About the Author
Jackson M. Langton was born November 21, 1939 in Corpus Christi, Texas while his parents were traveling from Laredo to Houston. In 1945 his parents finally settled in Dallas, Texas where he graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1957. Jack was schooled in the art of hunting and fishing by a Louisiana Cajun friend from the time he was 11 years old until he reached the age of 15 years.
He first attended Colorado School of Mines and later achieved a Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering and a Master of Science in Geology at Oklahoma University by 1963. From 1963 to 1966, he was conducting research toward a Ph.D. in Geology at Missouri School of Mines and finally at Stanford University while consulting for Pick Enterprises.
Between 1966 and 1976 he was a Geologist and then Chief Geologist for the Morenci Branch of Phelps Dodge Corp. at their giant open pit copper mine in Arizona. In 1976 he moved to Tucson, Arizona to manage the domestic and international hard rock mineral exploration and mining interests of The Superior Oil Co. until September, 1981. He was promoted to Vice President and subsequently President of Superior Mining Co. and moved to Houston until October 1982. He returned to Tucson and continued his status until January 31, 1984, when Superior and Mobil Oil were negotiating a Mobil purchase of Superior.
From 1984 through 1986 he was a consultant to companies conducting mineral exploration and mining projects.
By 1991, he had moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where he currently resides. He has published a few technical earth science-related articles in years past and this book is his first free-lance publication. He is divorced and has one daughter, Brooke Langton, who lives in Hollywood, California.
