Nelson Dickerman died on 18th February, 1952, at his home in Washington D.C. He was 72 years of age, and an American citizen.
He began mining as assistant surveyor and surveyor at Tomboy gold mines, Colorado, in 1900 and in 1903 worked underground at Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mine, Idaho, for six months before taking a position as metallurgist at the Ladd Metals Co.’s copper smelter, also in Idaho.
He obtained the B.S. degree of the University of California in 1905, and spent the next five years with Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields. In 1910 he joined Natomas Consolidated, San Francisco, as assistant to the general manager, leaving in 1911 to become superintendent at Kirtly Creek Gold Dredging Co., Idaho, until 1913. From 1913 to 1916 he worked in South America as general manager, Pato Mines (Colombia), Ltd., and Nechi Mines (Colombia), Ltd.
Mr. Dickerman practised as a consulting engineer from 1916 to 1921, and for the following three years was vice-president and general manager of Guiana Development Co. and Liberty Development Co., in Dutch and French Guiana. He resumed his consulting practice in 1924, but two years later joined the staff of Yuba Manufacturing Co. subsequently transferring to Yuba Associated Engineers. In 1928 he took charge of operations in Cornwall for Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation, Ltd., and on his return to the U.S.A. took up residence in San Francisco, later removing, to Washington D.C.
Mr. Dickerman was elected a Member of the Institution in 1929.
Vol. 62, Trans IMM 1952-53, p.79
