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Reno Sales
Born
Reno Haber Sales

1876 (1876)
Died1969 (aged 92–93)
Education
Occupations
  • Geologist
  • philanthropist
EmployerAnaconda Copper
Known forFather of mining geology

Reno Haber Sales (1876 – 1969)[1] was an American mining engineer who was Chief Geologist of Anaconda Corporation in Montana.[2] He is known as the "father of mining geology."[3]

Early years

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Born in 1876 in Storm Lake, Iowa, Sales moved to Montana with his family at a young age and settled at Gallatin Gateway, southwest of Bozeman.[4] His father was an English farmer and his mother was German.[4]

Sales graduated from Gallatin County High School in Bozeman and received a B.S. from Montana State College in 1898. He played on its first-ever football team and was the only member of Montana State's first graduating class.[5] He then earned an Engineer of Mines degree from Columbia School of Mines in New York City in 1900.[2][6]

Career

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Upon graduating from Columbia, Sales returned to Montana at Butte as an engineer for the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company.[2] In 1901, he joined Anaconda Copper's newly organized Geological Department and became Chief Geologist in 1906 and retired in 1948.[2] As Chief Geologist, his systematic study of ore bodies became the standard practice for the industry, earning him the title of the "father of mining geology."[2] He also successfully defended Anaconda against the lawsuits waged by F. Augustus Heinze, who attempted to discredit and destroy the company.[7] He continued working as a consultant to Anaconda after his retirement and wrote a number of books on the history of mining in Montana, including Underground Warfare at Butte (1964).[8]

Sales was President of the Society of Economic Geologists in 1937 and received the Penrose Medal from the society in 1938.[9] Sales was conferred an Honorary Membership of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers in 1964.[2] He was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1967 and the National Mining Hall of Fame in 1990.[7][10]

Sales received an honorary Dsc. degree from Montana State College in 1935, and he was the namesake of MSU's Reno H. Sales Stadium from 1974 to 1998 after a generous donation.[5][11] For many years, he was known as "Mr. Bobcat" by fans of the Montana State Bobcats.[5][12]

Death

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In his early nineties, Sales died in 1969 in Bozeman.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Reno Sales". www.miningfoundationsw.org. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Reno H. Sales | The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers". aimehq.org. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  3. ^ "Reno Haber Sales Papers - Archives West". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald (1913). A History of Montana. Lewis Publishing Company.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Bobcat History Lesson: Mr. Bobcat, Reno Sales". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  6. ^ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1960). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "New National Mining Museum". www.mininghalloffame.org. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  8. ^ "Butte, America's Story Episode 113 - Reno Sales". The Verdigris Project. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  9. ^ "Scientific Notes and News". Science. 88 (2294): 565–568. 1938-12-16. doi:10.1126/science.88.2294.565. ISSN 0036-8075.
  10. ^ "Mining Man Reno Sales Dies at 92". Google News. May 10, 1969. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  11. ^ Writer, MIKE KIEFER, Chronicle Sports. "Where we play". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "BOBCAT ATHLETIC TRADITIONS". Montana State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  13. ^ "Mining City History: Reno Sales, mining geologist, made his name in Butte". Montana Standard. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
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