13 containers. (6.5 linear feet of shelf space.) (2500 items.)
Collection Number:
Cage
244
Summary:
Correspondence, bulletins, maps, field
notes and reports regarding gold and silver mining in the Pacific Northwest;
correspondence and minutes of the meetings of the Columbia Section of the
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and of the Washington
State Natural Resources Association and manuscripts of papers presented at
regional professional meetings.
Repository:
Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special
Collections
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
Lyndon King Armstrong was born at Mukwanago, Wisconsin in 1859. From
1877 to 1890 he was a druggist, chemist and miner in the Dakota and Montana
Territories. Settling in Spokane, Washington in 1890, he became the publisher
of mining trade newspapers. He also established a mining engineering practice
and was involved in certain business ventures in mining. Armstrong was a member
and officer of many of the trade and professional organizations associated with
mining in the Northwest, most notably the American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers. Additionally he was active in the Spokane Chamber of
Commerce and in various scientific and scholarly organizations, including the
Northwest Scientific Association and the Eastern Washington Historical Society.
He died in early 1942.
Content Description
The papers of L. K. Armstrong include correspondence, bulletins, maps,
field notes and mining engineering reports concerning gold and silver mines of
Washington, Idaho and British Columbia; and correspondence, minutes, printed
materials, and manuscripts of professional articles created or acquired through
Armstrong's office in several trade and professional organizations, notably the
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the International
Geological Congress and the Washington State Natural Resources Association.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
This collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation :
[Item Description]. Cage
244, Lyndon King Armstrong
Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The papers are arranged chronologically in consecutively numbered
folders in five series: Professional and personal papers; American Institute of
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers papers; Manuscripts of articles submitted to
AIMME; Mines and mineral resources reports; Other organizations and special
meetings.
Acquisition Information :
The L. K. Armstrong Papers were purchased for the Washington State
University Library in 1956 by the Friends of the Library.
Separated Materials :
The Franklin Gold Mining Company records (now located as Cage 283) and
the records of the Mining Mens' Club of Spokane (now located as Cage 298) have
been separated from this collection and independently processed.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1: Professional and Personal
Papers
Container(s)
Description
Box
Folder
1
1
Office Register. Includes
signatures of many prominent mining engineers, weather reports and a few diary
notes. , 1918-1933
1
2
Correspondence, re: mining
regulations: Bonneville Power Administration.
1
3
Correspondence, re: federal
mining experiment station in state of Washington.
Series 3: Manuscripts of articles
submitted to AIMME
Container(s)
Description
Box
Folder
6
29
Kralowec, A. G.
Clays and Clay Industries of Western
Washington., 1923
6
30
Siegfus, Stanley
A Geological Study of the Boise Basin, 1923
6
31
McLeod, Arthur A.
The Geology of the Silver Hill District, Spokane County,
Washington, 1923
6
32
Hersey, Lynn F.
A Study of the Over-all Efficiency of Compressed Air in
Mining, 1923
6
33
Sargent, Charles Arthur
A Report on the Recent Ore Strike in the Success Mine,
Wallace, Idaho, 1923
6
34
Cummins, Robert M.
A Study in Mining Litigation, 1923
7
35
Shenon, P. J.
A Metallurgical Treatment of the Bay Horse Mine Ore with
notes on the Geology, 1924
7
36
Sandback, John E.
Investigation of Metallurgical Treatment of the dry
Gold-Silver ore from the Golden Age Mine, Pioneerville,
Idaho, 1924
7
37
Larsen, G. V.
Experiments with Snake River Flour
Gold, 1924
7
38
Linn, H. F.
Experiment with an Eastern Washington
Tuff-Cement, 1924
7
39
Smolak, George
The Metallurgical Treatment of a Low Grade Silver Ore of
Southern Idaho, 1924
7
40
Saunders, C.
Churn Drilling as Applied to the Exploration and Mining of
Mineral Deposits., 1925
7
41
Pena, A.
Tin Deposits of Bolivia and Their Relation to the World
Supply, 1925
7
42
Eastman, E. A.
A Geological Study of the Copper Outcrops near Troy,
Idaho, 1925
7
43
Barnes, Virgil
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Cleveland Mine,
Washington, 1925
7
44
Lokken, John C.
A Metallurgical Investigation of the Ore of the Ramshorn
Mine, Custer County, Idaho, and A Study of Classification and Gravity
Concentration as Applied to the Pecos, Oregon., 1925
7
45
Bagdasarian, A. B.
A New Process of Treating Complex Sulfide
Ores, 1925
7
46
d'Ablaing, P. R.
Milling of Republic Ores, 1925
7
47
Piper, Arthur M.
Paragenesis of Some Primary Ores from the Rex and Success
Mines, Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho, 1925
7
48
Rusch, Thomas
Prospecting with the Long Hole Drill, 1925
8
49
McGonigle, F.
Relation of the Geographical Zonation of Base Metals and
Batholithic Intrusives in the State of Idaho., 1925
8
50
Ellis, E. W.
Results of Concentrating Classified Feed, Screen-sized
Feed and Natural Feed on a Table of the Wilfley Type, 1925
8
51
Bullock, A. D.
A Resume of Cyanide Practice from
1915-1925, 1925
8
52
Johnson, J. W.
Smelter Methods of Assaying, 1925
8
53
Wahl, A. J.
Report on the Ramshorn Mine, Bayhorse,
Idaho, 1925
8
54
Joyce, Edwin
The Effect of Certain Flotation Reagents on the Surface
Tension of Water, 1925
8
55
Voorhis, B.
Van Concentrating Republic Ore by
Flotation, 1925
8
56
White, Norman R.
A Study of the age Relations of the Butte
Ores, 1925
8
57
Morrell, Lester G.
Genesis of some primary ores from Leadville,
Colorado, 1926
8
58
Stockdale, Stephen W.
An Investigation of the Zinc Content of a Lead Blast
Furnace Slag, 1926
8
59
Skidmore, Joseph H.
Metallurgical Study of Gold-Silver Ore from Mammoth Mine,
Pioneerville, Idaho, 1926
8
60
Swanson, Arthur
Present State Of Liquid Oxygen
Explosive, 1926
Series 5: Other organizations and
special meetings.
Container(s)
Description
Box
Folder
12
84
International Geologic
Congresses
12
85-87
Washington Natural Resources
Association
13
88-90
Correspondence regarding Joint
Convention of American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1926
13
91
Printed Material, Programs,
Souvenirs of Joint Convention
13
92
Manuscript of Joint Convention:
Stratification Theory and Practice in Ore Dressing
by A. W. Fahrenwald
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Personal Names :
Armstrong, Lyndon King --Archives
(
creator)
Corporate Names :
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum
Engineers. Columbia Section
