Let's get acquainted by James E. Atkinson

Title: Let's get acquainted by James E. Atkinson
Language: English
Source: The Marsman Magazine Volume ll (No. 5) November 1937
Year: 1937
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Fulltext: LET'S GET ACQUAINTED JAMES E. ATKINSON Outstanding among the younger mifiing engineers of the Marsman organization is James E. Atkinson, at present engaged in examination work in the Netherlands East Indies. A varied and thorough education, supplemented by practical experience in all branches of mining and of construction work makes Mr. Atkinson particularly valuable in this type of work. Mr. Atkinson's home is in Berkeley, California. His early training and education included 10 years in a continental classical gymnasium and three semesters of law school. His education was interrupted by a period of military service during the World War with the 20 Intelligence Department of the British Military Mission to Siberia. After his war service, Mr. Atkinson went to Canada, and thence to the United States. From 1921 to 1926 he studied mining and metallurgy at the University of California, during which time he worked intermittently in a number of mines and tunnels in California as mucker, miner, timberman, shift boss, shaft foreman, and mine foreman. His first job after school was surveying at the Calaveras Copper Co., where he was soon promoted to mine engineer. From this job he went to Mexico~as mine engineer for the Phelps (Please turn to page 11) THE MARSMAN MAGAZINE for November, 1937