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In 1969, Jack Redden came to the Black Hills to serve as professor of Geology at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. This was where he remained until his retirement in 1991, continuing as professor emeritus. After retirement he continued to work on the geology map of the Black Hills for the USGS and as an independent consultant until the age of 82. Obituary Publications Geology and uranium resources in Precambrian conglomerates of the Nemo area, Black Hills, South Dakota : final report The carnotite prospects of the Craven Canyon area, Fall River County, South Dakota, Geology and pegmatites of the Fourmile quadrangle, Black Hills, South Dakota Online access Relations of zoned pegmatites to other pegmatites, granite, and metamorphic rocks in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota Diamond-drilling exploration of the Beecher no. 3--Black diamond pegmatite Custer County, South Dakota Early Tertiary Age of Pitchstone in the Northern Black Hills, ...

President Fraser surveys flood damage The June 9, 1972, flood caused damages of about $1.25 million on the South Dakota School of Mines campus (about $7.6 million in 2019 dollars). Two faculty members, Chemistry Professor Lowell Dieter, along with his 8 year old daughter, Patricia, and  Herb Weisz, Professor of Mining Engineering, perished in the flood. The parents of Dr. William Hixson, head of the EE department, were lost as well.  "50 or so individuals on the faculty and staff...were directly affected by the flood. Some lost everything; others only needed new carpet."* The "new" library, the Mineral Industries building, the Physical Plant, the campus garage and O'Harra Stadium suffered extensive damages.  The library basement was filled with eight feet of mud and water. An estimated 40,000 volumes were destroyed. In addition, most of the university's audio-visual materials were lost. The high water line is still visible today in a store r...