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Cage 244
Lyndon King Armstrong
Papers, 1897-1941

The L. K. Armstrong Papers were purchased for the Washington State University Library in 1956 by the Friends of the Library. They were processed by William Overton in 1970 and updated by Lawrence Stark in 1973. 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.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

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.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PAPERS

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 Metalurgical Engineers, the International Geological Congress and the Washington State Natural Resources Association.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS

The papers are arranged chronologically in consecutively numbered folders in five series: Professional and personal papers; American Institute of Mining and Metalurgical Engineers papers; Manuscripts of articles submitted to AIMME; Mines and mineral resources reports; Other organizations and special meetings.

CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder
Series 1: Professional and Personal Papers
1	1	Office Register, 1918-1933. Includes signatures of many prominent mining engineers, weather reports and a few diary notes
	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 Metalurgical Engineers Papers
		Correspondence
2	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
	29	Kralowec, A. G.   Clays and Clay Industries of Western Washington. 1923.
	30	Siegfus, Stanley   A Geological Study oŁ 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 oŁ 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 oŁ 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
		Correspondence: mines
9	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.
12	84	International Geologic Congresses
	85-87	Washington Natural Resources Association
13	88-90	Correspondence regarding Joint Convention oŁ American Institute of Mining and Metalurgical Engineers and Canadian Institute of Mining and Metalurgical Engineers, 1926
	91	Printed Material, Programs, Souvenirs oŁ Joint Convention
	92	Manuscript of Joint Convention: "Stratification Theory and Practice in Ore Dressing," by A. W. Fahrenwald