Word: mininger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"Ignorant men in high places," snorted Higgins, as he kept on looking. In 1892. promising "millions," he persuaded three fellow Beaumonters to back him, but all he returned was three dry Spindletop holes. He became the town bore. Beaumont residents sneeringly called him "the millionaire." Desperate for a believer, Higgins...
URANIUM mining and milling have increased about 400% since 1950, with a projected 1,100% increase slated for 1956, says the AEC in its first announcement of production statistics. Ore reserves have already jumped 1,100% since 1950 and are still soaring.
COAL PIPELINE, first for the industry, will be built by Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. to get around high railroad freight rates in the Great Lakes area. Costing approximately $10 million, the pipeline will run 108 miles between the coal company's Georgetown, Ohio mining properties and the Cleveland Electric...
¶ Frank F. Elliott, 62, advanced from senior vice president to president and chief executive officer of Crane Co.. one of the top U.S. makers of bathroom fixtures, to succeed John L. Holloway, who resigned because of poor health. Elliott joined Crane 33 years ago in Los Angeles, moved...
¶Roy H. Glover, 64, stepped into the board chairmanship of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., the world's No. 2 copper producer (behind Kennecott), succeeding Cornelius F. Kelley (TIME, May 30). Glover got a law degree at the University of Oregon in 1915, served as a sergeant in...