UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 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 May 10, 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: 107
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 119602
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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Abbott Laboratories, Inc. COM 002824100 37 800 SH SOLE 800
1937 41385 SH DEFINED 41385
Alltel Corp. COM 020039103 262 4200 SH DEFINED 4200
American Home Products COM 026609107 1755 26900 SH DEFINED 26900
American Int'l Group, Inc. COM 026874107 286 2375 SH SOLE 2375
3000 24873 SH DEFINED 24873
Anheuser Busch Cos. COM 035229103 700 9200 SH DEFINED 9200
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 301 7272 SH DEFINED 7272
Autozone, Inc. COM 053332102 64 2117 SH SOLE 2117
1339 44084 SH DEFINED 44084
BP Amoco PLC - Spons Adr COM 055622104 376 3725 SH SOLE 3725
2104 20831 SH DEFINED 20831
Bank of New York, Inc. COM 064057102 137 3800 SH SOLE 3800
1891 52625 SH DEFINED 52625
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 310 6000 SH SOLE 6000
156 3016 SH DEFINED 3016
Bellsouth Corp. COM 079860102 409 10200 SH SOLE 10200
1844 46016 SH DEFINED 46016
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 372 5800 SH SOLE 5800
135 2100 SH DEFINED 2100
Burlington Resources, Inc. COM 122014103 12 300 SH SOLE 300
254 6350 SH DEFINED 6350
Cardinal Health, Inc. COM 14149Y108 491 7446 SH SOLE 7446
2783 42161 SH DEFINED 42161
Ceridian Corp. COM 15677T106 88 2400 SH SOLE 2400
2416 66080 SH DEFINED 66080
Charles Schwab, Inc. COM 808513105 281 2924 SH DEFINED 2924
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 266 3000 SH SOLE 3000
513 5775 SH DEFINED 5775
Computer Sciences Corp. COM 205363104 447 8100 SH SOLE 8100
2692 48775 SH DEFINED 48775
Dover Corp. COM 260003108 263 8000 SH DEFINED 8000
Electronic Data Systems Corp. COM 285661104 509 10450 SH SOLE 10450
2417 49635 SH DEFINED 49635
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 614 8700 SH SOLE 8700
1725 24452 SH DEFINED 24452
FPL Group Inc COM 302571104 213 4000 SH SOLE 4000
First Data Corp. COM 319963104 88 2066 SH SOLE 2066
324 7584 SH DEFINED 7584
Forest Oil Corporation COM 346091606 115 15305 SH DEFINED 15305
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 841 7600 SH SOLE 7600
8567 77441 SH DEFINED 77441
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 324 5448 SH DEFINED 5448
H. J. Heinz Co. COM 423074103 616 13000 SH SOLE 13000
2565 54142 SH DEFINED 54142
HCR Manor Care COM 404134108 380 16650 SH SOLE 16650
2568 112585 SH DEFINED 112585
Health Management Associates COM 421933102 245 20100 SH SOLE 20100
1405 115250 SH DEFINED 115250
Home Depot, Inc. COM 437076102 1075 17267 SH DEFINED 17267
International Business Machine COM 459200101 855 4825 SH DEFINED 4825
Interpublic Group Cos., Inc. COM 460690100 2078 26690 SH DEFINED 26690
J D Edwards & Co COM 281667105 196 16400 SH DEFINED 16400
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 280 3000 SH SOLE 3000
3544 37900 SH DEFINED 37900
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 405 3748 SH DEFINED 3748
MBNA Corp. COM 55262L100 345 14452 SH SOLE 14452
3959 165822 SH DEFINED 165822
MCI Worldcom Inc. COM 55268b106 106 1200 SH SOLE 1200
1762 19900 SH DEFINED 19900
Marsh & Mclennan Cos. COM 571748102 717 9650 SH SOLE 9650
3488 46975 SH DEFINED 46975
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 410 5116 SH SOLE 5116
2328 29060 SH DEFINED 29060
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 305 3400 SH DEFINED 3400
Mobil Corp. COM 607059102 88 1000 SH SOLE 1000
172 1950 SH DEFINED 1950
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. COM 651229106 610 12850 SH SOLE 12850
2783 58581 SH DEFINED 58581
Nordstrom, Inc. COM 655664100 57 1400 SH SOLE 1400
540 13200 SH DEFINED 13200
Northern Trust Corp. COM 665859104 533 6000 SH SOLE 6000
2247 25300 SH DEFINED 25300
Office Depot Inc Com COM 676220106 431 11500 SH SOLE 11500
1343 35875 SH DEFINED 35875
Omnicom Group, Inc. COM 681919106 208 2600 SH SOLE 2600
4506 56365 SH DEFINED 56365
Procter & Gamble Co. COM 742718109 196 2000 SH SOLE 2000
4063 41490 SH DEFINED 41490
SBC Communications, Inc. COM 78387G103 540 11450 SH SOLE 11450
1183 25078 SH DEFINED 25078
Safeway Inc Com New COM 786514208 641 12500 SH SOLE 12500
3057 59580 SH DEFINED 59580
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 132 2200 SH SOLE 2200
1026 17050 SH DEFINED 17050
Solectron Corp. COM 834182107 78 1600 SH SOLE 1600
339 6980 SH DEFINED 6980
St. Mary Ld & Expl Co Com COM 548 31542 SH DEFINED 31542
State Street Boston Corp. COM 857477103 411 5000 SH SOLE 5000
3296 40075 SH DEFINED 40075
Stewart Enterprises, Inc. COM 860370105 112 7000 SH SOLE 7000
1768 110060 SH DEFINED 110060
Supervalu, Inc. COM 868536103 239 11600 SH DEFINED 11600
Tennant Co. COM 880345103 4649 135735 SH DEFINED 135735
Texaco, Inc. COM 881694103 340 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Texas Utilities Company COM 882848104 294 7000 SH SOLE 7000
28 660 SH DEFINED 660
Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 260 9200 SH SOLE 9200
4706 166570 SH DEFINED 166570
Walt Disney Co. COM 254687106 134 4320 SH SOLE 4320
1265 40645 SH DEFINED 40645
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 199 3000 SH SOLE 3000
119 1800 SH DEFINED 1800
Wells Fargo Bank COM 949746101 379 10816 SH DEFINED 10816
Wrigley Wm Jr Co. COM 982526105 335 3704 SH DEFINED 3704
Xerox Corp Com COM 984121103 459 8800 SH SOLE 8800
1997 38316 SH DEFINED 38316
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