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Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum

*Click on image for content.: MS.26 - Box 4 of 4; 0022:0002a-0010e [administration, c. 1940s]
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MS.26 - Box 4 of 4; 0022:0002a-0010e [administration, c. 1940s]

Name/Title

U. S. Bureau of Mines

Entry/Object ID

MS.26

Scope and Content

U. S. Bureau of Mines MS 26 U. S. Bureau of Mines The U. S. Bureau of Mines began operating an electrometallurgical pilot plant in Boulder City in 1936 as part of a government appropriation to investigate the industrial applications of Hoover Dam power. The plant was active until June 1, 1984 when it was closed after nearly 50 years. For a more detailed history of the Bureau of Mines plant in Boulder City, refer to "In the Beginning: A History of Boulder City, Nevada," by Dennis McBride [Boulder City, NV: Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum, 1992 (2nd edition),pp. 88-92]. MS 26 includes invoices and correspondence relative to construction of the Bureau of Mines' administration building in 1940-42; reports on the plant's Boulder City experiments, 1946-67; and mounted photographs which constitute part of photo collection 0022 [photo numbers 0001-0113]. * * *

Collection

Manuscripts

Category

Primary Level

Acquisition

Notes

999.45; 001.159

Archive Items Details

Notes

MS 26 U. S. Bureau of Mines inventory [4 boxes] Box 1 of 4 folder no. 1. "Administration - Office of the Supervisor" [c. 1940 (3 pp)] 2. Outline Specifications for a One Story Concrete Block Office and Laboratory Building ... [1940?] 3. Specifications for a One Story Office and Laboratory Building [A. L. Worswick, architect (December 1940)] [carbon] 4. Specifications for a One Story Office and Laboratory Building [A. L. Worswick, architect (December 1940)] [copy] 5. Office and Laboratory Building - construction: draft [?] contract no. Im-836 [c. October 1940] 6. Office and Laboratory Building - construction: correspondence [1941] 7. Office and Laboratory Building - construction: correspondence [1942] 8. Office and Laboratory Building - notes and drawings [c. 1941-42] 9. "Memorandum of Agreement ... covering the lease of land ... " [November 17, 1942 (12 pp with map)] 10. Building Layouts and Location Map [c. 1950s?] 11. Memoranda, re: purchase of portions of Bureau of Mines property by the City of Boulder City [1979 (3 pp)] Box 2 of 4 folder no. [Office and Laboratory Building - construction invoices] 1. nos. 1-2 [Nov. 26 - Dec. 13, 1940] 2. no. 3 [Dec. 14-19, 1940] 3. no. 4 [Dec. 27, 1940 - Jan. 2, 1941] 4. no. 5 [Jan. 3-9, 1941] 5. no. 6 [Jan. 10-16, 1941] 6. no. 7 [Nov. 29 - Dec. 31, 1940] 7. no. 8 [Jan. 24-30, 1941] 8. no. 9 [Jan. 31 - Feb. 6, 1941] 9. no. 10 [Feb. 7-13, 1941] 10. no. 11 [Feb. 14-20, 1941] 11. no. 12 [Feb. 21-27, 1941] 12. no. 13 [Feb. 28 - March 6, 1941] 13. no. 14 [March 7-13, 1941] 14. no. 15 [March 14-20, 1941] 15. no. 16 [March 21-27, 1941] 16. no. 17 [March 28 - April 3, 1941] 17. no. 18 [April 4-10, 1941] 18. no. 19 [April 11-17, 1941] 19. no. 20 [April 18-24, 1941] 20. no. 21 [April 25 - May 1, 1941] 21. no. 22 [May 2-8, 1941] 22. no. 23 [May 9-15, 1941] 23. no. 24 [May 16-22, 1941] 24. no. 25 [May 23-29, 1941] 25. no. 26 [May 30 - June 5, 1941] 26. no. 27 [June 6-12, 1941] 27. no. 28 [June 13-19, 1941] 28. no. 29 [June 20-26, 1941] 29. no. 30 [June 27 - July 3, 1941] 30. no. 31 [July 4-10, 1941] 31. no. 32 [July 11-17, 1941] 32. no. 33 [July 18-24, 1941] 33. no. 34 [July 25-31, 1941] 34. no. 35 [Aug. 1-7, 1941] 35. no. 36 [Aug. 8-14, 1941] 36. no. 37 [Aug. 15-21, 1941] 37. no. 38 [Aug. 22-28, 1941] 38. no. 39 [Aug. 29 - Sept. 4, 1941] 39. no. 40 [Sept. 5-11, 1941] 40. no. 41 [Sept. 12-18, 1941] 41. no. 42 [Sept. 19-25, 1941] 42. no. 43 [Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 1941] 43. no. 44 [Oct. 3-9, 1941] 44. no. 45 [Oct. 10-16, 1941] 45. no. 46 [Oct. 17-20 and Nov. 20, 1941] 46. no. 47 [Nov. 21-30, 1941] 47. no. 48 [Dec. 31, 1941] 48. no. 49 [May 15, 1942 (final)] 49. architect-engineer statement [Nov. 20, 1940 - April 25, 1941] 50. construction vouchers [list (1941-42)] Box 3 of 4 folder no. 1. "Caustic Leaching of Manganese Flotation Concentrate ... " [1957 (2 copies)] 2. "Chlorination of an Idaho Ilmenite" [1961] 3. "Concentration of Manganese Ores from Boulder Dam Recreational Area ... " [1948] 4. "Crystalline Titanium by Sodium Reduction … " [1966] 5. "Desilication of Caustic Leach Liquors ... " [1962] 6. "Electrodeposition of Aluminum ... " [1966] 7. "Electrolytic Process for Producing Ductile Vanadium" [1967] 8. "Electrorefining of Selected Titanium Ternary Alloys" [1962] 9. "Electrorefining Titanium ... " [1959] 10. "Extraction of Alumina ... " [1966] 11. "Fluidized-Bed Chlorination of Titaniferous Slags and Ores" [1963] 12. "General Conditions of Contract for Construction of Shelter Titanium Pilot Plant [c. 1950-51] 13. "Guide to the Exhibit ... " [1949?] 14. "History of the Electrometallurgical Experiment Station ... , 1935 - 1952" [carbon] 15. "History of the Electrometallurgical Experiment Station ..., 1935 - 1952" [copy] 16. "History of the Electrometallurgical Laboratory, Boulder City, Nevada, Fiscal Year 1940" [with photos] 17. "Magnesium Reduction of Rutile" [1965 (2 copies)] 18. "Molten Salt Electrorefining Vanadium Scrap" [1967] 19. "Operation of Electrolytic Manganese Pilot Plant [at] Boulder City, Nev." [1946] 20. "Pilot Plant Distillation ... Titanium Tetrachloride" [1947] 21. "Pilot-Plant Flotation of Manganese Ore ... " [1957] 22. "Pilot Plant Production of Magnesia from Sloan Dolomite" [1944] 23. "Preparation of High-Purity Molybdenum ... " [1966] 24. "Reaction of Coal in Argon ... " [1966] 25. "Semi-Pilot-Plant Investigation on Electrowinning Manganese ... " [1951] 26. "The Bureau of Mines at Boulder City, Nevada, July 1936 - September 1983" 27. "Titanium Plant at Boulder City, Nev.: Operating Costs" [1956 (copy)] 28. "U. S. Bureau of Mines Electrometallurgical Laboratory ... Description and History, 1955 - 1965" [carbon] 29. "U. S. Bureau of Mines Electrometallurgical Laboratory ... Description and History, 1955 - 1965" [copy] 30. "Recent Practice at the Bureau of Mines Boulder City, Nev., Titanium Plant" [1952] 31. "Investigation of the Fannie Ryan and Boulder City Manganese Deposits, Clark County, Nev." [1950] 32. "Titanium Plant at Boulder City, Nev.: Its Design and Operation" [1955] 33. "Utilization of Three Kids Manganese Ore in the Production of Electrolytic Manganese" [1945] 34. "Pilot Mill Concentration of Las Vegas Wash Manganese Ore, Boulder City, Nev." [1947] 35. "Investigation of Virgin River Manganese Deposit, Clark County, Nev." [1949] 36. "Concentration of Oxide Manganese Ores from the Artillery Peak Deposit, Mohave County, Arizona" [1947] Box 4 of 4 [mounted photographs (photo coll. 0022)] 1. 0022:0001-0002 [aerial photos of Boulder City, c. 1950s] 2. 0022:0002a-0010e [administration, c. 1940s] 3. 0022:0011-0027f [service and maintenance, 1940s] 4. 0022:0028-0043c [chromium production, c. 1942-46] 5. 0022:0044 [dolomite leach tanks, 1942] 6. 0022: 0044a-0044e [alumina operations, [1940s] 7. 0022:0044f-0053d [magnesium production, 1942-44] 8. 0022:0054-0082 [manganese production, 1940s] 9. 0022:0082a-0085 [pyromet operations, 1943-48] 10. 0022:0086-0100 [sponge iron production, 1942-44] 11. 0022:0100a-0113 [titanium research, 1940s] * * *

Location

Location

Rolling Rack #2

Research Room

Date

March 10, 2025

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Worswick, A. L.

Person or Organization

Webb, Paul S. "Jim"

Related Entries

Notes

subject file [U. S. Bureau of Mines - Boulder City] subject file [Mines and Mining - Three Kids Mine] photograph collection no. 0022 [U. S. Bureau of Mines Collection]

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Create Date

July 18, 2002

Updated By

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Update Date

November 5, 2025