Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
New Holland Library
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA
(509) 335-6691
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm



Guide to the Lyndon King Armstrong Papers, 1897-1941


Cage 244





Finding aid prepared by William Overton.

Finding aid encoded by Mark O'English, 2003
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

New Holland Library
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA
(509) 335-6691
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm

 
Collection Number:
 

Cage 244

 
Creator:
 

Armstrong, Lyndon King

 
Title:
 

Lyndon King Armstrong Papers

 
Dates:
 

1897-1941 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

13 containers.
6.5 linear feet of shelf space.
2500 items.

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English 

 
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.

 

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.

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.

Administrative Information

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.

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.

Subjects

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.

 
Armstrong, Lyndon King --Archives (creator)
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers. Columbia Section
Washington State Natural Resources Association
Mines and mineral resources--Northwest, Pacific

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
1
folder
1

Office Register. Includes signatures of many prominent mining engineers, weather reports and a few diary notes. , 1918-1933
 
2
Correspondence, re: mining regulations: Bonneville Power Administration.
 
3
Correspondence, re: federal mining experiment station in state of Washington.

 

Series 2: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Papers

 
 
Container(s)
Description
   
Correspondence
 
box
2
folder
4

May-July, 1909
 
5
August, 1909
 
6
September, 1909
 
7
October-November, 1909
   
Correspondence, minutes of meetings, Columbia Section
 
8
1920
 
9
1921
 
10
1922
 
11
1923
 
12
1924
 
13
1925
 
14
1926
 
3 15
1927
 
4 16
1928
 
17
1929
 
18
1930
 
19
1931
 
20
1932-33
 
5 21
1934
 
22
1935
 
23
1936
 
24
1937
 
25
1938
 
6 26
1939
 
27
1940
 
28
1941

 

Series 3: Manuscripts of articles submitted to AIMME

 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
6
folder
29

Kralowec, A. G. Clays and Clay Industries of Western Washington., 1923
 
30
Siegfus, Stanley A Geological Study of the Boise Basin, 1923
 
31
McLeod, Arthur A. The Geology of the Silver Hill District, Spokane County, Washington, 1923
 
32
Hersey, Lynn F. A Study of the Over-all Efficiency of Compressed Air in Mining, 1923
 
33
Sargent, Charles Arthur A Report on the Recent Ore Strike in the Success Mine, Wallace, Idaho, 1923
 
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
 
36
Sandback, John E. Investigation of Metallurgical Treatment of the dry Gold-Silver ore from the Golden Age Mine, Pioneerville, Idaho, 1924
 
37
Larsen, G. V. Experiments with Snake River Flour Gold, 1924
 
38
Linn, H. F. Experiment with an Eastern Washington Tuff-Cement, 1924
 
39
Smolak, George The Metallurgical Treatment of a Low Grade Silver Ore of Southern Idaho, 1924
 
40
Saunders, C. Churn Drilling as Applied to the Exploration and Mining of Mineral Deposits., 1925
 
41
Pena, A. Tin Deposits of Bolivia and Their Relation to the World Supply, 1925
 
42
Eastman, E. A. A Geological Study of the Copper Outcrops near Troy, Idaho, 1925
 
43
Barnes, Virgil Geology and Ore Deposits of the Cleveland Mine, Washington, 1925
 
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
 
45
Bagdasarian, A. B. A New Process of Treating Complex Sulfide Ores, 1925
 
46
d'Ablaing, P. R. Milling of Republic Ores, 1925
 
47
Piper, Arthur M. Paragenesis of Some Primary Ores from the Rex and Success Mines, Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho, 1925
 
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
 
50
Ellis, E. W. Results of Concentrating Classified Feed, Screen-sized Feed and Natural Feed on a Table of the Wilfley Type, 1925
 
51
Bullock, A. D. A Resume of Cyanide Practice from 1915-1925, 1925
 
52
Johnson, J. W. Smelter Methods of Assaying, 1925
 
53
Wahl, A. J. Report on the Ramshorn Mine, Bayhorse, Idaho, 1925
 
54
Joyce, Edwin The Effect of Certain Flotation Reagents on the Surface Tension of Water, 1925
 
55
Voorhis, B. Van Concentrating Republic Ore by Flotation, 1925
 
56
White, Norman R. A Study of the age Relations of the Butte Ores, 1925
 
57
Morrell, Lester G. Genesis of some primary ores from Leadville, Colorado, 1926
 
58
Stockdale, Stephen W. An Investigation of the Zinc Content of a Lead Blast Furnace Slag, 1926
 
59
Skidmore, Joseph H. Metallurgical Study of Gold-Silver Ore from Mammoth Mine, Pioneerville, Idaho, 1926
 
60
Swanson, Arthur Present State Of Liquid Oxygen Explosive, 1926

 

Series 4: Mines and mineral resources reports

 
 
Container(s)
Description
   
Correspondence: mines
 
box
9
folder
61

1923-1927
 
62
1928-1929
 
63
1930-1933
 
64
1934-1937
   
Reports:
 
65
Mines
 
66
Mineral resources
 
67
Water resources
 
68
Phosphates
 
69
Coinage metals
 
70
Miscellaneous
 
10 71
Granby Mine
 
72
Lixivation Tests
 
73
Washington Stratigraphy
 
74
Hecla Mines
 
75
Rice Lane District
 
76
Morning Mine
 
77
Haulage Systems
 
78
Howard group
 
79
High-grade silver in B.C.
 
80a
Testing Pb-Zn-Ag Ores
 
11 80b
Miscellaneous Mining Reports: Okanogan County Low-Grade Ore; Reiper Mining Company; Metaline-Pend'Oreille Mineral Development; Ford Mining Company; Granite-Poorman Mine; The Togo Mine; Gold Flotation Development Company; Wisconsin Group Mines; Kootenay Gold Exploration Company; Kootenay Gold Mines Ltd.; Mogul Mining Company; Correspondence
 
81
Field Notes
 
82
Newspaper Clippings
 
83
Maps and Charts

 

Series 5: Other organizations and special meetings.

 
 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
12
folder
84

International Geologic Congresses
 
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
 
91
Printed Material, Programs, Souvenirs of Joint Convention
 
92
Manuscript of Joint Convention: Stratification Theory and Practice in Ore Dressing by A. W. Fahrenwald