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, 2000
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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 2, 2000
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: 123
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 126535
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 685 8700 SH SOLE 8700
408 5175 SH DEFINED 5175
Abbott Laboratories Inc. COM 002824100 92 2625 SH SOLE 2625
1068 30360 SH DEFINED 30360
American Home Products COM 026609107 48 900 SH SOLE 900
1220 22700 SH DEFINED 22700
American Int'l Group Inc. COM 026874107 71 650 SH SOLE 650
1749 15977 SH DEFINED 15977
Amgen Inc. COM 031162100 258 4200 SH SOLE 4200
1440 23470 SH DEFINED 23470
Anheuser Busch Co. COM 035229103 573 9200 SH DEFINED 9200
Apple Computer Inc. COM 037833100 353 2600 SH DEFINED 2600
Bank of New York Inc. COM 064057102 281 6750 SH DEFINED 6750
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 374 6114 SH SOLE 6114
141 2304 SH DEFINED 2304
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 394 6800 SH SOLE 6800
99 1700 SH DEFINED 1700
CBS Corp. COM 12490K107 351 6200 SH DEFINED 6200
Cablevision Sys Corp-Cl A COM 12686C109 213 3500 SH DEFINED 3500
Cardinal Health Inc. COM 14149Y108 511 11146 SH SOLE 11146
1662 36227 SH DEFINED 36227
Carnival Cruise Line Inc. Cl A COM 143658102 431 17385 SH DEFINED 17385
Chase Manhattan Corp. COM 16161A108 201 2300 SH DEFINED 2300
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 277 3000 SH SOLE 3000
515 5575 SH DEFINED 5575
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 31 400 SH SOLE 400
1734 22434 SH DEFINED 22434
Citigroup Inc. COM 172967101 870 14525 SH SOLE 14525
3066 51215 SH DEFINED 51215
Computer Sciences Corp. COM 205363104 584 7375 SH SOLE 7375
2480 31340 SH DEFINED 31340
Conoco Inc. Class A. COM 208251306 71 2900 SH SOLE 2900
480 19500 SH DEFINED 19500
Corning Inc. COM 219350105 213 1100 SH DEFINED 1100
Dover Corp. COM 260003108 383 8000 SH DEFINED 8000
EMC Corp. COM 268648102 25 200 SH SOLE 200
1278 10140 SH DEFINED 10140
El Paso Energy Corp. COM 283905107 686 17000 SH SOLE 17000
2458 60875 SH DEFINED 60875
Electronic Data Systems Corp. COM 285661104 759 11825 SH SOLE 11825
2145 33415 SH DEFINED 33415
Enron Corp. COM 293561106 854 11400 SH SOLE 11400
2034 27160 SH DEFINED 27160
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231g102 752 9645 SH SOLE 9645
2861 36709 SH DEFINED 36709
First Data Corp. COM 319963104 83 1866 SH SOLE 1866
266 6000 SH DEFINED 6000
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 654 4200 SH SOLE 4200
8399 53970 SH DEFINED 53970
Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141G104 226 2150 SH SOLE 2150
1764 16760 SH DEFINED 16760
Hartford Life Inc. COM 416592103 170 3625 SH SOLE 3625
2142 45690 SH DEFINED 45690
Health Management Associates COM 421933102 9 600 SH SOLE 600
529 37100 SH DEFINED 37100
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 585 4400 SH SOLE 4400
1620 12195 SH DEFINED 12195
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 19 300 SH SOLE 300
2286 35435 SH DEFINED 35435
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 135 1020 SH SOLE 1020
1349 10225 SH DEFINED 10225
International Business Machine COM 459200101 24 200 SH SOLE 200
1034 8761 SH DEFINED 8761
Interpublic Group Cos. Inc. COM 460690100 2203 46620 SH DEFINED 46620
J D Edwards & Co. COM 281667105 371 11400 SH DEFINED 11400
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 162 2300 SH SOLE 2300
2222 31635 SH DEFINED 31635
Kohl's Corp. COM 500255104 1131 11030 SH DEFINED 11030
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 468 7639 SH DEFINED 7639
MBNA Corp. COM 55262L100 219 8592 SH SOLE 8592
2157 84594 SH DEFINED 84594
MCI Worldcom Inc. COM 55268b106 485 10713 SH SOLE 10713
2382 52575 SH DEFINED 52575
Marsh & Mclennan Cos. COM 571748102 998 9050 SH SOLE 9050
3311 30015 SH DEFINED 30015
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 1288 25045 SH DEFINED 25045
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 556 8950 SH SOLE 8950
2754 44322 SH DEFINED 44322
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 223 2100 SH DEFINED 2100
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 460 3150 SH DEFINED 3150
Northern Trust Corp. COM 665859104 797 11800 SH SOLE 11800
1770 26195 SH DEFINED 26195
Omnicom Group Inc. COM 681919106 56 600 SH SOLE 600
2142 22875 SH DEFINED 22875
Oracle Corp. COM 68389x105 1152 14760 SH DEFINED 14760
Pepsico, Inc. COM 713448108 671 19250 SH SOLE 19250
2102 60285 SH DEFINED 60285
Procter & Gamble Co. COM 742718109 449 7950 SH SOLE 7950
2226 39390 SH DEFINED 39390
SBC Communications Inc. COM 78387G103 488 11584 SH SOLE 11584
1862 44199 SH DEFINED 44199
Safeway Inc. COM 786514208 729 16100 SH SOLE 16100
2555 56455 SH DEFINED 56455
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 413 5400 SH SOLE 5400
2852 37280 SH DEFINED 37280
Solectron Corp. COM 834182107 473 11800 SH SOLE 11800
1392 34700 SH DEFINED 34700
Sprint Corp. (FON) COM 852061100 291 4600 SH DEFINED 4600
State Street Boston Corp. COM 857477103 184 1900 SH SOLE 1900
2671 27575 SH DEFINED 27575
Sun Microsystems COM 866810104 21 220 SH SOLE 220
1115 11895 SH DEFINED 11895
Tennant Co. COM 880345103 3252 104894 SH DEFINED 104894
Teradyne Inc. COM 880770102 328 4000 SH DEFINED 4000
Texas Instruments Inc. COM 882508104 240 1500 SH DEFINED 1500
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 740 7400 SH SOLE 7400
3295 32955 SH DEFINED 32955
Wal Mart Stores Inc. COM 931142103 877 15515 SH DEFINED 15515
Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 147 5700 SH SOLE 5700
2896 112450 SH DEFINED 112450
Walt Disney Co. COM 254687106 68 1660 SH SOLE 1660
477 11575 SH DEFINED 11575
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 293 3000 SH SOLE 3000
415 4245 SH DEFINED 4245
Wells Fargo Bank COM 949746101 81 2000 SH SOLE 2000
1042 25566 SH DEFINED 25566
Wrigley Wm Jr. Co. COM 982526105 285 3704 SH DEFINED 3704
St. Mary Ld & Expl Co. 792228108 927 31030 SH DEFINED 31030
American Clay Works & Supply MI400130A 319 17360.000SH DEFINED 17360.000
BP Amoco PLC - Sponsored ADR 055622104 237 4457 SH SOLE 4457
2822 52997 SH DEFINED 52997
Nokia Corp. - Sponsored ADR 654902204 990 4460 SH DEFINED 4460
Nortel Networks Corp. 665815106 530 4200 SH DEFINED 4200
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