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Engineering Opportunities in Oriental CountriesBy John Wellington Finch
WHAT is an engineering opportunity? To the mining .engineer the natural assumption is that the first requisite 'is a mineral deposit, but, of course, it is not so simple as that. There are at var
Jan 1, 1924
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Canada as a Gold ProducerBy John Wellington Finch
THE- impression which the public has of northern Canada is that it is a' vast wilderness of forests; river's, and. lakes, sparsely inhabited by. a few Indians and `containing a few, scattere
Jan 1, 1924
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Heinrich Oscar HofmanBy Heinrich Oscar Hofman
IN THE death of Professor Hofman who was born on Aug. 13, 1852 and died on April 28, 1924, the world has lost a great metallurgist and a great author of metallurgical literature. Measured in time his
Jan 1, 1924
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What Is Wrong With Oil Shale?By GEORGE ROBERT DE BEQUE
WHAT is wrong with oil shale? The answer is of interest to the public, to the oil refiner, and to the engineer. Many people have invested in shale land or shale securities, and others would invest if
Jan 1, 1924
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The Engineer's Relation to FinanceBy Lucius W. Mayer
WHILE the mind of the financier does not normally run along channels similar to those of his technical adviser, engineers, because of their exactness, are ever more called upon to manage affairs where
Jan 1, 1924
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Discussion Of Mr. Stroup's PaperPRESIDENT PRYDE: I think that the overcutting machine undoubtedly presents a great many benefits, especially where the roof is frail. I have found a good substitute for the Arcwall, getting a lighter
Jan 1, 1924
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The Railway's Part In Coal MiningBy D. W. McDonald
Coal mining and railway transportation are so closely en-twined and so dependent one upon the other that the failure of one would mean the total collapse of the other. With this indisputable fact in m
Jan 1, 1924
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Investigations on Lead Roasting at the Sulphide Corporation's Works at Cockle Creek, N.S.W.THE paper is principally eoncerncd with experimental work carried out the author whilst a number of the metallurgical staff at the Cockle Creek works. The metallurgical has been discussed sufficiently
Jan 1, 1924
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Bulletin 190 COAL-MINING PROBLEMS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTONBy George Watkin Evans
The United States Geological Survey has estimated 1 that the State of Washington contains 11,412,000,000 tons of bituminous coal and 52,442,000,000 tons of subbituminous coal, in beds more than 14 inc
Jan 1, 1924
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RI 2496 Platinum Assays and Platinum PromotionsBy C. W. Davis, M. W. Von Bernewitz, S. C. Lind
During the past few years our possible domestic resources of platinum have attracted much attention . On account of the extensive use of platinum during the World War , and the practical elimination o
Jun 1, 1923
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RI 2497 Gases Liberated by High-Voltage Insulator Testing ApparatusBy W. P. Yant, G. W. Jones
During the testing of porcelain insulators with a " 60 - cycle flash - over apparatus " , gases are liberated having an odor greatly resembling that of ozone . Since the two main constituents of norma
Jun 1, 1923
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RI 2455 How Steam-Production Costs Were Reduced in a Hand-Fired Return Tubular BoilerBy A. R. Mumford
During the course of an investigation conducted by the fuel section of the Bureau of Mines , on a hand- fired return- tubular boiler plant , it was found that the average cost of fuel to produce 1,000
Mar 1, 1923
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Reminiscences of the Old Pueblo SmelterBy E. P. Mathewson
THE OLD Pueblo smelter is being dismantled after 43 years of continuous operation, from 1878 to 1921. It was built by Mather and Geist, on a bluff overlooking the Arkansas River just below the, city o
Jan 11, 1923
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Federal Coal Commission's Report on AnthraciteEDITORIAL comments on the anthracite report of the Federal Fact-finding Coal Commission, which became public on July 5, together with an analysis of its more important conclusions, will be found on
Jan 8, 1923
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Employee Representation at the Bethlehem Steel Co.By J. M. Larkin
GOOD will is becoming recognized more and more as a necessary business asset, and a successful concern must have the good will not only of its customers and the public, but of its employees. Managemen
Jan 2, 1923
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Institute Reports for the Year 1925TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS Gentlemen -The Institute was founded 54 years ago "with the object of promoting the arts and sciences conn
Jan 1, 1923
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Publicity and the Mining IndustryBy C. M. Campbell
Canadian newspapers from coast to coast, have been, for months, denouncing those articles entitled, "The Whisper of Death," which have been appearing in the Montreal Star. I have not read these articl
Jan 1, 1923
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A Standardized Method For Air-Drying CoalBy E. Stansfield
Coal samples are sometimes taken from a wet spot in a mine, or from an open car or pile shortly after rain, and submitted for analysis in a dripping wet condition. Other samples are taken from a dry s
Jan 1, 1923
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Institute Reports for Year 1924OFFICIAL INSTITUTE REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1924 Report of the Secretary TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS Gentlemen -To a Board of Directors kee
Jan 1, 1923
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The Electrothermic Metallurgy Of Zinc. - Introduction.By B. M. Harra, O&apos
Zinc smelting is frequently termed a backward art. The term is hardly true, for great progress has been made in recent years in the design and in the thermal efficiency of the retort furnace, in the q
Jan 1, 1923