Eben Erskine Olcott

American mining engineer (1854–1929)

Eben Erskine Olcott

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Eben Erskine Olcott was an American mining engineer. He was president of the Hudson River Day Line and served as two-time president of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers in 1901–02.

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