UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Nelson, Benson, & Zellmer, Inc.
Address: 3200 Cherry Creek South Drive
Suite 730
Denver, CO 80209
13F File Number: 28-1360
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables are considered integral parts of this form
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Thomas Herrington
Title: Senior Vice President
Phone: 303-778-6800
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Thomas Herrington Denver, Colorado October 25, 1999
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 104
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 97297
List of Other included Managers:
No. 13F File Number Name
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AES Corp COM 00130H105 513 8700 SH SOLE 8700
1624 27525 SH DEFINED 27525
Abbott Laboratories, Inc. COM 002824100 101 2750 SH SOLE 2750
1672 45585 SH DEFINED 45585
Alltel Corp. COM 020039103 296 4200 SH DEFINED 4200
American Home Products COM 026609107 1104 26600 SH DEFINED 26600
American Int'l Group, Inc. COM 026874107 149 1718 SH SOLE 1718
2126 24457 SH DEFINED 24457
Anheuser Busch Cos. COM 035229103 645 9200 SH DEFINED 9200
Apple Computer Inc. COM 037833100 285 4500 SH DEFINED 4500
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 325 7272 SH DEFINED 7272
BP Amoco PLC - Spons Adr COM 055622104 230 2078 SH SOLE 2078
1789 16145 SH DEFINED 16145
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 404 6000 SH SOLE 6000
175 2604 SH DEFINED 2604
Bellsouth Corp. COM 079860102 427 9500 SH SOLE 9500
1715 38116 SH DEFINED 38116
Boston Scientific Corporation COM 101137107 71 2850 SH SOLE 2850
803 32460 SH DEFINED 32460
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 391 5800 SH SOLE 5800
142 2100 SH DEFINED 2100
Burlington Resources, Inc. COM 122014103 470 12800 SH SOLE 12800
1661 45200 SH DEFINED 45200
CBS Corp. COM 12490K107 250 5400 SH DEFINED 5400
Cablevision Sys Corp-Cl A COM 12686C109 306 4200 SH DEFINED 4200
Cardinal Health, Inc. COM 14149Y108 368 6746 SH SOLE 6746
1550 28449 SH DEFINED 28449
Ceridian Corp. COM 15677T106 60 2400 SH SOLE 2400
1559 62680 SH DEFINED 62680
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 266 3000 SH SOLE 3000
513 5775 SH DEFINED 5775
Citigroup Inc. COM 172967101 614 13950 SH SOLE 13950
2523 57350 SH DEFINED 57350
Computer Sciences Corp. COM 205363104 612 8700 SH SOLE 8700
2846 40475 SH DEFINED 40475
Conoco Inc. Class A. COM 208251306 642 23150 SH SOLE 23150
2640 95125 SH DEFINED 95125
Dover Corp. COM 260003108 327 8000 SH DEFINED 8000
Electronic Data Systems Corp. COM 285661104 633 11950 SH SOLE 11950
2995 56585 SH DEFINED 56585
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 540 7100 SH SOLE 7100
1543 20302 SH DEFINED 20302
FPL Group Inc COM 302571104 201 4000 SH SOLE 4000
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 545 4600 SH SOLE 4600
7218 60883 SH DEFINED 60883
H. J. Heinz Co. COM 423074103 387 9000 SH SOLE 9000
Health Management Associates COM 421933102 5 600 SH SOLE 600
699 90250 SH DEFINED 90250
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 390 4300 SH SOLE 4300
836 9210 SH DEFINED 9210
Home Depot, Inc. COM 437076102 965 14067 SH DEFINED 14067
International Business Machine COM 459200101 776 6411 SH DEFINED 6411
Interpublic Group Cos., Inc. COM 460690100 1550 37680 SH DEFINED 37680
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 220 2400 SH SOLE 2400
3082 33550 SH DEFINED 33550
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 470 7240 SH DEFINED 7240
MBNA Corp. COM 55262L100 212 9277 SH SOLE 9277
2579 113034 SH DEFINED 113034
MCI Worldcom Inc. COM 55268b106 22 300 SH SOLE 300
1085 15100 SH DEFINED 15100
Marsh & Mclennan Cos. COM 571748102 627 9150 SH SOLE 9150
2577 37625 SH DEFINED 37625
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 185 2850 SH SOLE 2850
1342 20710 SH DEFINED 20710
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 290 3200 SH DEFINED 3200
Mobil Corp. COM 607059102 101 1000 SH SOLE 1000
126 1250 SH DEFINED 1250
Motorola, Inc. COM 620076109 277 3150 SH DEFINED 3150
Northern Telecom Ltd. COM 665815106 265 5200 SH DEFINED 5200
Northern Trust Corp. COM 665859104 493 5900 SH SOLE 5900
1760 21075 SH DEFINED 21075
Omnicom Group, Inc. COM 681919106 127 1600 SH SOLE 1600
2857 36085 SH DEFINED 36085
Pepsico, Inc. COM 713448108 570 18700 SH SOLE 18700
2207 72350 SH DEFINED 72350
Procter & Gamble Co. COM 742718109 600 6400 SH SOLE 6400
3787 40390 SH DEFINED 40390
SBC Communications, Inc. COM 78387G103 467 9150 SH SOLE 9150
910 17820 SH DEFINED 17820
Safeway Inc New COM 786514208 430 11300 SH SOLE 11300
2110 55430 SH DEFINED 55430
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 93 1500 SH SOLE 1500
794 12750 SH DEFINED 12750
Solectron Corp. COM 834182107 115 1600 SH SOLE 1600
501 6980 SH DEFINED 6980
Sprint Corp. (FON) COM 852061100 255 4700 SH DEFINED 4700
St. Mary Ld & Expl Co Com COM 811 31030 SH DEFINED 31030
State Street Boston Corp. COM 857477103 207 3200 SH SOLE 3200
1950 30175 SH DEFINED 30175
Supervalu, Inc. COM 868536103 245 11100 SH DEFINED 11100
Tennant Co. COM 880345103 4550 134306 SH DEFINED 134306
Texaco, Inc. COM 881694103 252 4000 SH SOLE 4000
Texas Utilities Company COM 882848104 261 7000 SH SOLE 7000
25 660 SH DEFINED 660
Time Warner, Inc. COM 887315109 231 3800 SH DEFINED 3800
Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 183 7200 SH SOLE 7200
3671 144670 SH DEFINED 144670
Walt Disney Co. COM 254687106 17 660 SH SOLE 660
309 11875 SH DEFINED 11875
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 199 3000 SH SOLE 3000
282 4245 SH DEFINED 4245
Wells Fargo Bank COM 949746101 349 8816 SH DEFINED 8816
Wrigley Wm Jr Co. COM 982526105 255 3704 SH DEFINED 3704
Xerox Corp COM 984121103 487 11616 SH DEFINED 11616
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