Bachelors Theses
This collection contains theses written by students of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (now Missouri University of Science and Technology) as part of the bachelor’s degree requirement. Most are full-text. The earliest thesis, written in 1878, is one of several handwritten theses; these early works are being transcribed as a service to users and in order to enhance their discoverability.
Degrees were awarded in Ceramic Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy, Metallurgical Engineering, and Mining Engineering.
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Theses from 1916
An investigation in concrete, Don H. Morgan
Oils and flotation, Clarence Eugene Peterson and Charles Yancey Clayton
The development of a copper-silver ore body, Colwell Arba Pierce
Treatment of a complex ore, Earl Burdette Weiberg and Hugo Edward Koch
Theses from 1915
Geological mapping of an area along the Frisco Railroad between Cuba and Saint James, Willard Miles Benham and William Elliott
An efficiency test of a laboratory fan, Daniel Webster Blaylock, Edward Albrecht Schroer, and Elton Arthur Miller
A study of the stoping efficiency and ore transportation of the Arizona Copper Company at Morenci, Arizona, Robert Stanley Burg
Effect of compression and transmission on the illuminating and heating value of carburetted water-gas, Horace Herbert Clark
Comparative tests of piston-drill bits, Lister Merriken Cummings
The electrolysis of potassium lead tartrate solutions, Reginald Scott Dean
Structural material requirements in municipal building codes, August Wilhelm Gleason
The electro deposition of lead in sugar and acetate solutions, Abe Lew Kaplan
Geologic examination of petroleum properties, Vachel Harry McNutt
The relation of the composition of petroleum to its origin and occurrence, John Warder Shotwell
The design of a reinforced concrete arch highway bridge, Clinton DeWitt Smith
Flotation applied to a Mexican silver ore, Albert Leo Trent
The cyaniding of a Mexican silver ore, Homer Marvon Wilson and Roy Watson Griffin
Theses from 1914
Investigation of rock drill bits, George Elmer Abernathy
Mining methods and geology of the Boston Consolidated Mine at Bingham, Utah, James Leonidas Boucher
Investigation with rock drills, Tirso Castillón
Gaging of the Gasconade River, Lawrence Collins and Sidney R. Hatch
The determination of oils in limestone, Claude Calvin Cushwa
The development of Mine Number One of the Chinook Coal Company, Limited, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Theodore Saunders Dunn
An investigation in concentrating a certain tailing on Wilfley tables, Theodore Saunders Dunn and Roy Nicoll McBride
Determination of critical point of concentrating tables on Flat River ore, J. C. Finagin Jr. and W. C. Hogoboom
An investigation of the leaching of copper tailings by means of potassium cyanide, precipitation of the dissolved copper by means of aluminum, with consequent regeneration of the cyanide consumed, Thaddeus Reamy Goldsborough
A comparison of crushing machines, Clyde Willis Hall and Walter Henry Wager
Leaching copper tailings, Howard Gove Halsey and Frederick Gallaway Moses
A comparison of Missouri sandstones, Llewelyn Lodwick
The determination of the critical sizes in table concentration, Julius C. Miller and John N. Webster
Flotation applied to basic ores, Orion Dexter Neal
A study of the economic design of short span girder type concrete-steel highway bridges, Enoch Ray Needles
Comparative tests of rock drill bits for piston machines, Thomas C. Robson and Miguel Leon Cepeda
Tests of rock drill bits for Water-Leyner machine, Riley Marsh Simrall and Edmond Otis Stoliker
The efficiency of the Kerruish Smoke Consumer and Coal Economizer, Arthur F. Truex and Gilbert F. Metz
Theses from 1913
Test of the municipal power plant of the city of Rolla, Missouri, Dexter Eli Andrus, Leonard Stephen Copelin, and Harry Hackett Nowlan
A series of tests on the condensation of zinc vapor to metallic zinc, Frank W. Cody and John W. Greene
The measurement of mineral electrode potentials, John Charavelle Ingram
The effect of insoluble sulphates on the volumetric determination of lead, Mervin Joe Kelly and Ralph Knappenberger
The effect of the presence of certain base metals on the ability of amalgams to catch gold and silver, Ray Gould Knickerbocker
Volhard's volumetric method for manganese, John A. Murphy
The preservation and interpretation of ripple marks and sun cracks, Donald Hewson Radcliffe
Methods of mining and the preparation of coal in the Belleville, Illinois District, Harry William Shaw
The nature of the reactions occurring in the distillation of zinc from its ores and the effect on the speed of these reactions due to certain variables, Robert Glenn Sickly and Charles Yancey Clayton
Relation of carbon dioxide in flue gases to the efficiency of a boiler, Richard A. Wagstaff, Philip A. Moore, William Ehlers, and James Hopkins
Flotation applied to Joplin sludge, Thaddeus C. Wilson and Gustaf Axel Hellstrand
Theses from 1912
The determination of the settling velocity of certain minerals common in ore-dressing, Oscar N. Bribach and Robert Winters Johnson
Efficiency of the Missouri School of Mines power plant, Eugene Harding Broughton and William Henry Elbelt
Treatment of an Arizona gold ore, Scott D. Callaway and Henry F. Adams
Some assay problems, James Howard Chase
Efficiency of the Missouri School of Mines power plant and cost of operation, Cairy C. Conover, John Richardson Kenney, and Louie Lincoln Coover
A process for the separation of barite and sphalerite, Cairy C. Conover and Edwin Robinson Morris
Statement of mining costs in the Butte district three months ending June first 1910, Clifford Leroy Conway, George Sylvester Thomas, and George Francis Condon
Fire clays of Phelps County, Arthur Harrison Cronk
Electrode potential of galena, Robert Emmett Dye
Testing explosives, Frank James Flynn and Miller Edward Willmott
A determination of the steam consumption in the engines of the School of Mines power plant by means of a steam flow-meter, Harold Percy Ford and Scovill Edward Hollister
Roasting pyrite for magnetism with minimum sulphur volatilization, Dale Irwin Hayes and Clark Watson Wright
Checker board drainage due to eroded dikes, Julian Adolph Hielscher
The effect of aluminum on bronze, Edward Dale Lynton
The design of a water supply distributing system for the City of St. James, Missouri, Arch W. Naylor and John Hurtgen
Crystallization of magmas, Norman L. Ohnsorg
Geology of Beaver Quadrangle, Robert Justice Paulette and James Lawton Keelyn
Coal washing, Mark S. Sheffer and Thomas Andrew Stroup
The measurement of compressed air and its consumption in rock drills, Homer Kent Sherry and William Porri
A comparison of the silver losses due to cupellation using different kinds of cupels, Martin Harmon Thornberry
Theses from 1911
Geology of a carboniferous outlier in Lawrence County, Missouri, Maurice Merton Albertson
Evidence relative to the effect of mechanical mixing of charges in the fire assay, James Keller Beach
Suggested improvements for a Wisconsin zinc mill, Raymond Alexander Bingham
The efficiency of the Rolla municipal power plant, true Walter Blake and Otto Allen Lunak
Design and details of construction for a 50-ton amalgamation, concentration, and cyaniding mill, Hector Julio Boza and Carlos Enrique Elmore y Guerra
Friction of air in small pipes and fittings, Bejamin H. Cody and Ernest J. Allen
The design of a sampling mill to treat a south east Missouri lead ore, Robert Nathaniel Copeland and Edwin Cook McFadden
Mine map and geology of Saltpeter Cave, Milan Harrison Detweiler and Frank Edgar Townsend
Sulpho - telluride ore, David Lawton Forrester and Harry W. L. Porth
A sanitary study of the well waters of Rolla, Alexander Grosberg and Sam Paul Lindau
A summary of the theories of the origin of the Lake Superior copper ores, with evidences pertaining thereto, Eva Endurance Hirdler
Milling at Cananea, Dibrell Pryor Hynes
The determination of the best treatment for a certain Mexican silver ore, Sumner Cooley Macomber
Topography and geology of the Panther Bluffs area, Roswell H. Maveety and Joseph Stewart Irwin
Evidence pertaining to the origin and deposition of ore deposits, James Edward McGoughran
A study to determine a process for the treatment of an amalgamation tailing, Robert Bruce Mitchell and Edward William Engelmann
Ratio of the thermal and electrical conductivities for gas carbon, Oscar Alan Randolph
A comparative test of the air consumption of rock drills, John Elmer Schultz and Christian R. Miller
The determination of the electrical resistance of the human body under conditions to be met within underground mining, Duncan S. Smith and Paul E. Coaske
A test of the municipal light and water plant of the City of Lebanon, Missouri, Roy Elliott Sprague, Germán García Lozano, and Shiv Raj
A comparison of the silver losses due to cupellation using different kinds of cupels, James A. Taggart and Anton Frederick Karte
Scheme for the treatment of copper smelter flue dust, John Perry Walker
Theses from 1910
The concentration of a pyrolusite ore, Frank O. Blake and Van Hoose Smith
Some geology on the Weingarten Quadrangle, Missouri, John Whittlesey Bodman
An investigation of certain methods for the determination of gold in cyanide solutions, James Joseph Bowles
Notes on the precipitation of gold from cyanide solution, Charles Adrian Burdick and Harry Wade Connelly
Geology in the vicinity of Palmer, MO., Alfred Nicks Detweiler and John Kavanaugh Forman
The design of a mill to treat a certain gold-silver ore by cyanidation, Emilio Diaz and Robert William Mackey
A study of some assay problems, Walter Dobbins and Charles Weaver Traughber
The losses of gold during cupellation using various makes of cupels, Benjamin Harrison Dosenbach
A comparison of various methods of assaying cyanide solutions for gold, Theodore Saunders Dunn
The effects of CO₂, SO₂, and temperatures on blende roasting, Monroe Farrar
The origin of cherts in the vicinity of Rolla, Mo., K. C. Fraser
Report of Herald Mine, Joplin, Missouri, Clay Gregory
