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U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4/A
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
| |Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b*).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person.
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
P.O. Box 111
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(Street)
Boston, MA 02117
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Evergreen Resources, Inc. ("EVER")
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
04-1414660
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4. Statement for Month/Year
7/99
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
8/10/99
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ X ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
_X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3.Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6.Owner- 7.Nature
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
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(Month/ Indirect Owner-
Day/ (A) or (I) ship
Year) Code V Amount (D) Price (Instr.4) (Instr.4)
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Common Stock - - - - - 905,660 D
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Common Stock 7/12/99 S 4,105 D $27.259 I By Fund I*
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Common Stock 7/13/99 S 7,624 D $27.2212 258,085 I By Fund I*
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Common Stock 7/12/99 S 13,395 D $27.259 I By Fund II*
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Common Stock 7/13/99 S 24,876 D $27.2212 839,631 I By Fund II*
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*If the Form is filed by more than on Reporting Person, see Instruction 4 (b) (v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of
securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
(Print or Type Responses) SEC 1474 (4/97)
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FORM 4/A (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1.Title 2.Conver- 3.Trans- 4.Transac- 5.Number of 6.Date Exer- 7.Title 8.Price 9.Number 10.Owner- 11.Na-
of sion or action tion Code Derivative cisable and of of ship ture
Deri- Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Securities and Ex- Amount Deriv- Deriv- Form of In-
vative Price Acquired piration of ative ative of De- direct
Security of (Month/ (A) or Date Under- Secur- Secur- rivative Bene-
(Instr. 3) Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (Month/ lying ity ities Secu- ficial
ative Year) (D) (Instr. Day/ Year) Secur- (Instr. 5) Bene- rity; Own-
Security 3, 4 and 5) ities ficially Direct ership
(Instr. 3 Owned (D) or (Instr. 4)
and at End Indi-
4) of rent (l)
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Code V (A) (D) Date Expira- Title Amount
Exer- tion or
cisable Date Number
of
Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
o John Hancock Energy Resources Management, Inc. ("JHERM") is a 50% general partner of Energy Investors Partners,
L.P. , the general partner of Energy Investors Fund, L.P. ("Fund I") and a 50% general partner of Energy Investors
Partners II, L.P., the general partner of Energy Investors Fund II, L.P. ("Fund II"). JHERM is the direct,
wholly-owned subsidiary of John Hancock Subsidiaries, Inc. ("JHSI"). JHSI is the direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent
of its pecuniary interest therein.
JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/Barry E. Welch August 11, 1999
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Barry E. Welch (Date)
Second Vice President
SEC 1474 (4/97)
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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