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His long continuance in railroad employ shows the esteem in 

 which he was held by his business associates, and this Academy 

 will miss the enthusiasm with which a new mineral would always 

 excite him. As a "forty-niner" from California it was interesting 

 to hear him recount his experiences of those stormy times of which 

 so few are now left who can bear personal testimony. His face 

 was so alert and youthful that it was hard to realize that he could 

 have been an actor in those far-off events. 



Mr. Cooper illustrated in his life the possibilities of scientific 

 culture open to a man while engaged in business pursuits. With- 

 out the advantages of early school training, he became an expert in 

 mineralogy and made valuable contributions to this branch of 

 science. 



