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Determination Of Critical Point Of Concentrating Tables On Arizona Copper Ore, J. C. Finagin Jr., W. C. Hogoboom

Professional Degree Theses

"In the concentration of an ore by means of concentrating tables, there is a critical point in sizing beyond which the valuable minerals can not be recovered. Theoretically, the lighter gangue is washed over the side of' the table and the heavier mineral, regardless of size, is recoverable at the end, these concentrates being graded from coarse to fine sizes up the slope of the table. In practice, however, the finer sizes of concentrates are found mixed with the middlings and tailings, as indicated by the arrows on the diagram of the concentrating table shown below. The problem is to …

Electrolysis Of Neutral Solutions Of Znso₄, Knud Fabricius Hansen

Professional Degree Theses

"The purpose of the following experiments was to obtain informations concerning the character of the deposits, the efficiencey [sic], et al. in the electrolysis of neutral solutions of ZnSo₄"--Purpose, page 1.

Mill Test And Conclusion Leading To The Design Of An Addition To Florida Pebble Phosphate Concentrator, Norman L. Ohnsorg

Professional Degree Theses

"The fact that 30% to 50% of the phosphate mined in this district is lost as tailing due to an inadequate method of concentration has caused no small concern and many attempts have been to develop a method, of economic value, for saving the phosphate lost"--Existing Conditions of Milling, Page 1.

A Wet Process For The Extraction Of Mercury, Robert Glenn Sickly

Professional Degree Theses

"In this paper it will be the aim of the writer to deal as exclusively as possible with the Mercury Extraction Process as applied at the High-Grade Plant of the Buffalo Mines, Limited, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. it will be necessary at times to refer to the treatment of the ore for the extraction of silver"--Introduction, page 2.

Study Of The Monthly Extraction Record And Curve Of A Modern Mexican Cyanide Plant, George William Harris

Professional Degree Theses

"This data is taken from the records of the mill and cyanide plant belonging to Compania de Minas La Blanca y Anexas, S.A., Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico; of which the writer has been in charge during the four years it has been in operation. The plant may be termed a "silver plant" as the silver values predominate, the ratio being about 200 grams of silver to 1 gram of gold"--Introduction, page 1.

The Thermal Conductivity Of Refractories, Boyd Dudley Jr.

Professional Degree Theses

"The usefulness of correct data in regard to the thermal conductivity of refractories and other materials used in the construction of metallurgical and industrial furnaces is quite generally recognized. Numerous investigations of this property of refractories have been conducted, and in many cases the published data of different investigators are somewhat conflicting. This is particularly true of figures pertaining to materials intended for use at high temperatures, and it is with such materials that the metallurgist is mot interested. The difficulties in the way of precise determinations of thermal conductivities at elevated temperatures are numerous, and it is not particularly …

Depreciation, Reginald Henry Brinton Butler

Professional Degree Theses

"In estimating and stating working costs, we are often brought face to face with an important item of expense, for which no receipt is ever given and no invoice is ever rendered, viz: DEPRECIATION. For this reason perhaps the different ways of charging this liability are innumerable. No two people often have their minds cast into similar moulds and in the charging of this item, the human and personal factor enters very largely into consideration. People differ widely as to just what part of the capital must be laid aside to meet "changing conditions in trade" and what ought to …

A Study To Determine The Best Method Of Treatment For A Certain Gold-Silver Ore, Deane Dwight Harris, Duane Montgomery Kline

Professional Degree Theses

"The purpose of this thesis is to find a suitable method for extracting the gold and the silver from an amalgamation tailing"--Purpose, page 1.

The Effect Of Steam As A Combustion Retarding Agent In The Gasification Of Crude Oil By Partial Combustion, Harry Adam Grine

Professional Degree Theses

"Investigations of the effect of steam used as a combustion retarding agent to prevent the formation of free carbon, or lamp black by-product in the gasification of crude oil by partial combustion to make producer gas"--page ii.

Metallurgical Operations Of Pyritic Smelting As Carried On At Ducktown, Tennessee, Byron John Snyder

Professional Degree Theses

"The Practice of Pyritic Smelting is a comparatively new method. It has made possible the extraction of metals from very low grade ores economically. In fact, the direct smelting of sulphide ores of any sort is a very modern metallurgy. This method is extensively used in the United States and British Columbia and will prove to be very valuable in the future development of other regions. Pyritic smelting may be considered as the oxidizing smelting of pyritic ores in a blast furnace with the view to producing matte which collects the values. A short discussion of copper smelting in general, …

Laboratory Methods For Copper-Nickel Ores, Walter Irving Phillips

Professional Degree Theses

"The Sudbury nickel field, situated in the Province of Ontario, Canada, near the northern shore of Lake Huron, was practically discovered when building the Canadian Pacific Railway. The method of deposit is unusual in that it is not a vein filling but a true igneous deposition. The magma carried besides rock making constituents three principle sulphides, viz. - those of iron as pyrrhotite; of copper as chalcopyrite; and of nickel as pentlandite. These three sulphides, being heavier than the rock matter, and, favored by the slow rate of cooling of the magma, had sufficient time to settle into the lowest …

The Design And Installation Of An Apparatus For Dehydrating The Air Which Is Used In The Blast Furnaces Of The Hanyang Iron And Steel Works And Other Suggested Improvements, Hanyang, Hupei, China, Andrew Jackson Seltzer

Professional Degree Theses

"The Hanyang Iron and Steel Works is located in the city of Hanyang, Hupei Province, inland on the mighty Yangste Kiang, a distance of one thousand seventy-five kilometers from Shanghai. The Works is at the junction of the Yangste and Han Rivers and covers several acres. The Works was established by the Viceroy Tchan and was to have been located at Shanghai, but His Excellency, the Viceroy, was transferred to Wuchang, so he decided to locate the Works in Hanyang - just on the opposite bank of the Yangste, from Wuchang ... The Works originally consisted of two blast furnaces …

The Composition And Analysis Of Zinc-Lead Pigment, Evans Walker Buskett

Professional Degree Theses

"Zinc is present as oxide and sulphate. There are also probably zinc and lead sulphites. It has been suggested that there may be carbonates in this pigment, but this is not probable as the high temperature of the furnace, the complete combustion of the fuel to CO2 and the large excess of SO2 gas in the bagroom would tend to prevent their formation. There is also a chemical combination between the zinc oxide and the lead oxide which is probably a zinc plumbate. Some light can be thrown on the subject by the following experiments:"--page 1.

The Manufacture Of Coal Gas In St. Louis, Albert Dyke Wilson

Professional Degree Theses

"Coal gas is made by heating Bituminous Coal in closed fire-clay retorts, for four or five hours, at a bright red heat. An exhauster pulls the gas from the retort as fast as it is generated in order to prevent, as much as possible, the breaking up of the hydrocarbons into carbon and hydrogen by the hot molls of the retort"--page 2.

Russell's Lixiviation Process For Silver Ores, Frank L. Tyrrell

Professional Degree Theses

"It has long been known that there are many ores worked in which a large per cent of silver and gold are continually lost, either in tailings or slimes. As far back as 1848 Dr. Percy suggested the extraction of silver from argentiferous ores, by its conversion into the chloride. The chloride was treated with sodium hyposulphite"--Russell's Process, page 1.

Problem For Examination In Metallurgy, Herman H. Schwarz

Professional Degree Theses

"It is required to furnish plans, specifications and estimate for a Flintshire furnace, capable of smelting 2100 pounds of good galena, per shift of 8 hours. Give two drawings showing elevation and plan, drawn to a scale of 1/2 inch to the foot.

Fire brick, red brick and iron to be shown in colors. Estimates must cover both iron and brick work"--Problem to be Solved, page 2.

Ore Of Certain Composition, Walter W. Wishon

Professional Degree Theses

The metallurgic treatment of an ore having the following composition:
SiO₂ 20.10
PbS 9.90
ZnS 40.25
CuS 19.75
Sb₂S₃ 4.95
Ag₂S 3.10 or 787.48 oz per ton
Undeter. 1.95
100.00

To obtain the Silver by the Chlorination and Amalgamation process. The discussion of the subject consists of the following sections:
1st Preparation of the Ore
2nd Roasting
3rd Amalgamation
4th Retorting
5th Fusion in the Bars

Treatment Of Gold And Silver Ores As Found In The Comstock Lode, Lee R. Grabill

Professional Degree Theses

"Statement of Problem: Metallurgy of Gold, etc.

Required, description of process and machinery used in the extraction of Gold and Silver from earthy and siliceous ores as found in California, the ores being represented by the following- SiO₂, 91.44; (Zn,Pb)+Cu₂S, 1.38; Al₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, etc. 6.39; Au, .0017, Ag₂S .12, Variable in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class ores.

1° - The methods, etc. employed in treating 1st class ores, -such as exceed in value $150 per ton.

2° - Methods, etc. in treating 2nd class ores, such …

Silver Amalgamation, James A. Pack

Professional Degree Theses

"The process of amalgamation is one of the oldest known methods of extracting silver from its ores. The process arose from the finding of rich silver ores in districts where little or no fuel existed.

This method of silver extraction has been known and used for over three hundred years; but the method of pan amalgamation which came into use much later and has been so fully developed under American management is the one which we will here consider.

The process of pan amalgamation is peculiarly adapted to certain mining districts of the western territory of the United States"--page 2.

Project For The Treatment Of An Iron Ore, James A. Pack

Professional Degree Theses

"So great is the degree of perfection that marks the various processes of iron production that it seems almost useless to essay to further study a subject which has received the best thoughts and lifetime labors of the greatest metallurgists of all ages. Yet as we believe that there are still isolated cases whose various conditions have not received that consideration necessary to the most economical production of the pug; and believing that a most perfect knowledge of these conditions is essential to the final perfection of the metallurgy; and knowing further that a wide extended interchange of experience and …