UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 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 February 1, 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: 124
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 126565
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 650 8700 SH SOLE 8700
1112 14875 SH DEFINED 14875
Abbott Laboratories Inc. COM 002824100 100 2750 SH SOLE 2750
1251 34460 SH DEFINED 34460
Alltel Corp. COM 020039103 298 3600 SH DEFINED 3600
America Online Inc. COM 02364j104 212 2800 SH DEFINED 2800
American Home Products COM 026609107 954 24300 SH DEFINED 24300
American Int'l Group Inc. COM 026874107 165 1525 SH SOLE 1525
1717 15877 SH DEFINED 15877
Anheuser Busch Co. COM 035229103 652 9200 SH DEFINED 9200
Apple Computer Inc. COM 037833100 463 4500 SH DEFINED 4500
BP Amoco PLC - Sponsored ADR COM 055622104 247 4157 SH SOLE 4157
3020 50925 SH DEFINED 50925
Bank of New York Inc. COM 064057102 270 6750 SH DEFINED 6750
Bell Atlantic Corp. COM 077853109 369 6000 SH SOLE 6000
145 2354 SH DEFINED 2354
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 372 5800 SH SOLE 5800
135 2100 SH DEFINED 2100
Burlington Resources Inc. COM 122014103 17 500 SH SOLE 500
268 8100 SH DEFINED 8100
CBS Corp. COM 12490K107 422 6600 SH DEFINED 6600
Cablevision Sys Corp-Cl A COM 12686C109 317 4200 SH DEFINED 4200
Cardinal Health Inc. COM 14149Y108 534 11146 SH SOLE 11146
1852 38687 SH DEFINED 38687
Carnival Cruise Line Inc. Cl A COM 143658102 964 20160 SH DEFINED 20160
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 260 3000 SH SOLE 3000
500 5775 SH DEFINED 5775
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 21 200 SH SOLE 200
1220 11392 SH DEFINED 11392
Citigroup Inc. COM 172967101 794 14250 SH SOLE 14250
2890 51895 SH DEFINED 51895
Computer Sciences Corp. COM 205363104 823 8700 SH SOLE 8700
3224 34070 SH DEFINED 34070
Conoco Inc. Class A. COM 208251306 78 3150 SH SOLE 3150
1135 45850 SH DEFINED 45850
Dell Computer Corp. COM 247025109 1055 20680 SH DEFINED 20680
Dover Corp. COM 260003108 363 8000 SH DEFINED 8000
EMC Corp. COM 268648102 22 200 SH SOLE 200
1088 9960 SH DEFINED 9960
El Paso Energy Corp. COM 283905107 571 14700 SH SOLE 14700
2206 56835 SH DEFINED 56835
Electronic Data Systems Corp. COM 285661104 800 11950 SH SOLE 11950
2862 42755 SH DEFINED 42755
Enron Corp. COM 293561106 506 11400 SH SOLE 11400
1381 31120 SH DEFINED 31120
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231g102 783 9720 SH SOLE 9720
2751 34142 SH DEFINED 34142
First Data Corp. COM 319963104 102 2066 SH SOLE 2066
296 6000 SH DEFINED 6000
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 712 4600 SH SOLE 4600
8660 55963 SH DEFINED 55963
Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141G104 212 2250 SH SOLE 2250
1616 17160 SH DEFINED 17160
Hartford Life Inc. COM 416592103 139 3150 SH SOLE 3150
2039 46345 SH DEFINED 46345
Health Management Associates COM 421933102 8 600 SH SOLE 600
1076 80475 SH DEFINED 80475
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 500 4400 SH SOLE 4400
1419 12475 SH DEFINED 12475
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 21 300 SH SOLE 300
2882 41920 SH DEFINED 41920
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 18 220 SH SOLE 220
954 11590 SH DEFINED 11590
International Business Machine COM 459200101 934 8656 SH DEFINED 8656
Interpublic Group Cos. Inc. COM 460690100 3022 52380 SH DEFINED 52380
J D Edwards & Co. COM 281667105 341 11400 SH DEFINED 11400
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 224 2400 SH SOLE 2400
3061 32825 SH DEFINED 32825
Kohl's Corp. COM 500255104 788 10910 SH DEFINED 10910
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 16 220 SH SOLE 220
1297 17290 SH DEFINED 17290
MBNA Corp. COM 55262L100 245 9000 SH SOLE 9000
2808 103054 SH DEFINED 103054
MCI Worldcom Inc. COM 55268b106 728 13725 SH SOLE 13725
2941 55425 SH DEFINED 55425
Marsh & Mclennan Cos. COM 571748102 876 9150 SH SOLE 9150
3038 31745 SH DEFINED 31745
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 895 24550 SH DEFINED 24550
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 191 2850 SH SOLE 2850
1842 27410 SH DEFINED 27410
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 464 3150 SH DEFINED 3150
Nortel Networks Corp. COM 665815106 525 5200 SH DEFINED 5200
Northern Trust Corp. COM 665859104 625 11800 SH SOLE 11800
1412 26640 SH DEFINED 26640
Omnicom Group Inc. COM 681919106 160 1600 SH SOLE 1600
2556 25560 SH DEFINED 25560
Pepsico, Inc. COM 713448108 659 18700 SH SOLE 18700
2163 61360 SH DEFINED 61360
Procter & Gamble Co. COM 742718109 701 6400 SH SOLE 6400
3676 33550 SH DEFINED 33550
SBC Communications Inc. COM 78387G103 592 12150 SH SOLE 12150
2389 48999 SH DEFINED 48999
Safeway Inc. COM 786514208 443 12400 SH SOLE 12400
1457 40760 SH DEFINED 40760
Schlumberger Ltd. COM 806857108 309 5500 SH SOLE 5500
2047 36470 SH DEFINED 36470
Solectron Corp. COM 834182107 105 1100 SH SOLE 1100
1390 14610 SH DEFINED 14610
Sprint Corp. (FON) COM 852061100 316 4700 SH DEFINED 4700
State Street Boston Corp. COM 857477103 234 3200 SH SOLE 3200
2073 28375 SH DEFINED 28375
Sun Microsystems COM 866810104 17 220 SH SOLE 220
914 11800 SH DEFINED 11800
Supervalu Inc. COM 868536103 212 10600 SH DEFINED 10600
Tennant Co. COM 880345103 3435 104894 SH DEFINED 104894
Teradyne Inc. COM 880770102 264 4000 SH DEFINED 4000
Texas Utilities Co. COM 882848104 249 7000 SH SOLE 7000
23 660 SH DEFINED 660
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 152 2100 SH SOLE 2100
2217 30655 SH DEFINED 30655
Wal Mart Stores Inc. COM 931142103 1231 17810 SH DEFINED 17810
Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 199 6800 SH SOLE 6800
3880 132650 SH DEFINED 132650
Walt Disney Co. COM 254687106 19 660 SH SOLE 660
339 11575 SH DEFINED 11575
Warner-Lambert Co. COM 934488107 246 3000 SH SOLE 3000
348 4245 SH DEFINED 4245
Wells Fargo Bank COM 949746101 20 500 SH SOLE 500
1090 26966 SH DEFINED 26966
Wrigley Wm Jr. Co. COM 982526105 307 3704 SH DEFINED 3704
St. Mary Ld & Expl Co. 792228108 768 31030.000SH DEFINED 31030.000
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc G90078109 36 1064.800 SH SOLE 1064.800
238 7060.592 SH DEFINED 7060.592
American Clay Works & Supply MI400130A 328 17360.000SH DEFINED 17360.000
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