Barkman C. McCabe; Geothermal Energy Pioneer

Barkman C. (B. C.) McCabe, 91, a geothermal energy pioneer, World War I veteran and since 1899 a resident of Los Angeles. McCabe, a one-time securities broker, became active in mining and oil exploration in the mid-1950s and in 1954 founded Magma Power Co., one of the first to pursue the development of geothermal projects in Northern California and the Imperial Valley. He remained chairman of the firm until last year and then continued as a director. In Los Angeles on Monday.