Mining Engineering Commons^™

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 …

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.

A Study In The Production Of Calendered Linoleum, Harry Simanton Pence

Professional Degree Theses

"The manufacture of similar products in two different plants results in duplication of effort, high production costs and difficulty in maintaining uniformity. The bringing of Philadelphia production of Battleship, Jaspe and Cork Carpet to the Trenton Plant will enable all calendered goods to be produced under single control, thus insuring uniformity and better supervision"--Introduction, page 8.

Commercial Mineral Waters Of North-Central Texas, Shirley Alfred Lynch

Professional Degree Theses

"The great increase in demand for mineral water the past few years has lead to the development of a new industry, the making of mineral water crystals. Wells that were abandoned as unsuitable for water supply, due to their salinity, have been cleaned or redrilled, in a frantic effort to supply the ever increasing demand of the crystal plants. The inevitable result is that their waters are being used at an alarming rate of consumption. The popular conception is that there is no end to the amount of charged waters that may be obtained, and, as a result, within some …

Tax Depletion Problems Of The Tri-State District, Glenn A. Dooley

Professional Degree Theses

"The passage of the Internal Revenue Act of 1918, with its articles affecting mines and mining, ushered in a new field of activity for the mining engineer. With the final adoption of the Act in February 1919, it became evident that an immediate valuation would be required; not as of the present date but, in the case of older mines, as of a date six years before. This retroactive legislation brought confusion to the operator and taxed the ingenuity of the engineer. The law provided that the value of the property could be subtracted from the income tax returns, as …

Dedusting And Preparation Of Screenings, Erwin Gammeter

Professional Degree Theses

"There are a number of advantages to be obtained by the removal of fine dust and the proper proportioning and mixing of the smaller grades of coal. The dedusted coal is much better for mechanical stokers since it contains very little dust to drop through the grates or to be carried up the stack. The fuel bed is more open with the dust removed, combustion is better, and the draft is more easily regulated. Dust removal also increases the fusion temperature of the ash, reducing the amount of slag formed on the grate. Elimination of clouds of dust at points …

Sherardizing As Applied To Stampings From Light Gauge Metals, Matthew Patrick Brazill

Professional Degree Theses

"Sherardizing, or dry galvanizing as it is sometimes called, is a process whereby articles of iron or steel are rendered rust proof by applying a coating of zinc. The coating produced by this process is first an alloy with the underlying metal. After this alloying action is completed the outer layer of zinc is deposited. Briefly stated, this coating is not a pure layer of zinc, but a zinc iron alloy"--The History of Galvanizing, page 1.

Personnel Relations, James Kneeland Richardson

Professional Degree Theses

"The author has not attempted to portray an idealistic scheme in this paper. It is the result of personal experience among working men, listening to their complaints and grievances; and suddenly discovering that all any man asked was the right to be independent during his declining years; the right of free speech; the right to earn his living by working under good conditions; and the right to receive in compensation for his labor a fair and equitable division of profits on goods resulting from his work. All the points taken up in this paper are not common to one industry, …

La MineríA En El Peru (Sinopsis Para El Año De 1929), Felipe B. Oré

Professional Degree Theses

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Foundations For Aquatic Oil Wells, Henry Emmett Gross

Professional Degree Theses

"During the past decade, man has found the courage to drill for oil at those forbidding locations which were made inaccessible by several feet of water. Some of the major fields of the world have been developed by this new manner of work, and others might have been added had the stage been set for the play. The most spectacular marine oil field development occurred along the Santa Barbara Coast of California from 1929 to 1931. It was the writer's good fortune to have been an assistant to Mr. Hans E. A. Gude, the field engineer of Pacific Western Oil …

Fuller's Earth In Southeast Missouri, Willard Farrar

Professional Degree Theses

"Recent work, (1933-34) in southeastern Missouri by the Missouri Geological Survey has shown that deposits of bleaching clay occur in the Porters Creek formation of Tertiary age. Various localities in Scott and Stoddard counties are described, in which favorable conditions for development exist. The method of testing the clay for bleaching power is treated briefly. Suggestions are offered in regard to prospecting, mining and milling"--Abstract, page 5.

The Effect Of Preservatives On The Inflammability Of Wood, Merton Ira Signer

Professional Degree Theses

"It is the purpose of this thesis to present some data on the fire-resistance and inflammability of wood, treated with preservatives commonly used for mine timber"--Object of Thesis, page 3.

Mining Methods At The Arevalo Mine, El Chico, Hidalgo, Mexico, John Gay Reilly

Professional Degree Theses

"The Arevalo Mine of the Cia.de Real del Monte y Pachuca is located nine kilometers north of the City of Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. It is reached by an excellent automobile road from Pachuca. Several different branches of the Mexican Railway System place Pachuca within easy access of the different entries of Mexico"--The Arevalo Mine, Location, page 1.

Ventilation At The Portovelo Mines, John Paul Harmon

Professional Degree Theses

"This paper was written with two objects in view: (1) To describe in detail what has been done toward the ventilation of the main unit of the Portovelo mines and the results; (2) to give information that may be useful to anyone who may have to make a preliminary mine ventilation survey, with recommendations for the improvement of the existing system and finally the maintenance of the improved system"--page 1.

Proposed Method Of Ventilating The Frood Mine, Herman Jacob Mutz

Professional Degree Theses

"The Frood Mine lies about two and one half miles north of the City of Sudbury, Ontario. The Frood deposit was among the first discoveries in the district, but was not considered as a very important deposit until 1925, when a deep drilling campaign disclosed higher grade ore with depth"--page 3.

A Summary Of Operations And Practice At Shenandoah-Dives, Howard Histed

Professional Degree Theses

"The property of the Shenandoah-Dives Mining Company is located in the Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado. The Mine is located on King Solomon Mountain, four miles east and one mile south of Silverton. Silverton is on a branch line of the narrow guage Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway, on which the nearest smelter is located at Durango, a distance of about fifty miles. Included in this report is a claim map showing all the claims and their relative locations"--Location of the Property, page 1.

Geology Of Mohave County, Arizona, Earl Ross Householder

Professional Degree Theses

"Diamond Creek canyon is located in the eastern part of Mohave County and opens into the Colorado River. Limestones and sandstones of Carboniferous age are abundently [sic] exposed therein"--page 6.

Some Compressed Air Tests At High Altitude, Thomas C. Robson

Professional Degree Theses

"These tests were made at one of the mines of the "Compania Minera de Potosi", situated in the Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) of Potosi, BOLIVIA, South America; to be used in a report of the General Mine Superintendent, to the mine owners, to show them, that to obtain better results in the compressed air plant, it was necessary to change the existing old compressors working underground"--Preface, page ii.

Oil And Gas Fields Of The Southern Gulf Coastal Plains Of Texas, Phillip Francis Martyn

Professional Degree Theses

"The purpose of this report is to furnish a general outline of the oil and gas fields of the Southern Gulf Coastal plain of Texas. To properly cover the subject, the report is divided into three major parts, the first part dealing with the present and past producing territory, the second part dealing with the factors influencing the producing territory and the third section relating to geology and its associated subjects covering the area as a whole"--Introduction, page 1.

The Lead And Zinc Deposits In The Sedimentary Rocks Of East Tennessee And Southwest Virginia, Joseph Hugh Reid

Professional Degree Theses

"In its geographic and geologic relations this area forms a part of the Appalachian province, which extends from the Atlantic Coastal plain on the East to the Mississippi lowlands on the West and from Central Alabama to Southern New York. All parts of the region thus defined have a common history recorded in its rocks, its geologic structure and its topographic features"--Geography, page 1.

An Engineer's Report Of A Lead And Zinc Mining Property, Ernest Moran

Professional Degree Theses

"Gentlemen: Pursuant to your request, I have analyzed and classified the data relative to the Van Buren Mine of the Lucky Syndicate Mining and Smelting Company and beg to submit the following report. The lease is a lead and zinc mining property consisting of eighty (80) acres more or less..."--Letter to the Wright Mining & Royalty Co Miami, Oklahoma, dated December 9, 1929.

Longface And Longwall Mining Methods Being Tried In Oklahoma Coal Fields, Earl Hollinger Mcalpine

Professional Degree Theses

"Of a number of long wall and long face mining methods in use in Oklahoma mines at this time, I shall outline four in this paper. Two of these methods are in use in mines which are comparatively level. The first of these is in the Kali-Inla mine near Hartshorne. The second is in the Milby-Dow Coal Company mine at Dow. The Mullen Coal Company mine near McAlester and the Hailey-Ola Company mine near Lutie are steep pitching mines"--page 1.

The Manufacture Of Cement In The State Of California, William Alonzo Mccanless

Professional Degree Theses

"In studying the subject of cementitious materials, from a structural standpoint, we find as we retrace our progress, that concrete as evolved, has always had the commanding position of superiority as a structural material, it now enjoys in all stages of man's civilization"--page 1.

Preparation And Use Of Volcanic Ash In Concrete, Abner Decker Hahn

Professional Degree Theses

"During recent years, Kansas has produced over 90% of the volcanic ash produced in the United States. Other important areas of volcanic ash are to be found in California, Montana and Idaho. Extensive development of the latter named deposits awaits more advantageous markets than are now present"--Origin of Volcanic Ash, page 2-3.

An Investigation Of The Mechanics Of Oil Migration From The Source Beds To The Reservoir Beds, William Reed Quilliam

Professional Degree Theses

"The study of the migration and accumulation of petroleum has very naturally been analytic, with the result that we have had a variety of studies of its several features. the generation of petroleum, its migration and its accumulation in reservoir rocks is not a rapid process which may be accomplished and terminated in a comparatively short time, but one of long and almost continuous operation from the time of its inception. In this study the author is not attempting to formulate a new theory for the movement of oil from its point of origin to its final point of accumulation …

Internal Combustion Engines, Neal Ham

Professional Degree Theses

"Every one is either directly or indirectly concerned with two types of power plants. The steam power plants of Kansas City furnish us with light, power, and transportation. In this day these are indispensable. The gas, or internal combustion engine power plant furnishes transportation, mainly and some power. Each of our big buses has an internal combustion engine power plant under the hood.

It will be our aim here to show how the internal combustion engines operates and discuss some of the types in use in automobiles and stationary power plants. When one contemplates the immense amount of power developed …

Irregularities In The Productivity Of The Fry Sand In The Smith-Ellis Pool Of Northwest Brown County, Texas, Willard Ardell Schaeffer Jr.

Professional Degree Theses

"The Fry Sand of Northwest Brown County, Texas, as ordinarily defined, consists of irregularly distributed lenticular sand bodies of varying thickness, ranging up to more than thirty feet in some localities. It is quite generally conceded to be a member of the upper Strawn Group of the Pennsylvanian of Texas.

The Fry Sand is highly unconformable with relation to the strata both above and below, and is subject to abrupt changes of thickness within distances of but a few yards. It generally occurs as a light grey to white, fairly fine-grained, quite pure quartz sand, and where it is present …

The Manufacture Of Liquid Oxygen And Its Use As An Explosive, Francis Kinlock Middleton Hunter

Professional Degree Theses

"Oxygen was first liquefied in 1877, but the first record of its use commercially as an explosive was in 1899 when part of the famous Simplon tunnel between Italy and Switzerland was driven with this explosive. Owing to the difficulties of storing and using this liquid, little more progress was made until the Great War, when Germany, forced to experiment with any promising explosive because of her rapidly diminishing stocks of Chilean nitrates, made considerable headway in the technique of using liquid oxygen...Since the War liquid oxygen explosives have been used extensively in France and Germany and to a lesser …

Concentration Of Oxidized Lead Ores, Stephen Michael Burke Jr.

Professional Degree Theses

"In the pages of this paper an attempt is made to describe present methods of concentration and flotation of the oxidized ores of lead. The method employed is the presentation of the actual o operation of several mills which have been treating such ores during 1926 and 1927.

The plants described are representative operations and form some criteria for the performance of such ores under different conditions. In addition to those concentrators which are described, there are perhaps several small installations which are recovering lead from old mine dumps and tailings piles. It is difficult and almost impossible to obtain …

Methods Employed For Exploration And Development Of A Gold, Silver, Lead Property In The Idaho Springs District, Colorado, James Hopkins

Professional Degree Theses

"The Tonopah Colorado Leasing Company, a subsidary of the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, was organized in July 1922, for the sole purpose of carrying on the development and exploration of the Lombard Mine, situated in the N.E. corner of Clear Creek County, Colorado.

The former owners of the Mine were: The Continental Mines, Power and Reduction Company. This Company was held by the Seeman Investment and Finance Company. The property comprised 128 Mining Claims -- most of which were Patented. Other appurtenances of the Company comprised Mill Sites, Power Plant Site, Tunnel Sites and Ditch.

The Tonopah Colorado Leasing …