This collection contains full-text theses written by students of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), from 1876 to 1958 as part of the professional degree requirement. Some of these early works are handwritten and are being transcribed as a service to users and in order to enhance their discoverability.
Degrees were awarded in Ceramic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, and Mining Engineering
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Theses from 1921
The Mexican oil fields, Raul Chavez
A report on drill steel wear at Isle Royale Mine, Houghton, Michigan, James Joseph Dowd
The heat treatment of cast steel, Fred Grotts
Flotation tests on a table sludge from the Golden Rod Milling Company at Tar River, Oklahoma, William H. Kamp
A complete coal mine survey, Harry A. Kluge
Geologic conditions affecting the accumulation of oil and gas in the Beggs District, Oklahoma, John Charles Miller
The manufacture of sulphuric acid by the chamber process at Isabella, Tennessee, Albert Leo Trent
A discussion of the geological department of an oil company. Part II. Report on structure north of Ochelata, Washington Co., Okla., Lawrence Joseph Zoller
Theses from 1920
Metallurgical bookkeeping, John Owen Ambler
Mining, concentration and refining of American flake graphite by the Griesemer Graphite Company, Joseph C. Barton
Unique method of driving large tunnel at the Hannibal Quarry of the Atlas Portland Cement Company, James Leonidas Boucher
Efficient field methods for the petroleum geologist, Phillips Brooks Dolman
Milling practice of the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma field as it has developed in the past two years, Frank Stillmann Elfred
Electrolytic and furnace refining of copper in south east Missouri, Ray Gould Knickerbocker
Metallurgy of steel castings, Earl Joesting McNely
The St. Johns River bridge for Duval County, Florida, Enoch Ray Needles
Theses from 1919
On the microscopic determination of cadmium in metallic zinc, James Presley Gill
Metallurgical results from black copper smelting, Preston King Horner
The roasting of zinc ores in the manufacture of sulphuric acid by the contact process, Clarence Eugene Peterson
Theses from 1918
Determination of critical point of concentrating tables on Arizona copper ore, J. C. Finagin Jr. and W. C. Hogoboom
Electrolysis of neutral solutions of ZnSO₄, Knud Fabricius Hansen
Some tests on the grinding of cement clinker with a Hardinge Conical Ball Mill, Gilbert F. Metz
The occurrence of oil and gas in Osage County, Oklahoma, Donald Hewson Radcliffe
Theses from 1917
Chemical control work in the N. K. Fairbanks factories, John Whittlesey Bodman
Some typical bridges for logging railroad construction, Frederick Hauenstein
Descriptive study of the petroleum refinery at Minatitlán, Germán García Lozano
The Goltra process of concentrating iron ores as developed at Waukon, Iowa, Ernest Wander
Theses from 1916
Construction and maintenance of Kansas City boulevard pavements, Ralph Robert Benedict
Comparison of operating expenses and capital expenditures of two different types of boiler rooms covering extensions expected during the next twenty years, George Hewitt Boyer
A report on "La Cotabambas Auraria" Mining Company, Hector Julio Boza
Land drainage in Central Iowa, Ernst Lorenze Chamberlain
Cyaniding the Buckhorn clay, Paul Richardson Cook
Method and cost of rock excavation, Inlet Swamp Drainage District, Lee County, Illinois, Arch W. Naylor
Mill test and conclusion leading to the design of an addition to Florida pebble phosphate concentrator, Norman L. Ohnsorg
Preliminary report on the property of the Ruby Copper Company, Colwell Arba Pierce
Notes on mine operations of the American Zinc Company of Tennessee, Homer Kent Sherry
A wet process for the extraction of mercury, Robert Glenn Sickly
Theses from 1915
The Seneca-Superior Mine and Mill, Maurice Merton Albertson
The development of a process for the treatment of a complex ore, Charles Adrian Burdick
The method of mining and milling at the Rosiclare Lead and Fluor Spar Mines, Arthur Harrison Cronk
The thermal conductivity of refractories, Boyd Dudley Jr.
An investigation in treating a gold ore from Custer, South Dakota, Theodore Saunders Dunn
Study of the monthly extraction record and curve of a modern Mexican cyanide plant, George William Harris
Engineering and geological work at Cananea, Mexico, Edward Dale Lynton
Theses from 1914
Bituminous coal mining in Northern Missouri, true Walter Blake
Methods of prospecting and estimating ore bodies of the Wisconsin Zinc and Lead District, Guy Henry Cox
Design of a 250 ton mill, for cyanidation of a cobalt silver ore, Carlos Enrique Elmore y Guerra
Report on Bellshazar mining property, Matthew Vincent Quinn
Amalgamation and refining of high grade silver ores containing arsenic and antimony, Edwin Bryant Thornhill and Robert Emmett Dye
Theses from 1912
Plans and specifications of a proposed plant for treating the high-grade silver concentrate of the Buffalo Mill by tube-mill amalgamation, Hector George Sylvester Anderson
Depreciation, Reginald Henry Brinton Butler
The effect of steam as a combustion retarding agent in the gasification of crude oil by partial combustion, Harry Adam Grine
A study to determine the best method of treatment for a certain gold-silver ore, Deane Dwight Harris and Duane Montgomery Kline
The geology of a complexly folded area on Crooked Creek, in Crawford County, Missouril, Victor Harmon Hughes
Cost of brick pavement constructed, William McElroy
Theses from 1911
Underground records, Robert Hardy Bedford
Fluorspar mining in Kentucky, Walter Coffran Richards
Method of obtaining and preserving data on churn drill holes, Ira Lee Wright
Theses from 1910
Description of the surveys of portions of the south and east boundaries of the Yellowstone National Park, Albert Babbitt Bartlett
Preliminary investigation for the development of an hydro-electric plant Okanagan Valley British Columbia, Robert Arthur Barton
A new copper district in southern Arizona, Harry Carleton Chamberlain
Dredging, Swan River, Colorado, Henry William Lohman
An investigation into the causes of accidents to shot firers in bituminous coal mines, George Edwin Lyman
A study of the losses occurring in the milling and smelting of Missouri-Kansas zinc ores, Horace T. Mann
Reheating compressed air by internal combustion, Norman L. Ohnsorg
Laboratory methods for copper-nickel ores, Walter Irving Phillips
The design and installation of an apparatus for dehydrating the air which is used in the blast furnaces of the Hanyang Iron and Steel Works and other suggested improvements, Hanyang, Hupei, China, Andrew Jackson Seltzer
Metallurgical operations of pyritic smelting as carried on at Ducktown, Tennessee, Byron John Snyder
Mining, concentrating, and smelting of lead and zinc ores in Hunan Province China, Tsik Chan Tseung
Surveying practice, Edwin Richard Wash
Theses from 1909
A method of obtaining lead concentrates from the slimes of the St. Joseph Lead Mill, Lewis Alfred Delano
Economic investigation of the lignites of the Dickinson, N.D. area, Glenn Beckley Morgan
The relation of the composition of a mineral to its properties, Edwin Phelps Murray
Steinmesch hindered settling classifier, Jesse Herman Steinmesch
Theses from 1908
Report of La Mina Boquillas Del Carmen, of Coahuila, Mexico, James Asa Gregory
Copper smelting in a rotary furnace with pulverized charcoal, Elmer Cooper Heck
Square set system of timbering as employed by the Shannon Copper Co., Ray Eugene Hoffman
Theses from 1907
The composition and analysis of zinc-lead pigment, Evans Walker Buskett
Process of treating slimes in ore reduction, Gustavus A. Duncan
Theses from 1905
Utilization of the water of the Verde River for power purposes, Raphael Curier Alexander
Copper mining at Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, Albert Hill Fay
The reaction velocity of ethylene and iodine, Herbert Arno Roesler
The manufacture of coal gas in St. Louis, Albert Dyke Wilson
Theses from 1903
Contour map, Isaac Peter Frazier
Report of coal prospect, and subsequent development, John Adrian Garcia
Cyanide practice, John A. Rogers
The roasting and smelting of lead ores as carried on by the St. Joseph Lead Co., at Herculaneum, Mo., Rulof Theodore Rolufs
The smelting of lead ores in southwest Missouri, Jerrold Roscoe Underwood
Drainage of mines, William Melvin Weigel
Theses from 1902
Description of El Paso Consolidated Gold Mine, Edwin Thompson Perkins
Theses from 1901
Prospecting in Western Mexico, Theodore S. DeLay
Theses from 1900
A comparison of the fire and wet methods for lead, George Walter Dean
The Diente Mining District, Abraham L. Fernandez
Notes relative to the ores occurring at Mercur, Utah together with a general description of the metallurgical practices applied to them at DeLaMar's Mercur Mines, Daniel Cowan Jackling
Theses from 1898
The manufacture of Portland cement, Herman C. Cowen
Theses from 1897
A day in the estimating and designing room of a bridge contractor, Felix John Kersting
Theses from 1896
Mineral land survey, Claude D. Grove
Theses from 1894
Designing wire-rope tramways, George W. Herdman
Theses from 1893
Russell's lixiviation process for silver ores, Frank L. Tyrrell
Theses from 1892
A concrete culvert, Fayette Alexander Jones
