Mining Engineering Commons^™

Fluorspar Mining And Milling In Southern Illinois, Henry William Hurst

Professional Degree Theses

"Fluorspar is fully as necessary a material in certain phases of steel manufacturing as the metal that enters the furnace. Without it, the basic open hearth practice probably would not have reached its dominant position among steel-making methods. Of the entire output of fluorspar, 80 to 85 percent is used in basic open-hearth and electric furnaces as a flux and detergent and there is today no known substitute.

The mining of the ore on a large scale requires extensive underground workings, much the same as is found in metal mines. Since high extraction can not be accomplished the milling of …

The Economics Of Engineering Testing, Gerald Franklin Rackett

Professional Degree Theses

"...It becomes the province of the engineer in his functions of designing and building the various units so prominent in our contemporary civilization, to guild with due regard for economic and mortal safety. To do these things he must have reliable data of the behavior and characteristics of those materials with which he works. The data can only be obtained by the systematic testing of engineering materials and the articulated units and fabricated structures that are built with them"--Safety, page 7-8.

A Study Of The Fluorspar Industry Of The United States With Respect To Its Future, Sidney Kincaid Reid

Professional Degree Theses

"The foregoing study shows that (1) there is ample reserve of fluorspar in the United States to take care of its requirements for many years, (2) if developed and scheduled on a production rate equal to at least seventy-five percent of the annual domestic requirements, (3) which will permit a sufficient increase in production rate in time of war to take care of increased wartime requirements"--Conclusions and Recommendations, page 83.

Mapping From Aerial Photographs And Its Relation To Mining Enterprises, Thomas Rae Thomas

Professional Degree Theses

"It is not my purpose to discuss aerial cameras or the theory of aerial photographs in this thesis but to confine my efforts to the very practical business of making maps from aerial photographs and to point out where this system of mapping can be used to advantage in the mining industry"--Introduction, page 3.

The Role Of Geology In Prospecting For Lead And Zinc In The Tri-State District, William Ferdinand Netzeband

Professional Degree Theses

"The present generation has seen many changes in all phases of human endeavor, and the changes which have been made in the extraction of metals from the earth are not the least or these. The application of science to our industries has revolutionized many of them. Today quantity production in our factories is an accepted thing, and in the mines, application of the same principles has made possible the working of the low-grade copper deposits of Utah, Arizona, Chile and Belgian Congo. The mining industry has made use of almost all of the sciences in one form or another to …

Mining Geology In The Rosiclare Fluorspar District, Paul Castleton Hatmaker

Professional Degree Theses

"The Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar district is the largest of its kind in the United States and is one of the most important in the world. It lies on either side or the Ohio River in the extreme southeastern part of Illinois and the western part of Kentucky. The mineralized area is relatively small, embracing about 1500 square miles in all. On the Illinois side, the village of Rosiclare is the center of activity. With the exception of Cave-in-Rock, practically the entire production of Illinois comes from the immediate vicinity of Rosiclare and is produced by two companies, the Rosiclare Lead and …

Mining Methods At The Higueras District, State Of Coahuila, Mexico, Harry Herbert Hughes

Professional Degree Theses

"The Higueras district, in the State of Coahuila, Mexico, is little known even in Mexico; and it is probably safe to say that not one out of every hundred engineers in the United States has even heart of it. This is easily accounted for by the fact that the district is small and relatively unimportant economically. Also, as one becomes more accustomed to think of mines, such as some of the big copper deposits, with productions running into thousands of tons daily, there is a tendency to pass over the small ones, giving them only a passing thought, if that. …

A Water Supply System For A Small Mining Community, Paul Donovan Windsor

Professional Degree Theses

"This thesis deals with the problems met in solving the water supply question for a small coal mining community in southern Illinois. It will contain a brief general treatise on modern water purification with a discussion of the various methods and steps in modern practice, a set of drawings and specifications for a water supply system for this community together with an explanation of them"--Introduction, page 4.

Recovery Of Carbonate Copper Ore By Means Of Flotation At The Kennecott Copper Corporation Plant, Kennecott, Alaska, George Leo Richert

Professional Degree Theses

"The Kennecott Copper Corporation mines and the adjoining Mother Lode Coalition Co. mine, which the Kennecott Copper Corporation controls and operates as an integral part of their Kennecott, Alaska camp, are situated in the Nizina Mining District, 196 miles inland from Cordova, Alaska, the tide-water shipping point. The first claims were discovered in 1900, and these later became the property of the Kennecott Copper Corporation. The Kennecott holdings consist of 111 mineral claims and the Mother Lode Coalition Co. has 73 claims"--Introduction, page 4.

Fault Areas Of South Eastern Kansas Coal Beds, George Elmer Abernathy

Professional Degree Theses

"The most important coal producing district of the state as well as the oldest in point of age of production is that section of the coal bearing formations located in Crawford and Cherokee county Kansas, which also extends into Barton county, Missouri.

The district has a surface area of about 260 to 300 square miles. The eastern boundary of the district is the outcrop of the lower coal bed known as the Weir-Pittsburg bed. The outcrop follows a more or less irregular line from a few miles north of Columbus, Kansas, and runs in a general northeast direction, passing just …

Rill Stoping In The Butte District, Butte, Montana, Albert Booth Needham

Professional Degree Theses

"Numerous methods of stoping have been used in the mines of the Butte District, Butte, Montana, depending on the shape of the ore bodies, conditions of the walls and presence of fault zones or heavy ground. One of the methods tried out successfully in the past few years is that of using rill stopes, both open and timbered. The ideal conditions for adopting this method of mining require veins with nearly vertical dip so that the ore will slide into the chute. The author attempts to describe the various steps including how the development is done, how the stopes are …

Report On The Matahambre Mine, Pinar Del RíO, Cuba, Edwin Lawrence Miller

Professional Degree Theses

"The Minas de Matahambre, S.A., is a Cuban corporation operating a copper-silver mine in the province of Pinar del Río, Cuba"--Ownership, leaf 1.

Oil And Gas Report On North Louisiana And South Arkansas. Part One. Oil And Gas Fields Of North Louisiana And South Arkansas. Part Two. Probability Of Future Production North Louisiana And South Arkansas, Frederick Pine Shayes

Professional Degree Theses

"The purpose of this report is to furnish a general outline of the oil and gas fields of South Arkansas and North Louisiana. To properly cover the subject, the report is divided into two major parts, the first part dealing with the present and past producing territory, and the second part with probable future producing territory"--Introduction, page 1.

The Fissure System Of El Potosi Mine Of El Potosi Mining Company, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, Carl E. Millikan

Professional Degree Theses

"The fissures traversing the country were the means of mineralizing the district. The North-South system of fissures have been determined to be pre-mineral, hence the most important. Their intersections with cross fissures are the regions of orebodies, and the intersections have always produced ore of mineable quantity. Especially important are the intersections of fissures in the "favorable" (fossiliferous) limestone beds. The favorable limestones are easily recognizable and can be traced thru all parts of the district because of their distinctiveness and the uniformity of the structure of the region"--Summary, page 19.

Evidence To The Production Of Commercial Oil From The Emerson-Texon Fold, Kurt H. De Cousser

Professional Degree Theses

"The area consists of a strip of country twelve to twenty five miles wide and nearly seventy miles long, extending from Stiles in Reagan County southwest-ward across Crockett County and Pecos County to the Big Canyon Ranch in Terrell County. Map #2 accompanying this report is a small scale geological map of the general region, which shows the location of the general area covered for this report with reference to drainage railroads &c.. The entire area worked in detail comprises nearly 1300 sq. miles or over 800,000 acres"--Location and topography, page 1.

Engineering Practice In The Tri-State District, Richard John Stroup

Professional Degree Theses

"Mining operations of the zinc and lead deposits of Southwest Missouri, Southeast Kansas and Northeast Oklahoma forming what is known as the Tri-State District are peculiar in many ways. The 'old country' with its shallow gougings and more or less crude methods has practically passed; methods have been improved with the increased size of operations, and the Engineering Department has grown into an indispensable link in the mining operations of practically all the operating companies. But traditions often die hard. Many phases of mining operations are peculiar to this District alone, and likewise engineering practice has its peculiarities"--page 1.

Economic Geology Of Northern Angola, Artileus Vosteen Eulich

Professional Degree Theses

"Most of the mineral deposits have been known to exist for over a generation but efforts to mine them usually met with failure. The most signal discovery, that of diamonds, was made only in recent years. They are the only substance coming under the category of mineral which are being exploited on a large scale. Energetic efforts are being made to find petroleum in commercial quantities. There are still vast areas practically unexplored which if thoroughly prospected might lead to more discoveries. It is difficulty, however, for one who has prospected for two years in Angola without any particular success …

The Gas Fields Of North Webster Parish, Louisiana, Joseph Maple Wilson

Professional Degree Theses

"The gas fields of north Webster Parish, Louisiana, as discussed in this paper, are embraced in an area 9 townships or 324 square miles in extent including Township 21 North, Ranges 9, 10, and 11 West; Township 22 North, Ranges 9, 10, and 11 West; and Township 23 North, Ranges 9, 10, and 11 West in north Webster Parish and extreme northeast Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The area is outlined in red on the accompanying map, on Page 2, which shows the relation of the three gas fields in the area to the other oil and gas fields of north Louisiana, …

Some Accomplishments Through Simplification Of Concentrator Flow-Scheme, Ralph Augustus Conrads

Professional Degree Theses

"The writer came to The Cusi Mining Company in the last days of October 1921. The property and the district are just such as previously described, this company having been a high-grade producer for some years and the mill was built to handle the lower grade of mine ores and an accumulated mine dump"--page 6.

A Study Of The Subsurface Conditions In The North Central Texas Oil Fields, Robert Stanley Burg

Professional Degree Theses

"A study was made of the subsurface conditions in Stephens, Eastland and northern Brown Counties, Texas, to determine the structure of the deep producing horizon. The purpose of the work was to locate structural conditions favorable for oil accumulation not apparent at the surface"--Page 2.

Design Of A 100 Ton Asbestos Concentrator, Walter Gammeter

Professional Degree Theses

"There are at present at least two methods in use for concentrating and classifying asbestos fibers, each of which is satisfactory when used to handle ores for which it was designed. The processes can be referred to, conveniently, as the pneumatic and gravimetric processes, deriving their names from the chief factors used in their schemes of operation"--Types of Asbestos Mills, page 3.

Organization And Development Of A Missouri Coal Mining Corporation, Riley Marsh Simrall

Professional Degree Theses

"Approximately 2350 acres of land in and around the town of Mosby, Clay County, Missouri, are held under Coal Mining Leases by the Mosby Coal Company, a Missouri Corporation. These leases were grouped to form a block under which mining operations might proceed in all directions from one principal working shaft. It is intended to set forth in the following report the factors which influenced the original incorporators of the Mosby Coal Company in leasing and prospecting this land for coal, and to describe, in a general way, the incorporation, financing, development and valuation of the property"--Introduction, page 4.

The Construction, Equipment And Operation Of The Second Largest Oil Refinery In Mexico, Arturo C. Fernandez

Professional Degree Theses

"In the preparation of this thesis the writer has endeavored to describe in a clear, concise and simple manner the general scheme carried out by the Foundation Company in the construction, equipment and operation of the Corona Refinery at Chijol, Veracruz, Mexico.

Under construction, the most interesting features of the work executed by the Field Engineering department have been discussed at some length. Throughout this paper elementary details have been omitted, the casual reader being assumed to possess a knowledge of the fundamental principles of engineering.

No attempt has been made to cover the activities of the allied--mechanical, electrical, architectural--departments …

Report On The Metates Mining Company, Harvey Louis Tedrow

Professional Degree Theses

"This report is to describe the property and operations of the Metates Mining Company and to propose plans for further development"--Object, page 1.

Method Of Sampling Diamond-Drill Core, William Henry Mccartney

Professional Degree Theses

"The method of sampling and preparing samples of diamond-drill core, explained in this article, was used by the writer during a drilling campaign at Stirling, Cape Breton, Canada, in 1917"--page 4.

Oil Possibilities In Western Kansas And North Central Wyoming, Joseph Stewart Irwin

Professional Degree Theses

"The reported discover of oil in the McNab well in the northwest corner of Trego County, Kansas, has attracted attention to that region as possible oil producing territory. The offer of certain blocks of leases on several so-called "oil structures" occasioned the reconnaissance made by the writer. The prospects were examined during the period, September 28 to October 14, 1921"--page 1.

Flotation Tests On A Table Sludge From The Golden Rod Milling Company At Tar River, Oklahoma, William H. Kamp

Professional Degree Theses

"The purpose of this experimental work is to give to the operators of the Joplin District some facts concerning the possibilities of flotation in their district. An attempt will be made to show that high-grade concentrates can be made economically; also that the usual gravity concentration. It is believed that the oil and reagent used will not put a prohibitive cost burden upon the operators. It is, of course, realized that flotation concentrates of any zinc tenor bear a penalty because of the fineness of the product"--Introduction, page 3.

A Complete Coal Mine Survey, Harry A. Kluge

Professional Degree Theses

"As an introduction to this thesis, it would probably be well to give the laws of the State of Illinois relative to mine maps. These laws come under "An Act to revise the laws in relation to the coal mines and subjects relating thereto, and providing for the health and safety of persons employed therein. Approved June 6, 1911, inforce July 1, 1911. leaf 1911, page 388." Section 7 reads as follows: (a) The operator of every coal mine in the State shall make, or cause to be made, an accurate map or plan of such mine, drawn to a …

A Discussion Of The Geological Department Of An Oil Company. Part Ii. Report On Structure North Of Ochelata, Washington Co., Okla., Lawrence Joseph Zoller

Professional Degree Theses

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Geologic Conditions Affecting The Accumulation Of Oil And Gas In The Beggs District, Oklahoma, John Charles Miller

Professional Degree Theses

"It is generally accepted that there is lack of parallelism between surface and subsurface beds and between the productive sands in the Beggs District, a condition similar to that which obtains in the Cushing Field. The explanation of this condition as given on page 31, Bulletin 658, U.S. Geological Survey, is: 1) The difference in resistance to compression of the hard and soft beds of which the formations of the Cushing Field are composed; 2) The lenticular form of the Bartlesville sand (the equivalent of the Glen; Gas of Morris pool); 3) One or more unconformities between surface beds and …