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How South-West Wisconsin Tailing Piles Can Be Worked At A Profit, Gerald Henry Pett

Professional Degree Theses

"It was not until the Flotation Process was introduced in this S.W. Wisconsin zinc district that the writer was convinced that some of the tailing piles here could be worked at a profit. In 1928, the Badger Zinc Company built a 120 ton Flotation Plant about two miles north-east of Linden. It was after the second visit to the plant that the writer learned the above company was making a profit of a 5% zinc ore with very little lead and with a low market price for the finished product, namely $30.00 per ton for a 60% zinc concentrate...the body …

Sinking And Equipping Inclined Shafts Of More Than 60 Degree Dip, Wilford Stillman Wright

Professional Degree Theses

"The advisability of putting down an inclined shaft in preference to the vertical type should be carefully considered before a definite choice is made. One, of course, presupposes the existence of a dipping ore body that is to be prospected or developed for subsequent mining. Unless a vein has been previously developed there is no certainty that it maintains the same degree of pitch for any great distance below surfaces. If straight, the proposed inclined shaft may depart considerably from the downward course of the vein with the result, that, at least some of the anticipated advantages of the shaft …

Superstructure Costs Of Short Span Self-Anchored Suspension Bridges, David J. Peery

Professional Degree Theses

"Complete designs and estimates for three self-anchored highway suspension bridges are made in this paper. The span lengths investigated are commonly considered to be shorter than the economic limit for suspension bridges. Simple truss and cantilever bridges are usually considered the most economic types for these span lengths"--Synopsis, page 1.

Hydrography Of The Larger Springs Of The Ozark Region Of Missouri, Warwick Lewis Doll

Professional Degree Theses

"This thesis is based upon a study of the larger springs of the Ozark Region of Missouri and is designed to answer many requests for information about the large springs.

Special studies were made to determine the probable location and approximate area of the drainage areas of the large springs (previous writers have referred to the drainage areas as being “very large" or "enormous", apparently, without any very definite idea as to the extent or the drainage areas). The average run-off per square mile from the assumed drainage area, herein called the "spring factor", was determined for the largest springs. …

An Approach To County Planning - Miller County, Frederick William Hurd

Professional Degree Theses

"The purpose of this report is to present and discuss a proposed eight year state and county highway program as applicable to Miller County. Local needs for transportation service may be most readily and efficiently administered to on the county basis. The highway requirements of the state are now largely for local service roads and it is evident that a fair and just method of allocating this service must provide for the physical characteristics, economical status and local peculiarities of the area involved. We may therefore justly assume that the counties, the smallest political subdivisions in the state having direct …

Conveyor Mining In The Thin Vein Coal Fields At Excelsior, Arkansas, Bernard Degen Boyd

Professional Degree Theses

"From the results obtained after a year and a half of operation using the long face system of conveyor mining in our thin seam of coal, four decided advantages over the old system of room and pillar work with wide rooms have been proven: 1. Operations are concentrated in small sections, thereby permitting larger tonnages to be loaded. 2. One hundred per cent extraction of the vein is obtained (with the exception of main slope pillars) which prolongs the life of the mine. 3. The ventilation of this gaseous vein is simplified. 4. Production costs are reduced"--page 15.

Mercury In The Terlingua District Of Texas, William Woodhouse Kay

Professional Degree Theses

"Material for this paper was assembled during 1936 when the author, with an associate, studied the Terlingua District and did some actual prospecting and mining in various parts of this district. This paper endeavors to describe mercury mining in the Terlingua District of Texas generally. No attempt is made to treat any of the various aspects of this industry too technically as this is not the purpose of this paper"--Introduction, page iii.

A Comparison Of Methods For The Determination Of Iron In Clays And Related Ceramic Materials, Hoyt Gillum Thompson

Masters Theses

"Iron is always present in clay and ceramic products. This element has a definite effect upon the properties of substances containing it, hence it is important for the ceramist to know the exact amount of this element present in a ceramic material. Many methods have been devised for the precise determination of iron, both in large and small amounts. Of the many methods used, the American Society for Testing Materials has listed only two for the examination of clays, refractories, and similar material...However the amounts of iron for which these methods are most suitable are not given. Nor does the …

The Sorption Of Metallic Ions By Wood Pulp During Purification, Harold Edgar Boyd

Masters Theses

"The cost of producing cellulose acetate, and the difficulties attending its dissolving, plasticizing, and application to specific uses are problems which must be investigated before the ultimate commercial development of the material can be realized. The price of the cellulose used as raw material for acetylation is one of the primary factors influencing the cost of the finished product. At present, cotton linters constitutes the chief practical souce [sic] of acetate, being almost pure alpha-cellulose, and cheaper than staple cotton, our other source of high alpha-cellulose, Wood pulp is the only other material offering promise as a substitute for cotton, …

Laboratory Concentration Of A Lead-Zinc-Fluorspar Ore From Southern Illinois, Shiou-Chuan Sun

Masters Theses

"The purpose of this investigation was to ascertain the feasibility of preparing marketable products from a rather complex sulphide-fluorspar ore"--Object, page 2. "The ore was examined exhaustively by chemical, microscopic, and mineralogical methods of analysis. After a thorough knowledge of the physical characteristics of the ore had been obtained, flotation concentration tests were made to separate the sulfide minerals from the fluorspar and to attempt to prepare lead-zinc and fluorspar concentrates of marketable grade"--Scope of Work Done, page 2.

Development And Operation Of The Universal Coal Mine, Clinton, Indiana, Horace Herbert Clark

Professional Degree Theses

No abstract provided.

Line And Grade Control Of The Subaqueous Midtown Hudson Tunnel, Lauren Preston Tuttle

Professional Degree Theses

"The entire system unifies all Preliminary Survey, Construction Control, and Independent Traverse work; bringing them under one common balanced system; thus, their precise relation is definitely established regardless of which side of the Hudson River the unit occurs. The establishing of a complete system is a subject within itself, and as this paper deals with the method of obtaining and carrying to completion the method of control for the river section of the tunnel, we shall limit our reference to the Triangulation system to the River Quadrangle"--Triangulation System. General, page 1.

Highway Bridges, Design And Cost, John Edward Kirkham

Professional Degree Theses

"Specifications for highway bridges have been modified considerably during the past 15 years. The principal modifications have been the result of the continuous development of motor traffic. The principal changes made have been with reference to live load, impact, and allowable unit stresses. The live load has been changed to conform with the increased weight of modern motor traffic; impact has been included to provide for the effect of heavy fast-moving trucks; and the change in unit stresses has resulted by agreement of engineers. The following specifications, which will be used herein, are practically excerpts from "Specifications for Highway Bridges," …

Manufacture And Application Of Rubber Belting, Lynn Harbison

Professional Degree Theses

"Rubber belting is one of the major products manufactured by the rubber companies and a wide variety of applications is found among many industries. These applications require belts which will meet the needs of the purchasing party both from a cost and a maintenance viewpoint. Belts are installed and operated for two basic purposes, namely, transmission of power and conveyance of level...Transmission and conveyor belting are fundamentally the same for one important factor; this factor is power transmission. Other data are necessary to make and select a belt of the proper type, construction and size. The subject of rubber being …

Design And Construction Of Ponds And Small Reservoirs, Harry Franklin Bossert

Professional Degree Theses

"In presenting this paper, "The Construction of Ponds and Small Reservoirs", the writer wishes to call attention to a report by the National Resources Committee entitled "Little Waters : A Study of Headwater Streams and Other Little Waters: Their Use and Relation to the Land"--Introduction, page 5.

The Express Highway Through The City Of St. Louis, Fulton Hord Campbell

Professional Degree Theses

"Among the many important highway construction projects undertaken in Missouri, the Express Highway through the City of St. Louis ranks among the first both because of the coast and difficulties involved, and because of the improvement in traffic conditions which it provided. This highway enters the city at the southwest corner of Forest Park, which is the junction of Skinker Road and Oakland Avenue. The accompanying map will give an idea of the location of the highway from this point to its end, a distance of approximately two and ninety-six one hundredths miles. The most noteworthy feature is that there …

The Development Of A New Process For The Manufacture Of Insulating Refractories, Miles E. Tyrrell

Bachelors Theses

"In as much as the grinding of insulating brick to size after the firing operation is one of the most important and at the same time one of the most expensive operations involved in their manufacture, it was felt that the development of a method for manufacture of insulating brick which would do away with the necessity of grinding after firing would be a very worth while project. With this object in mind it was decided that the logical method would be to incorporate the pore structure in the mix while green and at the same time to add some …

A Comparison Of Silicates Of Sodium And Potassium As The Bonding Agent In Cold-Set Refractory Cements, Kenneth Frederick Sheckler

Bachelors Theses

"The insistent demand for higher grade refractories has resulted in the manufacture of a product which will withstand higher temperatures, have greater slag resistance, greater resistance to spalling action and deformation under load. These better grades of refractory materials have been developed as the result of extensive research on the part of the manufacturers. In order that these higher quality refractories may be employed with the best results, it is necessary that they be set with a refractory cement which also possesses these desirable properties. The commercial refractory cements may be divided into two classes according to their method of …

The Development Of Spinels In Two Component Coloring Oxide Systems And Their Applications As Underglaze And Overglaze Colors, Michael Edward Green

Bachelors Theses

"For many years the fact has been known that when two or more of the coloring oxides are intimately mixed together and fired, there is a reaction between the components of the mixture. Little is known of these reactions - whether they are chemical, physical or mineralogical changes in the nature of the substances. The purpose of this investigation has been to ascertain the true nature of these reactions and the effect of the changes in the two components making up the system, upon their uses as underglaze and overglaze colors as applied in the ceramic industry"--Introduction, page 1.

A Study Of The Influences Of Flooding And Hydrolysis On Decomposition Of Complex Silicates, Aggregation, And Fertility In The Coastal Prairie Soils., John Fielding Reed

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Pyrochemical Changes In Missouri Halloysite, Frank Joseph Zvanut

Doctoral Dissertations

"For centuries it has been known that the application of heat to a clay or a clay body produces changes that make it an entirely different substance from the original raw clay. Ever since the earliest civilizations produced crude building brick by baking formed clay bodies in the sun's rays, mankind has been speculating on the nature of the changes that convert soft, friable, plastic clays into hard, strong, non-plastic, rock-like masses. It has been only within the last two decades, however, that progress has been made in the solution of problems dealing with the resultant products in fired clay …

Small Scale Mining Possibilities In Southeast Missouri, William Walbridge Weigel

Professional Degree Theses

"The disseminated lead ore bodies of St. Francois County in southeast Missouri are known for their enormous size and even grade over large areas. Several of these ore bodies are over a mile long by a quarter mile wide. They have been worked on a commensurate scale. The smallest mill in the district, at Bonne Terre, now treats 2,500 tons daily capacity. Each of these mills is supplied by a single ore hoisting shaft. The disseminated ore district of St. Francois County is bounded by the Big River-Bonne Terre fault on the north and west, by the Simms Mountain fault …

A Treatise On The Use Of Insulating Refractory Brick In Malleable Annealing Ovens, James Joseph Offutt

Professional Degree Theses

"At frequent intervals, there is developed in the refractory field some product which serves to keep this branch of industry in line in the fast moving modern era. The advent of such materials as high temperature mortars and high alumina, super refractories provided a definite mark of progress. One of the most recent and far reaching developments was made possible by the perfection of light weight, insulating fire brick. This product filled a gap which had long been an aching void to all who had made a careful study of furnaces in an effort to obtain higher efficiency. Formerly, it …

The Problems Of The Silver Dyke Mine, Dale Irwin Hayes

Professional Degree Theses

"In a newly conceived mining enterprise serious operating problems may remain concealed until encountered in the actual early operating period of the property. The major problems of the Silver Dyke Mine were of this nature. This mine is the property of the Silver Dyke Mining company, a subsidiary of the American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company. It is situated about five miles from Neihart, Montana. A three-and-one-half-mile trucking road connects the mine with a railway siding. The property is in the Little Belt Mountains, at an elevation of about seven thousand feet. The climate is severe, the winters long, and …

Roofing Granules, Morris Harold Grober

Bachelors Theses

"An abundant amount of chats and clays of various kinds is available in Missouri. In the mining districts of south-eastern and south-western Missouri enormous piles of gang known as chats have accumulated. The mining companies desire to rid themselves of this accumulation and would dispose of the chats at a very low price. In northern Missouri and in the diaspore district of central Missouri suitable clays could be found which may be had for a small royalty, mining and transportation costs. Some of the requirements for roofing granules are that they have (1) a size limited by 10 and 30 …

The Use Of Phosphoric Acid As A Pickling Reagent For Enamels, Alan John Hoener

Bachelors Theses

"A review of the available literature reveals that no one has used phosphoric acid for pickling sheet steel for enameling purposes. Articles have been published indicating the corrosive action of phosphoric acid, but these investigations were carried out in an attempt to find an alloy that would resist the corrosive action of the acid"--Introduction, page 1.

Drilling For Placer Deposits Of Gold And Platinum In The Jungles Of Colombia, Theodore Owen Seiberling

Professional Degree Theses

"In the following report I have made no attempt to "white-wash" or to exaggerate conditions as I found them in the Choco. In plain language I have endeavored to give the reader a picture of the obstacles met, and overcome by the engineer in his search for placer deposits of gold and platinum with the prospect drill in the jungle"--Foreword, page 1.

The Effect Of Ammonium Carbonate And Aluminum Chloride On The Porosity Of Refractory Material, William Gail Twyman

Bachelors Theses

"At the present time there are many insulating materials on the market. The temperatures at which these may be utilized vary from the lower temperature range of 100 degrees C, to a high temperature range of 2800 degrees C. Those insulating materials falling in the class of low temperature insulators have very little usage in commercial manufacturing processes therefore they will not be discussed in this paper. Materials that have a range from 600 degrees C to 2800 degrees C are of vital importance to the manufacturing processes. It is this type of material which we will endeavor to discuss …

The Suitability Of An Electric Glo-Bar Furnace For The Hot Load Test On Refractories, Paul Curtis Branstetter

Bachelors Theses

"This investigation was carried out to determine, if possible, the suitability of the Glo-Bar furnace for the hot load test by comparing results obtained with the standard furnace with those obtained on the Glo-Bar furnace on different brands of refractories"--Scope of Investigation, page 2.

The Use Of Fluorspar As A Flux Ingredient In Ceramic Bodies, Edward Henry Frauenfelder

Bachelors Theses

"The term "flux" is a relative one and does not refer to any particular class of substances. A flux is any material which will lower the softening, fusion, or liquifying sic temperature of another Bases act as fluxes to siliceous substances while in basic compositions like Portland cement, silica is a flux. Feldspar is a flux for white ware mixtures, and is regarded as a refractory in the low temperature enamels. Although fluorspar is used in considerable quantities in many divisions of the ceramic industry, namely: the glassware division, the enamels division, and in the manufacture of cement, its use …