Russell L. & Lyn Wood Mining History Archive
The Archive is open to the public by appointment only, Monday-Friday 10:00-2:00. To schedule an appointment contact Reference, 303-273-3694.
Please read Use the Archive & Related Resources before your visit. Archive materials are non-circulating and must remain in the Archive Reading Room. Contact a Reference Librarian for research assistance.
About the Archive
The Russell L. & Lyn Wood Mining History Archive was established in 1995 by former Mines Board of Trustees member Russell L. Wood and his wife, Lyn. The Archive supports study and research into the history of mining, with emphasis on the U.S. Rocky Mountain West, and the history of the Colorado School of Mines. Subjects include mining engineering, mineral processing, metallurgy, environment, and aspects of the mining industry including economics, commodities, transportation, law, education, labor, immigration and culture.
The Archive includes historical mining and engineering journals, acknowledged classics on mining practice, early USGS publications, accounts of mining and milling, and rare books on the earth sciences. We also house official publications and historical materials on the Colorado School of Mines including catalogs, yearbooks, photographs, and the school newspaper (The Oredigger).
Collections
Specific collections in the Archive include:
- Bolis Collection. Survey notebooks of the official surveyors of Jefferson County, Colorado, Louis E. Bolis and H. W. Gardner, 1920s-1970s.
- Clark Bailey Carpenter Papers. Correspondence between Professor Carpenter and his former students, 1942-1946.
- Colorado Grand Cañon Mining & Improvement Company Papers, 1891. Reproductions of papers documenting the Company's formation and the Best Expedition, 1891.
- Colorado School of Mines
- Publications, yearbooks, catalogs, reports.
- Memorabilia. Includes diplomas, scrap books, and other artifacts.
- Photographs of people, buildings, activities.
- Edgar Mine (Colorado School of Mines Experimental Mine). Includes photographs and students' project maps.
- Morse Brothers Equipment Catalogs (Morse Brothers Machinery Company).
- Robert D. Hoffman Papers. Working papers of Robert Hoffman, mining geologist.
- LeRoy Photographs. Photographs of abandoned mining properties, ranches and communities in Colorado, ~1970s.
- Mine Reports collection. Reports and maps on Colorado mineral properties submitted to the Mine Map Repository Program, U.S. Bureau of Mines.
- Cement Bill Williams Papers. Papers and photographs documenting the career of Cement Bill Williams, a self-taught civil engineer, in Golden, Colorado, 1890-1945.
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