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 Armstrong formed a mining syndicate among his military friends with himself as managing director and the purpose of drill test holes at Russell Creek. His mining activities between 1920 and 1926 are extensively described in his diaries.((H.S. Bostock, "A History of Russell Creek, Yukon Territory. Taken from diaries, books and writings of Lt. Col. N.A.D. Armstrong."  Yukon Archives, H.S. Bostock Collection MSS 001 #82/35.)) In 1925, water pipes and two monitors were put in at Russell Creek, ready for mining in 1926. A Whitehorse newspaper reported that $100,000 was spent on the property by a dozen Victoria investors.((//Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse, 14 May 1926.))\\
 In 1926, Armstrong decided to turn his back on the Russell Creek area due to heavy rocks, shortage of labour, and no gold. In his books, Armstrong mentions being back at Russell in 1929. The Russell Creek cabins remained untouched for some years after 1926, were later ransacked, and one by one their roofs collapsed. The old steam drill and steel hydraulic pipe are reported to be still in place. Mount Armstrong, named for Neville Armstrong is the highest peak in the Russell Range at 7083 feet.((H.S. Bostock, "A History of Russell Creek, Yukon Territory. Taken from diaries, books and writings of Lt. Col. N.A.D. Armstrong."  Yukon Archives, H.S. Bostock Collection MSS 001 #82/35.)) Neville Armstrong is listed in the Yukon Prospectors Association Hall of Fame.
+Neville Armstrong's writing includes: “Klondike Memories” (//The Beaver,// March 1951),
+//After Big Game in the Upper Yukon.// (London: John Lang, 1937), and //Yukon Yesterdays: Thirty Years of Adventure in the Klondike.// (London: John Lang, 1936).