Rock Poker to Pay Dirt: The History of Alaska's School of Mines and Its Successors

by Noyes, Leslie M.; Beistline, Emeritus Earl H.; Wolff, Ernest N., Ph.D.; Beistline, Earl Hoover

• ISBN13: 9781883309046
• ISBN10: 1883309042
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Alaska Pr

Table of Contents

Reflections and Impressions	xii
Foreword	xvii
Introduction: Why a History of Alaska's School of Mines?	1	(7)
The History of Mining in Alaska	8	(29)
The College's First Year	37	(8)
The First Students	45	(7)
The First Year at the School of Mines	52	(10)
The Model Mine and the Corn Cob Club	62	(9)
The College and Fairbanks Grow	71	(7)
Student Field Work	78	(3)
The Mid-1920s---Golden Years of Growth and Graduates	81	(12)
Progress by Motorcar	93	(12)
1928---A Mining Boom and Prospects for Oil	105	(8)
Technological Advances and the Roaring Twenties	113	(5)
First Woman Graduates from the School of Mines	118	(8)
Mining Fossils	126	(5)
The Great Depression	131	(6)
Natural Resource Development Tempers Depression in Alaska	137	(9)
A Depression Success Story	146	(5)
World Advances	151	(5)
Social Teas and Encounters with ``Studentus Horribilis''	156	(7)
A University and a Mining Extension Program	163	(9)
Prelude to War	172	(7)
War	179	(7)
Post-war Years	186	(11)
The Brooks Building	197	(8)
Patty Returns to the University	205	(10)
The School of Mines Bolsters a Suffering Industry	215	(12)
Mining School Gains and Losses	227	(8)
Geochemistry Comes of Age	235	(4)
Campus Volcanos	239	(8)
The Heart of the School of Mines	247	(12)
Statehood	259	(9)
Sputnik, the 1960s, and the School of Mines	268	(11)
A Transition Student	279	(5)
Winds of Change	284	(8)
The Permafrost Tunnel	292	(7)
Bureau of Indian Affairs Mineral Technology Program	299	(5)
The University Tackles High Faculty Turnover	304	(5)
The 1967 Flood	309	(6)
The Geography Department	315	(7)
The Pacific Rim	322	(4)
Geology and Geological Research Advances	326	(14)
The Mineral Industry Research Laboratory	340	(23)
The O'Neill Building	363	(8)
The 1970s: Expectations for a Decade of Growth	371	(10)
Mining School Students to Match the 1970s	381	(6)
The Mining School Changes Again	387	(6)
A Transition Student's View	393	(5)
The Cosmic Oyster Crew	398	(9)
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act	407	(17)
Miners to the Rescue	424	(12)
School of Mineral Industry Awards	436	(6)
The Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute	442	(4)
The Stampede Mine	446	(6)
Alaska's Coal Industry	452	(12)
Black Gold-The Petroleum Engineering Program	464	(14)
The School of Mineral Industry Advisory Committee	478	(10)
A Lasting Legacy	488	(3)
Pay Dirt: The Legacy of ``Patty's Boys''	491	(19)
Epilogue: The School of Mineral Engineering, Alaska's Minerals, and the Future	510	(5)
Afterword: The School of Mineral Engineering at Present	515	(5)
Appendices	520	(143)
A. Timeline	521	(23)
B. Scholarships	544	(2)
C. Deans of the School of Mines and its Successors	546	(2)
D. Faculty of the School of Mines and Its Successors	548	(16)
E. Graduates of the School of Mines and its Successors, by Name	564	(19)
F. Graduates of the School of Mines and its Successors, by Year	583	(20)
G. Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients	603	(8)
H. Distinguished Service Award Recipients	611	(10)
I. Departments and Degrees Offered at the School of Mines and its Successors	621	(31)
J. Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Publication Listing	652	(11)
Notes	663	(16)
Selected Bibliography	679	(16)
Index	695