Mines Experiment Station records, 1912-1976.

Wade, Henry H., 1894-1992

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Henry Hopkins Wade was born on 13 June 1894 in Hopkins, Minnesota. He earned his engineer of mines degree from the University of Minnesota in 1915. Upon completing his degree, Wade became a metallurgist at the Mines Experiment Station (1915-1948). He became assistant director of the station in 1948 and director in 1951. He remained in this position until his retirement from the University of Minnesota in 1962. Wade was known as an authority on iron ore beneficiation and taconite processing and d...

Davis, Edward W. (Edward Wilson), 1888-1973

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E. W. Davis was a member of the University of Minnesota faculty (1912-1955), and a Superintendent (1918-1938) and Director (1938-1951) of the Mines Experiment Station of the University. From the description of E. W. Davis papers, 1924-1954. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63301024 Edward Wilson Davis, B.A. (1911), Electrical Engineering degree (1918), Purdue University. Joined the staff of the school of mines (1912) at the University of Minnesota;...

University of Minnesota. Mineral Resources Research Center

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University of Minnesota. School of Mines

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University of Minnesota. Mines Experiment Station

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The Mines Experiment Station was established by the Minnesota Legislature in 1911 to promote the development and conservation of the mineral resources of the state. A grant of $10,000 was given to the University of Minnesota to set up and administer a program to give assistance to miners, patterned after the agricultural experiment stations established to assist Minnesota farmers. In 1916, the University and the United States Bureau of Mines began a cooperative agreement in which the federal bur...