Russell L. & Lyn Wood Mining History Archive
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 research on the history of mining, with emphasis on Colorado and the West. This includes the technical, environmental, economic and human aspects of the mining industry.
Archive collections include documents, journals, books, maps, photographs and artifacts. In addition we hold materials on the history of the Colorado School of Mines.
Research Guides
Historic Mines & Mining Companies
Colorado School of Mines History
Collection Guides [in progress]
- Colorado School of Mines.
- Photographs and scrapbooks.
- Edgar Mine (Colorado School of Mines Experimental Mine).
- Clark Bailey Carpenter Collection. Correspondence between School of Mines Professor Carpenter and his former students, 1942-1946.
- Cement Bill Williams Collection. Documents the career of Cement Bill Williams, a self-taught civil engineer, in Golden, Colorado, 1890-1945.
- Colorado Grand Cañon Mining & Improvement Company Collection, 1891. Reproductions documenting the Company's formation and the Best Expedition, 1891.
- Robert D. Hoffman Collection. 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 (mostly) Colorado mineral properties, built around a core collection from the USBM Mine Map Repository Program.
- Mining and Metallurgical Journal. Volumes 15-23 (mostly complete), 1896-1900.
- Morse Brothers Equipment Catalogs
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The Archive is open to the public by appointment, businesss hours M-F. Contact Reference, 303-273-3694.
Recent Donations
Mine lamps, Crested Butte Coal Mine (B. Richardson)
State School of Mines report card, 1897