Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
WSU 163
State College of Washington. College of Engineering
Washington State University Publications: Mining Experiment Station and School of Mines
1932-1953
1.5 Linear feet of shelf space
3 Boxes
Technical and popular reports created by the State College of Washington Mining program between 1932 and 1953.
Collection materials are inEnglish.
Mining and geology were among the original subjects authorized to be taught at
Washington Agricultural College and School of Science (now Washington State
University). The School of Mines was established during the reorganization of the
college in 1917 under the new college president, Ernest O. Holland. The first school
year began with L. O. Howard as Dean of the School of Mines. The Department of
Geology remained a part of the College of Sciences and Arts until 1920, when it was
incorporated into the new School of Mines and Geology. When Dean Howard resigned in
1926, Arthur Eilert Drucker (1877-1949) was made the Dean of the School of Mines and
Geology, a position which he retained until 1946. In 1946 the name of the school was
shortened to the School of Mines. At that time the school consisted of the
Department of Geology, the Department of Mining and Process Metallurgy, and the
Department of Physical Metallurgy. In 1956, Mining became a department within
Engineering and Mineral Technology. The program was discontinued at the end of the
1960s; WSU’s last degree in Mining Engineering was issued in 1970.
The majority of the descriptive information presented below has been taken from
several lists of Publications of the Mining Experiment Station and School of Mines,
and may contain slight inaccuracies. Where MASC holds these items, they can be found
in MASC's University Publications collection at WSU 163 (note that the University
Publications collection also holds items not on this list, and only holds most, but
not all, of the items included on this list - this is a compilation of publications,
not a list of holdings). We have updated the original lists here to include
publications released after those dates.
The materials are broken into three series: Bulletins, Information Circulars, and
Reports. Each series is organized by its original numbering, which is loosely
chronological.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item Description]
Washington State University Publications: Mining Experiment Station and School of Mines, 1932-1953 (WSU 163)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The “WSU Publications” collections are an accumulation of materials transferred to
Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special
Collections on a nearly daily basis. Some items are transferred directly by the
University’s printing department. Many other materials have been forwarded by the
Library’s serials cataloging unit. Other items come directly from university
departments, and a significant number of publications have been donated by
individuals. Most materials in it have no accession records.
The "WSU Publications" collection is an effort to amass significant or representative
publications of the University. The effort began in 1955. Until 1977, the
publications were managed as part of the university archives. In that year, office
records were separated from the publications in order to follow the spirit of the
Washington State public records laws. The separation was all but complete;
nonetheless, small quantities of non-published materials, records, remain among the
WSU Publications. In 1970-1975, Library employees prepared a library card catalog
for the WSU Publications collection. That catalog was transcribed and adapted by
Tyler Evans and Jeff Zundel in 2005-2006. This particular series was processed by
University Archivist Mark O'English and University of Idaho graduate student Timothy
Mace in August and September of 2010.
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.
Washington State University. College of Engineering -- Periodicals
State College of Washington. Washington State Institute of Technology -- Periodicals
State College of Washington. College of Engineering -- Periodicals
Washington State University. College of Engineering
Mining engineering -- Washington (State) -- Periodicals
Mines and Mineral Resources
Series 1: Bulletins. Several of these can be
found in the Washington State University library catalog either by title or
by the series name of
Mining Experiment Station Bulletin. Please check with your local
library about access to these before contacting MASC.
A.
The
Electrometallurgy of Cadmium as Applied to Electrolytic Zinc Plant
Purification Residues. March, 1934. R.M. Miller
AA.
Testing Magnesium
Alloys on a Laboratory Scale -Alloys of Magnesium with Aluminum,
Manganese, Calcium, Silver Lithium, and Cadmium. February,
1942. H.P. Nielsen and F.M. Cramer
B.
Magnesium Metal from
Washington Magnesite and Dolomite Deposits (First Progress
Report). March, 1934. Carl F. Floe
B-1.
Preliminary Report,
An Investigation Into the Possibilities of Magnesium Metal
Production from the Olivine (Magnesium Silicate) Deposits -of
Whatcom County. Washington. April 1944. W.W.
Hansen
C.
Elements of Mining
for the Beginner. September, 1934. G.E. Ingersoll
D.
A Survey of the
Aluminum Industry and Its Metallurgical Process with Reference to
the Utilization of Northwest Clays. July, 1935. R.M.
Miller
E.
Sulphuric Acid
Leaching of Washington Clays for the Production of Alumina and
Aluminum Metals. August, 1935. H.C. Parkman
E-1.
Bibliography-Literature on the Extraction of Alumina from Clay with
Short Discussions. January, 1943. P.J. Woody
E-2.
Part I, Theory of
Clay Beneficiation and Methods of Separating Kaolin, Silica Sand,
and White Flake Mica from Eastern Washington Clays. Part II,
Production of Alumina and Aluminum Metal from the Kaolin.
Jan., 1943. J.A. Atchison
E-3.
Alumina from Clays,
Part I. Beneficiation of Washington Residual Clays to Increase the
Alumina Content. September, 1943. C.C. March
E-4.
Alumina from Clays,
Part II. Investigations into Methods of Producing Pure Alumina from
Kaolin by Sulfate Leaching. December, 1943, April, 1947. C.C.
March
F.
Cynidation of
Gold-bearing Flotation and Table Concentrate. August, 1935.
J.N. Butler
H.
The Establishment of
a Calcium Carbide Industry in Washington. May, 1936. H.C.
Parkman and Charles Durray
J.
Applying Flotation
to the Preliminary Treatment of a Washington Magnesite Ore for the
Production of Magnesium Metal. First Progress Report. June,
1936. Howard Ziebell
K.
Experimental Results
and Methods of Obtaining Kaolinite from Eastern Washington Clays for
the Production of Aluminum Metal. July, 1936. J.C.
Nieffer
L.
The Development of
an Electro-hydrometallurgical Process for Copper Flotation
Concentrate. July, 1936. H.C. Parkman
M.
The Development of a
Sulphuric Acid Baking Roasting and Leaching Process for the
Extraction of Manganese from the High-Silica Ores of the Olympic
Peninsula of Washington. July, 1936. H.C. Parkman and Charles
Durray
N.
Extraction of Copper
from Roasted Concentrates by Sulphuric Acid Baking. July,
1937. Carl F. Floe
P.
Magnesium-Present
Outlook for a Magnesium Metal Industry in the Northwest and a
Discussion of Methods by Which Magnesium Metal May Be Obtained from
Magnesite Ores. March, 1943. H.A. Doerner
P-1.
Concentration of Low
Grade Magnesite Ores by Flotation. June, 1938. H. A. Doerner
and D. L. Harris
Q.
Flotation Process
Applied to the Concentration of Washington Medium and Low Grade
Magnesite Ore. May, 1937. Dwight L. Harris
R.
History of the
School of Mines and Geology, State College of Washington.
February, 1938. G.E. Ingersoll
S.
Survey of the
Manganese Industry in the U.S.A. and the Feasibility of Establishing
an Electrolytic Metal Plant in the Pacific Northwest on Puget Sound,
Utilizing the High-Silica Manganese Ores of the Olympic
Peninsula. July, 1938. Max E. Tatman
T.
A Correlated
Abstract of the Physical Metallurgy of Magnesium and Its
Alloys. July, 1938. H. L Walker
T-1.
Extraction of
Alumina from Clay. Part I. General Remarks and a Discussion of
Sulfite Processes. March, 1943. Otto Redlich
T-2.
Extraction of
Alumina from Clays. Part II. Experimental Study of Various Steps of
Sulfite Processes. July, 1943. O. Redlich and M.F.
Adams
T-3.
Extraction of
Alumina from Clay. Part III. Beneficiation of Clay by Air
Separation. March, 1947. O. Redlich, M.F. Adams, and R.O.
Dhondt
U.
Recrystallization
Phenomena in Gold Worked Polycrystalline Commercially Pure Magnesium
Metal. July, 1938. Bernard G. Rickets and H.L.
Walker
V.
A Study of Methods
for Producing Chromate Salts from Domestic Ores. September,
1939. H.A. Doerner and Staff
W.
Electrolytic
Manganese from the Ores of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
October, 1939. Ray W. Schatz
W-1.
Development of a
Sulphuric Acid Leaching Process for the Extraction of Electrolytic
Manganese from Certain High-Silica Ores of the Olympic Peninsula of
Washington. July, 1943. F. H. Sharp
Z.
Review of Recent
Literature on the Physical Metallurgy of Magnesium and Its
Alloys. July, 1940. H.P. Nielsen
Z-1.
Bibliography on the
Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys. (Supplementing T. and Z.)
July, 1945. J. Kuczynski and F.W. Schonfeld
42
Flotation of an
Oxidized Lead Ore. Jan., 1948. K.E. Royer and D.L.
Masson
42
Flotation of an
Oxidized Lead Ore. April, 1948. K.E. Royer and D.L.
Masson
43
Prospecting for
Uranium. April, 1949. D.L. Masson
44M.
Prospecting for
Uranium (revised). April, 1951. D.L. Masson
45M.
Small Scale Placer
Mining. June, 1953. D.L. Masson
Series 2: Information Circulars. Several of
these can be found in the Washington State University library catalog either
by title or by the series name of
Mining Experiment Station Information Circular. Please check with your
local library about access to these before contacting MASC.
1
Sources of
Information for the Prospector. June, 1932. C.F.
Floe
2
The Washington State
College Placer Mill. July, 1933. G.E. Ingersoll
3
Possible
Applications of Large Amounts of Cheap Hydroelectric Power to
Mineral and Metal Production in the Pacific Northwest. Nov.
1933. A.E. Drucker and Carl F. Floe
4
Economic
Possibilities for Electrometallurgical Industries within the State
of Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Dec. 1933. A.E.
Drucker and Carl F. Floe
5
Importance of
Preliminary Ore Analysis by Means of the Stereoscopic Binocular
Microscope. 1934. A.E. Drucker
5
The Properties of
Ultra Light Magnesium Structural Alloys Compared with Other
Engineering Metals (Magnesium alloys used in the construction of
Aircraft, Railroad Cars, Automobiles & Trucks). April
1934. A.E. Drucker
6
The Properties of
Ultra Light Magnesium Structural Alloys Compared with Other
Engineering Metals (Magnesium alloys used in the construction of
Aircraft, Railroad Cars, Automobiles & Trucks). June
1934. A.E. Drucker
7
Possibilities for
the Production of Aluminum and Magnesium from Washington
Ores. June, 1934. Carl F. Floe
8
Electrometallurgical
Research and Its Relation to the Grand Coulee Power
Development. July, 1934. A.E. Drucker
9
Relation of Research
to the Establishment of Electrometallurgical Industries in the State
of Washington. The Development of a Magnesium Industry. July,
1934. Carl F, Floe
10
Certain Possible
Industries for Washington Utilizing Grand Coulee Power. June,
1935. A.E. Drucker
11
Estimate of Electric
Power Demands for Certain Electrochemical and Metallurgical
Industries in the Pacific Northwest over a Period of 30
Years. June, 1935. A.E. Drucker
12
Spectrographic
Analysis and Some Recent Applications to the Mineral
Industry. July, 1935. John N. Butler
13
Power Developments
and Electrometallurgical Industries in the Pacific Northwest.
Reviewed by L. K. Armstrong. July, 1937. Carl F. Floe
14
Magnesium-The
Importance, New Developments, Properties and Uses of Magnesium Metal
and Its Alloys. December, 1939. A.E. Drucker
15
Bolivian Tin.
"Foreign Minerals Quarterly" Mineral Resources, Production, and
Trade of Bolivia. December, 1939. A.E. Drucker
17
The Character,
Training, and Obligations of the Mining Engineering
Profession. Feb. 1940. H.C. Hoover.
18
Electrometallurgical
Research, Part I. Hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee
on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress,
third session on the Interior Department Appropriation Bill for
1941. April 1940. A.E. Drucker
19
Possibilities for
Electrochemical and Electrometallurgical Industries in Pacific
Northwest Utilizing Bonneville and Grand Coulee Power and the Raw
Mineral Resources of the Region What Others Think. April,
1940. A.E. Drucker
20
New Metallurgical
Developments at State College of Washington. Methods by which
Magnesium Metal may be Derived from Washington Magnesite
Ores. U.S. Bureau of Mines Report No. 3480. May,
1940.
21
Electrothermic
Magnesium. U.S. Bureau of Mines. June, 1940. H.A.
Roemer
22
Progress in the
Product of Electrolytic Manganese. June, 1940. S.M.
Shelton
23
Grand Coulee Power
and Economic Possibilities for Electrometallurgical Industries in
Washington and Pacific Northwest. June, 1940. A.E.
Drucker
24
Cheap Bonneville
Power Should Attract Electrometallurgical Industries. August,
1940. W.R. May
25
Magnesium
Metal-Technological Developments. From Minerals Year: Book.
August, 1940.
26
Speech on Magnesium
Metal from Magnesite Ore. August, 1940. Hon. Charles H.
Leavy
27
Magnesium in
Aircraft. October, 1940. Norman E. Woldman
28
Dry Ice-The
By-product of a Magnesium Metal Industry in Washington.
November, 1940.
29
Magnesium and Its
Alloys-Protection from Fire and Explosion. November, 1940.
H.S. Hirst and A.B. Guise
30
Electrolytic
Manganese and Its Potential Metallurgical Uses. Jan., 1941.
R.S. Dean
31
Magnesium and
National Defense. Jan., 1941. L.B. Grant (Dow Chemical
Co.)
32
Magnesium (Federal
Standard Stock Catalog). Jan., 1941.
33
There Should Be No
Shortage of Magnesium. Jan., 1941. Hon. Charles H.
Leavy
34
Magnesium
Metal-Light and Soaring. March, 1941. Arthur D. Little,
Inc.
35
Aircraft Design for
Magnesium-Present Status of Ultralight Alloys in Aircraft
Construction. Light Metals, 3. February, 1941.
36
Magnesium-Its
Production and Use. Metal Economics Division, Bureau of
Mines, Washington, D. C. April, 1941. Herbert A. Franke
37
Fire Hazards when
Machining Magnesium and Its Alloys. Light Metals Journal of
London, 4 (39). April, 1941.
38
Fluxes for Melting
Magnesium Metal. Light Metals, 3. July, 1941. J. Poulton
Thomas
39
Progress Report of
Laboratory Investigations of Direct Electrothermal Reduction of
Magnesite Ore, also Investigations to Convert Magnesia to MgCl2 by
Reactions with Carbon and Chlorine at High Temperatures.
July, 1941. R. S. Dean
40
Metallurgical
Laboratory Process Developments- Electrolytic Manganese from
High-silica Manganese Ores. Chromium Salts from Chromite Ores.
Electrothermic Magnesium Metal from Magnesite Ores (Oxide Process).
Electrolytic Magnesium Metal from Magnesite Ores (Chloride Process).
Electrolytic Aluminum Metal and By-Products from Eastern and Western
Washington Clays. November, 1941. A.E. Drucker and R. R.
Sayers
41
Magnesium and
Aluminum Essential to Win the War. January, 1942. Hon.
Charles H. Leavy
42
Progress
Report-Pilot-plant investigation of Direct Electrothermal Reduction
of Calcined Magnesite by Carbon, "Shock-cooling" the Gaseous
Product, and Recovery of Magnesium Metal from Crude Condensate by
Distillation. Feb., 1942. R. S. Dean
43
Electrolytic
Manganese Progress Report. Pilot Plant Investigation of Electrolytic
Manganese. Feb., 1942. A.E. Drucker
44
Magnesium-Raw
Materials and Production. Feb, 1942. W. Moschel, H. Seliger,
and R. Suchy
45
Hearings before
Subcommittee on Appropriations, Dept. Interior (1943). April,
1942.
46
Washington Clay May
Answer Aluminum Problem. May, 1942. J.A. Atchison
47
Metallurgical
Research on Washington State Strategic Ores. With the
Co-operation of Washington State Planning Council. June,
1942.
48
Magnesium, The
Newcomer Among Industrial Metals. Mining World. July,
1942.
49
Four-Year Progress
Report (April, 1939 to April, 1943), School of Mines and Geology and
Mining Experiment Station. April, 1943.
50
Possibilities of
Substitution for Tin-Base Bearing Materials. June, 1943. J.H.
Kittel
51
Uses of Aluminum and
Magnesium To-day and To-morrow Post-War Development of Light and
Ultra-Light Alloys in Civilian Consumer Fields. Light Metals
Journal, London. March, 1944.
Series 3: Reports. Several of these can be
found in the Washington State University library catalog either by title or
by the series name of
Mining Experiment Station Report. Please check with your local library
about access to these before contacting MASC.
6
Metallurgical
Research Investigations at the Department of Mining and Metallurgy
and the State Electrometallurgical Research Laboratories.
Nov. 20, 1936. A.E. Drucker
7
Metallurgical
Research Investigations at the Department of Mining and Metallurgy
and the State Electrometallurgical Research Laboratories.
Aug. 3, 1937. A.E. Drucker
9
Metallurgical
Research Investigations at the Department of Mining and Metallurgy
and the State Electrometallurgical Research Laboratories.
Dec. 1939. A.E. Drucker