150.

101.

103.

104,

105.

106.

126.

MINING AND METALLURGY 285

CLAY PRoDUCTS MANUFACTURE. I, II; 2 or 3 cr. Lectures and labo-
ratory work. Clay testing, brick, tile, and ceramics manufacture.
The making of Portland cement. Lab. fee $3.00 per credit. Mr.
Barker.

EcONOMIc ASPECTS OF MINING. II; 3 cr. The mining industry.
Mineral resources and recovery. Mining and finance. Typical min-
ing organizations. For students in economics and commerce and col-
leges other than engineering, of junior, senior, or graduate rank.
Mr. McCaffery.

MINING

EXCAVATION AND TUNNELING. I; 3 cr. Earth excavation; support
of excavation, railway grading, canal and submarine excavation, irri-
gation and drainage channels, methods and cost. Steam shovels and
mechanical excavators. Explosives; their chemical and physical na-
tures, selection, and use. Rock drills; rock excavation; tunneling;
mine tunnels, hard and soft ground. Railway tunnels; in rock, in
loose earth. Irrigation tunnels. Freezing processes, shields and
caissons. Prerequisites: General chemistry and physics. Mr. Shorey.

MINING METHODS. Yr; 3 cr. I—Classroom study of boring; various
methods of prospect drilling and the compilation of results. Shaft
sinking, underground prospecting and exploration development and
methods of surface and underground mining ore, coal placer and other
mineral deposits. II—Classroom and drafting room design of a
method of mining a selected ore-body from actual drilling records.
Mr. Shorey.

VALUATION OF MINERAL PROPERTIES. II; 3 cr. Preliminary and de-
tailed examination and reports. Prospecting and sampling of min-
eral properties. Construction and use of sample-maps and assay-
plans. Valuation of metal, coal, and other mineral properties. De-
cline, ultimate production, and valuation of oil properties. Mine tax-
ation. Prerequisite: Mining 103. Mr. Shorey.

MINE ENGINEERING. Yr; 8 cr. Drainage, control, and removal of
mine water. Ventilation, lighting, haulage, hoisting, mechanics and
methods of hoisting, including regenerative systems. Mine signal
systems, underground power installations. Surface plant; power

generation and transmission; building, roads, water supply housing,

mine accidents, safety, rescue, and recovery. Lectures, quiz. Pre-
requisites: Mining 103, Mechanics 1, 2. Mr. Shorey.

MINE PLANT DESIGN. II; 3 cr. Design of mine plant, selection of
equipment, including surface, power, and hoisting equipment, ventilat-
ing fans and haulage systems. Underground hoisting and pumping
stations. Ore-pockets, mine pumps, and ore-handling equipment.
Drafting room design. Prerequisites: Mining 101, 103, 104, 105.
Mr. Shorey.

 

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