Guide to the John Flesher Newsom Papers, 1909-1938 (inclusive)1920-1926 (bulk)
Guide to the John Flesher Newsom Papers, 1909-1938 (inclusive)1920-1926 (bulk)
Collection number: M0747
Department of Special Collections and University ArchivesStanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
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- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- 1991
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Report on placer gravels, Fairbanks district, Alaska, 1909 - Parts I - IV1909
Report on placer gravels, Fairbanks district, Alaska, 1909 - Part V Appendix1909
Report on placer gravels, Fairbanks district, Alaska, 1909 - Maps (plates I, II, III)1909
Report on placer gravels, Fairbanks district, Alaska, 1909 - Maps (plates IV, V, VI)1909
Report on placer gravels, Fairbanks district, Alaska, 1909 - Maps (plates VII, VIII)1909
Field notebook, J.F. Newsom, 1915
Scope and Content Note
Kampar sizing data - Data on screening tests of ores and sands from various parts of the Malay States. Jan. 29, 1920
Data on sizing tests at Kuala Lumpur - Data on displacements and sizes of ore, clay and sands from the Malayan region. Also curves giving the results of screen tests.Feb. 10, 1921
Data on sizes and character of bank material and dredge tails on a representative property. Also on character of tin lost and on losses in Dulong Washing.
Hindered settling ratios - Table taken from Denver Engineering Works Company.1909
Free settling rates - Curves
Screen tests on tin ore
Comparison between Yukon Gold Screen and I.M.& M. Screens - Two letters and several tables.Feb. 4, 1923
Classifier computations - 64 pages of computations for designing classifiers and curves setting forth the results of the computations based on actual screen analyses of ore and sands.1923
United Engineers Dredge Construction Program - An extract from the report of the United Engineers from "The Times of Malaya."Oct. 19, 1925
Neill jig experiments - Letter and table from the Union Construction Company giving results or tests on Neill jigs.1921
Value data - Charts and tables for calculating the value in the ground of tin ore with varying amounts of tin per cubic yards and varying prices for the productAug. 18, 1921
Dredge costs and weight - Rough estimate of the cost and weight of dredges and the crew required1921
General principles - A statement of the problems to be met, the experiments necessary to meet them and the general method of procedure to followJune 25, 1922
Spitz-kasten compared with double current classifier and results - A table giving comparisons of loss in jigs tailings when working a product from a Spitz-kasten classifier as compared with the double current classifier1922
Photographs of Yukon Gold Co. dredge M-4 - Photographs of the general arrangement and the jig floor during construction1923
Tin dredging compared with gold dredging - A statementMarch 29, 1923
Preliminary instructions to jig operators - A statement of general principles and detailed instructions for operation of jigs and classifierApril 10, 1923
Jig strokes and speeds - A letter to A.J. Kelman enclosing tables showing length and speed of stroke on the Kampar and Ampang dredgesFeb. 29, 1923
Comparison between tables and jigs - An engineering cost analysisOct. 26, 1923
Power requirements - Power required for 7-1/2 ft. dredge1923
Cost data - Estimates of costs of jigs and classifiers compared with costs of sluices1923
Capacity test - Letter setting forth conditions and results of capacity tests on classifier-jig systemNov. 25, 1923
Hutch water - A statement of general principles after talking with A.W. Farhenwald by J.B.NJuly 16, 1926
Jig feed - The ideal to be aimed for. A general statement after talking with A.W. FahrenwaldJuly 16, 1926
Results of capacity test - A letter giving details of testNov. 23, 1923
Capacity, cost, and weights of classifiers and jigs - Letters and detailed statement1923
Dimensions, launder slopes, etcDec. 12, 1923
Cost and profit estimatesJan. 1, 1924
General statement submitted to United Engineers - A general statement setting out the principal advantages of the classifier-jig systemFeb. 29, 1924
Comparison of results - A series of tables giving financial comparisons between classifier-jig dredges and sluice dredgesJan. 15, 1924
Construction of Cooley jig - working drawings for a steel jig.
Letters to Malayan tin enclosing drawings - General letters specific about sluice gradesFeb. 11, 1924
Photographs of samples - 12 photographs illustrating graphically the results to be expected from jigs working on a classified product1924
Sketch of packed jig bed - A sketch illustrating the losses in a jig bed which has been allowed to pack and setting forth the methods of keeping the bed freeAug. 6, 1926
Conditions of testNov. 25. 1923
List of documents taken to Singapore by J.B. NewsomAug. 14, 1926
Photos
Assorted charts, tables, graphs
J.F. Newsom - Memos regarding Kuala-Lumpur mining1921-22
Articles1923, 1938
Album of photographs of mining operations, possibly in Malaya
Published article on tin, with some photographs taken by J.B. Newsom
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