Background
Skinner, Lewis Bailey was born on July 8, 1874 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of John Calvin and Mary Jane (Bailey) Skinner.
Skinner, Lewis Bailey was born on July 8, 1874 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of John Calvin and Mary Jane (Bailey) Skinner.
Student Case School Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio Bachelor of Science, Colorado School of Mines, 1895.
Metallurgist Standard Smelting & Refining Company, Durango, Colorado, 1895-1896. Research chemist Anaconda (Montana) Copper Mining Company, 1896-1898. Superintendent chemically pure departments Western Chemical Manufacturing Company, Denver, 1898-1900.
Superintendent United States Reduction & Refining Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1900-1903.
General superintendent Portland Mill, Colorado Springs, 1903. Treasurer and general superintendent Western Chemical Manufacturing Company, 1903-1910, vice-president and general manager, 1910-1920, now president and director
Manager research department Midwest Refining Company, 1920-1921. Now consultant chemical and metallurgical engineer, Denver, Colorado Inventor Skinner roasting furnace, muriatic and salt cake furnace, reverberatory volatilization process for complex zinc ores, process and apparatus for treating phosphate rock.
Trustee Colorado School Mines, 1919-1923 (ex-president of the board).
Member American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Colorado Scientific Society (ex-president), American Chemical Society. Mason (32 degree, Knights Templar, Shriner). Clubs: Teknik, Denver Country, Denver Motor.
Married Olive Anne Webb, August 23, 1898.