Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 244
Armstrong, Lyndon King, 1859-1942
Lyndon King Armstrong Papers
1897-1941
6.5 Linear feet of shelf space
13 Boxes
The papers of Lyndon King Armstrong, a Spokane, Washington mining businessman and publisher.
Collection materials are in English
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.
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.
The papers are arranged in five series, and chronologically within each.
Some items fron this collection have been digitized and are available online as part of the
Early Washington Maps digital collection.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Lyndon King Armstrong Papers, 1897-1941 (Cage 244)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The L. K. Armstrong Papers were purchased for the Washington State University Library
in 1956 by the Friends of the Library.
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, 1859-1942 -- Archives
Washington State Natural Resources Association
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
International Geological Congress
Mines and mineral resources -- Northwest, Pacific
Mines and Mineral Resources
Washington (State)
Series 1: Professional and Personal
Papers
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 2: American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers Papers
Correspondence
2
4
1909 May-July
2
5
1909 August
2
6
1909 September
2
7
1909 October-November
Correspondence, minutes of meetings,
Columbia Section
2
8
1920
2
9
1921
2
10
1922
2
11
1923
2
12
1924
2
13
1925
2
14
1926
3
15
1927
4
16
1928
4
17
1929
4
18
1930
4
19
1931
4
20
1932-1933
5
21
1934
5
22
1935
5
23
1936
5
24
1937
5
25
1938
6
26
1939
6
27
1940
6
28
1941
Series 3: Manuscripts of articles submitted to
AIMME
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 4: Mines and mineral resources
reports
Correspondence: mines
9
61
1923-1927
9
62
1928-1929
9
63
1930-1933
9
64
1934-1937
Reports:
9
65
Mines
9
66
Mineral resources
9
67
Water resources
9
68
Phosphates
9
69
Coinage metals
9
70
Miscellaneous
10
71
Granby Mine
10
72
Lixivation Tests
10
73
Washington Stratigraphy
10
74
Hecla Mines
10
75
Rice Lane District
10
76
Morning Mine
10
77
Haulage Systems
10
78
Howard group
10
79
High-grade silver in B.C.
10
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
11
81
Field Notes
11
82
Newspaper Clippings
11
83
Maps and Charts
Series 5: Other organizations and special
meetings.
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