000 Washington St., Ste. 285 Thornton, CO 80241 303-412-6205 Email: [email protected] [The National office maintains the address list for all Sections.]

President Cindy Cason E.T. Technologies, Inc. 10000 S Dransfeldt Rd #100 Parker CO 80134 [email protected] 303.680.9414

President-Elect Dave Abbott Consulting Geologists, LLC 2266 Forest St Denver CO 80207-3831 303.394.0321 [email protected] [email protected]

Vice President Jim Burnell 1313 Sherman St #715 Denver CO 80433 [email protected] 303.866.2611 x 8311

Secretary Susan Wager

[email protected] Treasurer Dick Nielson [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Doug Peters Peters Geosciences 825 Raptor Point Rd Golden CO 80403-8881 [email protected] 303.278.1540

Legal & Regulatory Larry Cerrillo 12640 W Cedar Dr Lakewood CO 80228 [email protected] 303.674.6484

Advisors Ed Baltzer Avant Environmental Services, Inc. 120 Mesa Grande Dr Grand Junction CO 81507 [email protected] 970.243.4461

Fred Barnard [email protected]

John Galey [email protected]

Cover photo: Fall colors, but not on the trees (picture taken September 9, 2002)! This is a view along the South Fork of Lake Creek (Chaffee County), which is naturally acidic from two unmined hydrothermal alteration systems (porphyries?) in the drainage basin. The color range is due to the partially diluted stream (white portion) from one alteration system having a confluence with a small side stream (at right), which drains the second alteration system. The white color indicates a pH of 5-5.5 where amorphous aluminum hydroxide is the stable precipitate. The rust to yellow color at right indicates the incoming flow has a pH of 2.5-3 where iron sulfates and oxides (jarosite, melanterite, ferrihydrite, and others), sensitive to narrow bands of pH where mixing starts, are the dominant precipitates. There also is ferricrete (not visible) in the incoming stream streambed. By the time the stream flows fully around the bend in the background, the waters are completely mixed and the resultant pH is around 3.5. This project was funded through the Colorado Geological Survey by NASA as part of remote sensing technology development and a program to move the technology into the operational realm for government and industry.

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Colorado Chapter Activi-

2013 LEADVILLE FIELD TRIP Fred Barnard, Colorado Section Advisory Board Member

The AIPG Colorado Section sponsored a very successful field trip entitled "History, Mining Geology and Remediation, Leadville Mining District" on July 27. The trip was intended as a model for a similar trip being offered at the AIPG National Meeting in October.

The trip leader was Ed Raines of Ward, Colorado, a well-known mining historian, geologist, and mineralogist with a long background in the Leadville area. Ed is on the staff of the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. Attending were 22 persons, including ten CO-AIPG members and one AIPG spouse. Many of the other attendees were members of DREGS (Denver Region Exploration Geologists Society). The trip was blessed by excellent weather, something not always seen at 11,000 feet in the Rockies in midsummer. Only in the last hour of the trip did Mother Nature show the group who's really in charge!

For those not familiar with it, the Leadville District was a major silver producer during the late 1800s, yielding 240 million oz from manto-style replacement deposits in highly-faulted Mississippian (mainly) limestones near a mid-Tertiary intrusive center. In common with many Western mining districts (Central City, Coeur d'Alene, Comstock, Butte, etc), Leadville went through several reincarnations. It started as a placer gold camp in 1860, then progressed to silver-lead from 1874 to 1910, then to zinc, and

from 1925 to a polymetallic Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Mn camp until 1957, when the district proper became dormant. (The trip did not include the later-producing Black Cloud or Sherman mines to the east.) The latest chapter in the history is the EPA's insensitive treatment of reclamation from 1983 to 2000. Ed Raines' intertwining of geology, technology, and human nature made this complex district come to life for all of us. A series of stops at the remains of former mines and infrastructure (none operating since 1957 or earlier) illustrated Leadville's history. Active interplay amongst attendees with varying points of view on the history and geology made for a very interesting day - even the trip leader learned some new angles. Vince Matthews, former Colorado State Geologist and now a Leadville resident, helped place the district into a regional tectonic framework. Dave Jonson, a DREGS member on the trip, worked at the last mine to operate in the 1950's, the Resurrection, and provided colorful anecdotes of mining history. Other attendees contributed their personal knowledge of geology, ore controls, and history.

Those AIPG members taking the National AIPG trip in October can expect a most interesting view of a classic Wild West mining district in the Rockies, and one very important to the development of Colorado.


Trip leader Ed Raines taking the bull by the horn at the start of the trip.

Ed Raines (at left), discusses reclamation while Graham Closs, Preston Niesen, Domokos Pasztor, Laura Wray, John Dreier, Bob Lamare, and Jim Cappa look on.

2013 LEADVILLE FIELD TRIP


Vince Matthews (2nd from right) discusses the tectonic setting, while (from left) Preston Niesen, Lew Kleinhans, Dave Jonson, Richard Nielsen, Susan Wager (in back), Laura Wray, Bob McCusker, and John Lufkin cogitate.

The final stop at the Venir Mine, with views of Mt. Massive at left and Leadville and Turquoise Lake at right, as Mother Nature brings down the curtain.

2013 LEADVILLE FIELD TRIP


INTRODUCTION.

This study was carried out under the

auspices of the Colorado Section's Executive

Committee, in the hope that it will create a

better understanding of the composition and

needs of the Colorado Section. Results will

be published in two installments, in the this

Fall newsletter and the Winter newsletter.

The initial basis for this study was a

spreadsheet database from April 2013 by the

AIPG national office, listing 508 Members of

the Colorado Section. This is essentially the

same information as displayed in the AIPG's

on-line Membership Directory, which is

available to any AIPG Member or Student

Associate.

Following an initial analysis, the database

was narrowed to exclude 63 Student

Associates, and 2 Members living outside

Colorado. The remaining 443 in-state

Members were the basis for the analysis

reported here. In spite of the importance of

Student Associates to the Colorado Section,

they were segregated when it became

apparent that their demographics were not

representative of the Section membership.

For example, several were from out-of-state,

or on the eastern plains. Some had Colorado

postal home addresses but e-mail addresses

indicating out-of-state schools. In addition,

foreign students (who all list Colorado postal

addresses) are less likely to stay in Colorado

and become AIPG-CO members. Also, it was

noted that 41% of Student Associates were

female, whereas only 11% of regular

Members are female. For these and other

reasons, it was felt that Student Associates

should be separately analyzed.

LOCATION.

The simplest analysis, and perhaps the most

useful one for AIPG-CO strategic planning,

is the geographic location of Members. Some

Members register their home address with

AIPG, whereas others show a business

address.

State-wide distribution. For statistical

purposes, the postal addresses were grouped

into 8 clusters, plus 14 members in scattered

mountain locations in central Colorado, and

one person living east of the I-25 corridor (in

Springfield). Results are shown on Figure 1.

Defining the eight clusters was necessarily

arbitrary. In general, the clusters were based

on the distance a Member was considered

likely to drive to attend a monthly meeting.

For example, the Grand Junction cluster

includes members as far away as Silt (68

miles). Based on my experience with other

societies, the tolerable driving radius in the

Metro area was considered to be less, and

both Inner and Outer Metro clusters were

defined. Other investigators would doubtless

draw the clusters differently.

DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COLORADO SECTION OF AIPG by Fred Barnard, CPG-11406


Note that the Inner and Outer Metro clusters

combined contain 72% of the AIPG-CO

Members, but only about 48% of Colorado's

2010 population. The Grand Junction area

contains 7% of Members, but less than 4% of

total state population. Thus, as would be

expected, the membership is considerably

more urban than Colorado's population as a

whole.

Denver Metro distribution. Within the Metro

area, the membership was further plotted by

ZIP Code, as a potential aid to planning

short-term events (lunches, etc.) which draw

mainly a very local crowd. Figure 2 and

Table 1 show the distribution of Members in

the Metro Area by zip code; the numbers are

actual counts, not percentages. Blank zip code

areas have no Members listed. Note, however,

that some Members are registered with AIPG

under a business address, whereas others show a

personal residence. On a state-wide basis this

discrepancy is minor, but at the detailed scale

of Figure 2, it could be significant. For

example, a Member residing in central

Denver might work in Boulder, and thus not

be available for a lunch held in Denver.

Figure 1.


ZONE ZONE BOUNDARIES # MEMBERS

Denver 802XX zip codes E of US 85 56

Southwest W of I-25 and S of Hampden 73

West W of I-25 and between Hampden and 88th 133

Northwest W of I-25, N of 88th, incl. Boulder 26

Southeast E of I-25, S of Quincy 15

All of Fig. 2 As shown 303

Table 1. Metro Area Membership.

Figure 2. Locations of Members within the Denver Metro Area


AGE.

An estimate was made of the age distribution of AIPG-CO Members (excluding Student As-sociates). Since age data are not available on the AIPG website, this was done by:

1) extracting a random sample of 1/8 of the membership, by selecting every eighth name from an alphabetical list of Mem-bers by surname; and

2) running the resultant 55 names through

various free internet sites to obtain age in-formation.

The age of one of the 55 could not be found. Ages of the remaining 54 were determined, and results plotted as below. The 54 deter-mined ages, selected at random from the 443 non-student Members, is considered likely to accurately represent the average age of the Sec-tion's Members, and to provide a reasonable estimate of the age distribution.

The 54 selected Members range from 33 to 87 years old, with a peak at 55 to 64 years. The average is 60.1 years. Note that there are more Members 65 or older, than under 55! As ex-pected, AIPG members, both in Colorado and nationally, are on average older than the entire population of geologists.

GENDER.

Only 11% of AIPG-CO Members are female, compared to 41% of Student Associates in Colorado, and 50% of the entire state popula-tion. Colorado's female proportion for Mem-bers is lower than the national AIPG average of about 13%. This is likely due to the higher pro-

portion of Colorado Members in mining and related fields, which are more strongly male-dominated.

The male preponderance in geology nation-wide has decreased during the past several decades, but the increase in the female compo-nent has not yet been fully expressed in the older population toward which AIPG member-ship is skewed.

The second installment of this study will be re-

ported in the December Newsletter. It will deal

with the distribution of AIPG-CO members across

the various industry segments.

Figure 3. Age histogram for Members of Colorado Section


Graham Closs, Vickie Hill, Susan Wager

John Hayden, Karen Wenrich, Cindy Cason,

Richard Nielsen, Janet Hayden

The Colorado Section annual picnic was

held on Saturday, August 10, by the

gracious hosts, Sue and David Abbott, at

their home. As usual, it was a fun time

catching up with friends, shortened only

slightly by an early evening thunderstorm.

These annual picnics are always a great

time of fellowship, and an opportunity to

meet and share with other members across a

broad spectrum of industries. We hope to

see you there next year!

Colorado Section Summer Picnic

Seeking Candidates for the 2014 Section Executive Committee

David Abbott, President-elect this year and 2014 Section President, is seeking candidates for the 2014 Colorado Section elected officers (President-elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, and three Advi-sors). The Section President, President-elect, Vice President, and Treasurer must be Certified Professional Ge-ologists according to the section’s Bylaws. The other five elected officer positions may be filled from any AIPG member category.

All elected officers also serve on the section’s Executive Committee (ExCom) which consists of the Section elected officers and the Legal and Regulatory Committee Chair. The ExCom generally meets on the first Tues-day of the month from September through June—summer meetings are held if needed.

If you are interested in serving as an elected officer of the Section, please contact David Abbott at 303-394-0321 or [email protected].


G rowing up in Southern California, I was

fascinated as a child by the geography

around me - a variety of coastal features, the

convoluted bands of rock in highway cuts

(which I now know to be deformed Miocene

marine sediments), bizarrely-sculpted granite

spires, the cinder cones and basalt flows of the

Mojave. My father, a ferrous metallurgist,

couldn't answer all my questions, but he could

at least point me down a logical path toward

finding answers.

After losing my cherished first rock hammer

– a wood-handled Plumb - in the chaparral-

covered Puente Hills when I was eleven, my

learning of investigational techniques began

with Prime Directive Number 1: if you lay

your hammer on the ground while examining a

rock specimen, put your foot on the hammer,

and don’t step off it until you pick it up. I have

not lost a hammer since that time in 1952.

The rest of my formal training will ring fa-

miliar to most geologists: high-school with the

basic sciences but not Geology; four years un-

dergraduate (at Berkeley); five years graduate

(at Boulder). Finally, in 1968 I stumbled into

the blinding sunrise of professional activity as

a newly-coined Ph.D., the sole geologist on a

nickel laterite project in the tropical lowlands

of eastern Guatemala. My quarters were an 8-

by 10-foot barracks room with a bed, a wooden

chair and bedside table, and a single light bulb;

no air conditioning. My office was a corner of

the drafting room. The working language was

Spanish, although

most local laborers

spoke only a Ma-

yan language. My

boss - one of only

two other Anglos

on-site - was a campaign-scarred, no-nonsense

Canadian mining engineer who had worked all

over Central America and the Caribbean. He

was a marvel of efficient management and a

great guy, even if his appreciation for the value

of Geology required frequent burnishing.

My work often took me outside the immedi-

ate project drilling area, into swamps and

mountainous jungle. Many a day, as I trudged

along jungle trails, bedeviled by heat, humid-

ity, mud, insects, and the usual "tropical ineffi-

ciencies", I would mutter to myself,

"Remember, you're a scientist, Fred. This is all

in the name of Science. Stay on track, and don't

sweat the small stuff."

Since that stint in Guatemala, I've worked

for 2 major mining companies, and spent 28

additional years as an independent consultant,

examining mines, prospects, and exploration

programs in 45 countries. On each project, I've

tried to remember that Science was the guiding

light behind the smoke and mirrors in the vari-

ous temples where I've knelt, on behalf of nu-

merous clients or employers. Finally, early this

year, I decided to let a younger generation dis-

cover what light shines behind their altars.

Fred Barnard CPG-11406—Advisory Board Member


Executive Committee Meeting— September 10, 2013

Attendees: Cindy Cason President Jim Burnell Vice President Dave Abbott Pres Elect Susan Wager Secretary Dick Nielsen Treasurer

Doug Peters Newsletter editor Ed Baltzer By phone Larry Cerillo Leg-Reg Betsy Murray Lobbyist Fred Barnard Advisory Board

Meeting called to order by Cindy Cason at 7:03 a.m.

Secretary’s report: (Susan) for June was accepted and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: (Dick) for June was accepted and approved. The Leadville Field Trip was a success and generated a small amount of income.

David Abbott: The picnic was a success with good attendance and some new students in attendance. Fred moves to commend the Abbotts for hosting the picnic.

Newsletter Report: (Doug) Doug is compiling the next issue and needs a few more Bios. Dick will provide a summary of the

Treasurer’s report, and Fred will provide part of his Demographic study.

Discussion of the Demographic Study done by Fred Barnard (Thanks, Fred) David would like more detail on where people work vs. where they live, since this could impact

luncheon attendance. Fred notes that there is a limit as to what can be discerned on people’s specialties from the AIPG National Database. He will send out an email with the names of individuals with an unknown specialty to the ExComm for help in identifying their specialty.

David: Fred’s work shows similarities to what David saw 10-15 years ago: The Colorado Section has a higher percentage of people in Mining and Oil and Gas than does the National population, which has a high percentage of Environmental.

VP report: (Jim) Speaker program discussion: We have the results of the survey and Fred’s Demographics study.

No clear location for lunches emerges from either study. Other options, such as evening meetings, or a box lunch were discussed, but not popular. The CO-AIPG has competition from the numerous geoscience societies in the Denver Metro area.

Brooklyn’s (www.brooklynsrestaurants.com) at the Pepsi Center was discussed as a possible compromise location. It is centrally located, has ample low-cost parking and could be accessible from downtown via RTD. Jim will check into availability for a November luncheon and will look into a speaker on a general geology topic, or something that might be relevant to current events. (Cindy suggests getting someone from Barrett to talk on using produced water).

(Meeting minutes continued on page 13)

http://www.brooklynsrestaurants.com


Leg-Reg Report: (Betsy and Larry) Betsy comments on the two legislators to be given the Geologic Heritage Award for support for

additional funding for CGS: Senator Schwartz and Rep. Fischer. Present the award at the Legislative Reception in February. David Abbott will take care of the certificates, maybe a rock of some kind as well.

Legislative Reception: (Larry): Sent info and RFP to prospective coordinators. Received two replies: one for $5000 (Civica), and

one for $50 per hour (Paula Lane). $1500 was spent at the previous Legislative Reception for this work. The University Club still would probably be the best venue; Larry will check on a date in early Feb, 2014 on a Tues, Wed, or Thurs.

Old Business items: 1. AIPG Annual meeting update discussion – Jim says the technical program is solid and fully

booked. Silent Auction: Looking for items or services.

2. Scholarship Award: What are we doing with this? Do we need to have a more generous scholarship of $2000, instead of $500? Possibly give out two $2000 scholarships (1 undergrad, 1 grad). Dick, and others, will look into requirements for the scholarship, and the history. We will vote on this next month

3. Teleconferencing. Doug: Recommends going forward with Accutel and will also look into speaker phone costs.

4. Bookkeeping software. Dick is content to do it manually. However, this still remains an issue for access to legacy data from before 2013.

5. David Abbott will be contacting people for suggestions for a slate of candidates for next year’s ExComm The President Elect and the VP/Program Chair are two critical positions that need to be addressed. The Editor, Secretary, and Treasurer can serve two consecutive terms.

Doug will put in an announcement in the Newsletter. The positions need to be voted on prior to the Annual Dinner so that the ExComm members for 2014 can be announced. It would be good to bring on some new people.

New Business items: 1. We all received e-mail from Vickie Hill on AIPG 2013 Advisory Board information. Cindy will be

our rep at the 2013 meeting. She will be writing up the section summary of activities. Jim will be the Nat’l Secretary next year, so AIPG-CO will not have a separate Advisor.

2. Cindy will send a thank-you note to Ed Raines for the Leadville Field Trip.

3. Betsy’s contract will need to be voted on in November.

Meeting adjourned 8:27 am

(Meeting minutes continued from page 12)


Executive Committee Meeting— October 1, 2013

Meeting called to order by David Abbott at 7:07 am

Secretary’s report (Susan) for Sept was accepted and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: (Dick) had hardcopies and will send out an e-mail copy to everyone. Net value for all accounts is $54,518.12, which is up a little from the beginning of the year.

Leg-Reg Report: (David Abbott) The event planning agreement was sent out by Larry Cerrillo and needs to be approved. There

is no quorum at the meeting, so the approval will have to be done by email. David will need to hear back from everyone on the ExComm with a yea, nay, or abstain. David will send this out.

Dick points out that the Feb 27, 2014 date may conflict with the SME meeting (2/23-2/26). Will

this be a problem with exhibitors? Also the PDAC is 3/2-3/5. Are there any dates available at the University Club earlier in February? Betsy says probably not.

Betsy - two legislators to be given the Geologic Heritage Award for support for additional

funding for CGS: Senator Schwartz and Rep. Fischer. Present the awards at the Legislative Reception in February. David Abbott will take care of the certificates.

Old Business items: 1. AIPG Annual meeting update discussion – Bill has received a good response for the call for

items donated for the AIPG Silent Auction. David will help with a description of the mineral specimens.

Bill: have about 220 attendees at this point. Early Bird price has been extended. Dick will take

a copy of the speakers presentations to the DREGs meeting. DREGS members will be given the member rate.

The Big Thompson Field trip will likely be modified to include some 2013 flood developments. Cathy: The Poster Competition needs judges. There are currently six posters. Monitors for

(Meeting minutes continued on page 15)

Attendees:

Dave Abbott Pres Elect Susan Wager Secretary Dick Nielsen Treasurer Betsy Murray Lobbyist

Bill Siok AIPG National Wendy Davidson AIPG National Cathy Duran AIPG National


Member Biographies Wanted

The Colorado Section is looking for member biographies to run in the newsletter. We want the members to know about other members whom they may not have met. This will be an on-going item for the newsletter, so please feel free to send in your short biography (preferably no more than 350 words) and we will run them as we get them and space is available. A photo would also be nice to include, if you have one available. Thank you in advance for participating in this part of the newsletter!

sessions are also needed. Ask Doug to send out a request to AIPG-CO members to participate as judges or moderators. Check the website for the schedule. Judging of the posters will be Friday morning. Cathy would like to borrow the AIPG-CO projector (Jim Burnell), and could use extra laptops.

Also, the field trips will need ice chests for water and lunches. Would like to borrow from the

AIPG-CO members rather than purchase. Doug, please send out a request.

2. Scholarship Award: Dick: What are we doing with this? May be too late for this year, but we should try to get requirements and process in place by Jan 1, 2014. Need to up the amount to at least $1000.00 each (2 awards - 1 undergrad, 1 grad) and send out applications to the Colorado colleges and universities.

3. David Abbott will be taking care of the candidate process for CO-AIPG officers for 2014. David

will be organizing the Annual Dinner in December. 4. Betsy’s contract will need to be voted on in November

New Business items: None Next meeting: Nov 5, 2103 Meeting adjourned 7:50 am

(Meeting minutes continued from page 14)


AIPG Colorado Section Treasurer’s Report For period May to September 2013

Colorado Section funds are lodged in a Royal Bank of Canada Wealth Management Account (RBC) and in a Wells Fargo checking account. The finances of the Section are in good shape; income and expenses through these accounts are reported below. A successful field trip to the Leadville mining district was held on Saturday July 26, 2013. Twenty-three participants paid fees totaling $690; expenses were $535.96 which netted a surplus of $184.04. Total CO Section assets (RBC + Wells Fargo) 12/31/12 $ 52,395.83 RBC Wealth Management account value 4/40/13 28,588.35 Income + dividends May thru August 114.76 Change in asset value May thru August 450.73 Fees (106.61) RBC Wealth Management account value 8/31/13 $ 29,047.23 Wells Fargo checking account value 5/31/13 $ 28,116.04 Interest earned May thru August .81 Field Trip fees 690.00 Field Trip expenses (535.96) Lobbying expenses (2,800.00) Wells Fargo checking account value 8/8/13 $ 25,470.00 Total CO Section assets (RBC + Wells Fargo) 9/9/13 $ 54,518.12 Richard L. Nielsen, AIPG CO Section Treasurer September 29, 2013


Eric Paul Nelson died on August 27, 2013 surrounded by family, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 61. Eric embraced life with exceptional curiosity, energy, and enthusiasm. He was a devoted, loyal friend, mentor, teacher, geologist, skier, thinker, intellect, guitar player, humorist, traveler, partner, family member, dog lover and dog magnet, a connoisseur of good food, fine wine, art, and powder skiing. His contacts and influence extended across the globe. His love of the outdoors was instilled by his parents at an early age, by camping across the western United States, hiking in the Sierra Nevadas, the Wind Rivers, and the southern California desert. That sense of delight and wonder never ceased. His goal of skiing on every continent, unfortunately unfulfilled, indicated his true passion – skiing. It became a source of humor that in 22 years of marriage with Barb, no vacation was complete without at least one day of skiing, including skiing in the Kingdom of Lesotho, in southern Africa.

He studied geology at California State Northridge, Rice, and Columbia universities. He was a professor of geology at the Colorado School of Mines for more than 30 years. He studied and worked all over the globe. Eric consulted for mining companies, in the Americas, Africa and Asia, sometimes living for several weeks in mining camps at 12,000+ feet. As part of his consulting, he presented structural workshops to numerous companies in South America, all of which were conducted in fluent Spanish (another of his many talents).

Eric and Barb traveled widely, often using Eric’s various consulting trips as a starting point to explore far flung parts of the world. During Eric’s sabbaticals they lived for a year each in Chile and New Zealand, exploring those regions in great detail. Between travels, he reveled in skiing, entertaining friends at home, puttering in his workshop, creating something unique that solved an exact problem, designing bizarre and hilarious Halloween costumes (his favorite holiday) and reading. He often railed at the currently degraded state of education in our nation and culture. He contributed his time promoting science and rational thought through his work with local school science fairs, the Colorado Scientific Society and other geological organizations.

Perhaps most importantly, Eric was a kind friend to all. He made all who came into his life feel that they were the most important individual, and enfolded them into his life. Eric was a shining spirit and gave his love and boundless enthusiasm freely and unabashedly.

A celebration of his life will be held sometime in the upcoming months. Details for this celebration will posted on the Caring Bridge website www.caringbridge.org/visit/ericnelson2. Donations in Eric's honor can be made to Mount Evans Home Health & Hospice, 3081 Bergen Peak Drive, Evergreen, CO 80439,

www.mtevans.org.

Eric P. Nelson CPG 11102

In Memoriam


Consider contributing to the Rex Monahan Scholarship Fund. Why? The Colorado Section’s Scholarship Fund is new and growing slowly with other members’ contributions. The Scholarship Fund was established to support one or more undergraduate and/or graduate students in Colorado as they pursue geological degrees. The Section has not yet made an award from this fund because we are working to build the fund to a point where it can provide funding for at least one award to one student and eventually sustain itself at the same time. From one award, we expect to expand the fund and award more students.

Please support the students who are the future of the geologic profession.

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YES! I wish to support the Scholarship Fund in

providing assistance towards tuition or travel to field camps, research and thesis preparation, travel to present the results of thesis work, and recognizing excellence in scholarship and leadership.

Here’s my check made out to AIPG-Colorado Section, and sent to: Doug Peters 825 Raptor Point Rd Golden CO 80403-8881 [email protected] 303.278.1540

In the amount of: _______ $25 _______ $50 _______ $100 _______ $500 _______ other

Name: Address:

Telephone:

E-Mail:

The Scholarship Fund and Future Geologists Thank You!

Wanted: Photos

Send us your photos

to include in the

newsletter.

I can’t use ‘em all, but I’m always looking

for filler. Email to Doug Peters:

[email protected]

First choice-Colorado

Second choice-geology photos

Third choice-great scenery from wherever

Last choice—your wedding pictures

Statewide Geologists Needed!

The current Section Board membership is predominately from the Denver Front Range area, and the Section seeks to involve colleagues throughout the entire state. We often participate with the Grand Junction and Four Corners geological societies, especially for summer field trips. To all AIPG members outside the Metro Denver area, please consider representing your “corner” of the State. Your active participation is welcomed, and will greatly enhance the Section’s statewide presence. Modern telecom-munications will allow the Section to conduct future meetings utilizing Skype or a similar

video conferencing. Contact Cindy Cason at [email protected].



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reserve estimates, and geological ethics & practices

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Those members who have been receiving our informational e-mail mailings already know how useful they are in keeping up with the numerous, and often short-notice, geoscience activities and events in the Front Range and Colorado in general! Our mailings include information on other non-Colorado events and short-notice items on Colorado legislative issues, job postings, and other information we feel may be of interest to CO-AIPG members. Many of these items are sufficiently short on timing that they cannot be included in the quarterly newsletter; therefore, the items can not come to the notice of members for whom we do not have an up-to-date e-mail address. This is why we NEED your e-mail address — to keep you well informed on such timely events and notices. Please keep us updated on any changes to your email address. Send to: Doug Peters, [email protected].

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Colorado Professional Geologist Colorado Section, AIPG Doug Peters 825 Raptor Point Rd Golden CO 80403-8881

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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS

COLORADO SECTION

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