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H. Foster Bain

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33: 340:. He remained there until November 1905 when he was appointed director of the newly established Illinois State Geological Survey. While there, he worked to form a partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey and the Illinois State Geological Survey. He set up partnerships with local institutions and in 1906, called a meeting in Chicago to organize the Association of State Geologists of the Mississippi Valley, a group that would expand in two years to be the Association of American State Geologists. He remained with the Illinois State Geological Survey until 1909. 714: 646: 391: 277:
Bain entered the Iowa Geological Survey in 1893 and was appointed the assistant state geologist of Iowa in 1894. He authored a number of county reports and eight papers on glacial and physiographic geology. He also published reports on coals of
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naval oil reserves were leased "for the soundest technical reasons". He argued that he was the "principal agent" in negotiating the contracts and leases for
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from 1918 to 1919 and as Director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines from 1921 to 1924. In 1925, he became Secretary of the
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In 1900, Bain became president and manager of Dubuque Ore Concentrating Co. He then worked in mine examination in
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In 1903, Bain joined the U.S. Geological Survey as a geologist. He published a series of reports on the
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and the Western Interior Coal Field. He was also lecturer on economic geology at the
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for his work as a member of the Commission for Relief in Belgium.
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In 1931, Bain was called as a witness for the defense during the
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Bain was appointed as a consultant and technical adviser to the
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for two years. He returned to the United States in 1943 on the
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from 1904 to 1905 and in April 1909 he took over editorship of
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from 1916 to 1920, Bain served as Assistant Director of the
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American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
224:(November 2, 1871 – March 9, 1948), better known as 374:from 1915 to 1917. During that period, he assisted 321:He left in 1903 during the miners' strike of 1903. 195: 174: 164: 156: 143: 123: 95: 90: 74: 62: 43: 23: 470:Bain was married and had one daughter, Margaret. 414:. He resigned in 1931 and traveled extensively. 256:in geology and chemistry. He graduated from the 691:"Famed Geologist, Cousin of John M. Bain, Dies" 8: 660:"Bain in Plea for Fall Defends Teapot Lease" 788:World War II prisoners of war held by Japan 528: 526: 244:, on November 2, 1871. Bain graduated from 524: 522: 520: 518: 516: 514: 512: 510: 508: 506: 31: 20: 763:United States Geological Survey personnel 398:After doing minerals exploration work in 768:United States Bureau of Mines personnel 685: 683: 581: 579: 577: 502: 617: 615: 613: 611: 609: 607: 575: 573: 571: 569: 567: 565: 563: 561: 559: 557: 252:in 1890. He was a graduate student at 366:. He left San Francisco and moved to 7: 348:Bain became an associate editor in 336:and the lead-zinc deposits of the 14: 478:Bain established a ranch home in 783:20th-century American geologists 778:19th-century American geologists 712: 644: 394:Bain's house in Washington, D.C. 380:Commission for Relief in Belgium 286:and the University of Chicago. 240:Harry Foster Bain was born in 1: 758:University of Chicago alumni 748:People from Seymour, Indiana 697:. March 10, 1948. p. 10 623:"Foster Bain Dies in Manila" 273:Geological and mining career 629:. March 11, 1948. p. 2 534:"H. Foster Bain (Illinois)" 441:Philippines Bureau of Mines 360:Mining and Scientific Press 293:and for six months studied 804: 443:from 1936 to 1942. During 69:Frederick Gardner Cottrell 480:Steamboat Springs, Nevada 449:University of Santo Tomas 431:Secretary of the Interior 215: 86: 51: 39: 30: 370:to become editor of the 338:Upper Mississippi Valley 254:Johns Hopkins University 169:Johns Hopkins University 462:and continued working. 319:Cripple Creek, Colorado 315:Idaho Springs, Colorado 395: 311:U.S. Geological Survey 402:and countries in the 393: 258:University of Chicago 185:University of Chicago 627:Nevada State Journal 474:Later life and death 408:U.S. Bureau of Mines 250:Moores Hill, Indiana 230:U.S. Bureau of Mines 46:U.S. Bureau of Mines 44:4th Director of the 773:Teapot Dome scandal 541:stategeologists.org 419:Teapot Dome scandal 246:Moores Hill College 181:Moores Hill College 490:Bain received the 396: 284:University of Iowa 16:American geologist 492:King Albert Medal 222:Harry Foster Bain 219: 218: 100:Harry Foster Bain 795: 718: 717: 716: 710: 704: 702: 687: 678: 677: 675: 673: 668:. 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U.S. Bureau of Mines
Frederick Gardner Cottrell
Scott Turner
Seymour
Indiana
Manila
Philippines
Atlantic Ocean
Johns Hopkins University
Alma mater
Moores Hill College
University of Chicago
PhD
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Seymour, Indiana
Moores Hill College
Moores Hill, Indiana
Johns Hopkins University
University of Chicago
PhD
Arkansas
University of Iowa
Colorado
zinc
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
U.S. Geological Survey
Idaho Springs, Colorado

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