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Halifax Paper - Note on a Self Dumping Water-TankBy William Ide Pierce
It is often desirable to work an old mine that has not been in operation for some time arid that is filled with water. This is especially true in Nova Scotia, where no great depth has yet been reached
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - Note on the Apatite Region of CanadaBy T. Sterry Hunt
SINCE: the date of my previous paper on this subject, presented at the Cincinnati Meeting, February, 1881, and published in our Transactions, vol. xii., p. 459, I have had occasion to revisit the C
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - Note on the Contraction of Iron on Sudden CoolingBy Henry M. Howe
If a bar of wrought iron or steel is suddenly cooled from a bright red-heat, the contraction which then occurs is considerably greater than the expansion previously caused by heating the bar, so that
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Amalgamation of Gold-Ores, arid the Loss of Gold in Chloridizing-Roasting, with Especial Reference to Roasting in a Stetefeldt FurnaceBy C. A. Stetefeldt
In May and June, 1885, I was engaged in examining the goldores of Las Minas, in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, with a view of finding a cheap and efficient method for extracting the gold. The foll
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Distribution and Proportions of American Blast-FurnacesBy John Birkinbine
Much has been contributed to the Transactions of the Institute concerning the construction and operation of American blast-furnares ; but the following compilation is offered as possibly furnishing ad
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Geology of Natural GasBy Charles A. Ashburner
The existence of natural gas-springs in Pennsylvania and the adjoining States west of the crest of the Allegheny Mountains was known to the earliest settlers. Possibly the first gas obtained from a we
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Homogeneity of Open-Hearth SteelBy H. H. Campbell
In the extending employment of open-hearth steel for structural purposes, it is a matter of prime importance that the test-piece shall represent with practical accuracy the characteristics of every po
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Improved Brückner CylindersBy R. W. Raymond
THE Brüclrner roasting-cylinder is well known as an apparatus which has done good work in the desulphnrization, particularly of refractory silver ores, in the western districts of this country. A pape
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Manufacture of Iron in CanadaBy James Herbert Bartlett
The MANUFACTURE of Iron in the PROVINCE of Quebec. The St. Maurice Forges.—The deposits of iron-ore in the St. Maurice district, in the rear of Three Rivers, were probably known to the Indians and
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Pictou Coal-FieldBy Henry S. Poole
This field is geologically of much interest. It is small, hut with some seams of unusual thickness, the main one being as much as thirty-eight feet thick. The quality of the seams, as also of the asso
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Present Value of Steel CastingsBy Arthur V. Abbott
During the past four years I have had occasion to make quite extensive use of steel castings in the manufacture of testing-machines and large scales for Messrs. Fairbanks & Co. The failure of some of
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Product and Exhaustion of the Oil-Regions of Pennsylvania and New YorkBy Charles A. Ashburner
The petroleum industry of western Pennsylvania and southwestern New York lias been one of phenomenal development. Greater and more sudden flucuations hare occurred in the price* of crude oil, and in a
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Specific Gravity of Low-Carbon SteelBy George S. Miller
Now that low-carbon steel is manufactured successfully in large quantities by the Bessemer process, and threatens to displace wroughtiron for nearly all purposes, it becomes interesting to find how it
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Sydney Coal-Field, Cape Breton, N. S.By W. Rutledge
As is well known, the Sydney coal-field comprises an area of about 200 square miles, being about 32 miles from the month of Big Bras d' Or, on the northwest, to Mira Bay on the southeast, by abou
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Wolf Benzine-Burning Safety-LampBy E. J. Schmitz
This novel safety-lamp, which was first introduced in some of the German coal-mines in 1882, at once attracted general attention in the coal-districts of Europe. Objections which arose during the earl
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - The Work of the Blast-Furnaces of the North Chicago Rolling-Mill Co.By Fred W. Gordon
The North Chicago Rolling-Mill Co., of Chicago, have four furnaces at South Chicago, built during 1881. Each furnace is 20 feet diameter of bosh, and 75 feet total height, the hearth being 11 feet dia
Jan 1, 1886
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Halifax Paper - Topographical Models: Their Construction and UsesBy A. E. Lehman
A RECENT demand for some form of panoramic display of an important railway line, showing its branches, connections, and terri tory controlled by it, revealed to the writer the advantages of' a to
Jan 1, 1886
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Halite Flotation ? New Trends (New Purpose)By S. N. Titkov
Flotation of halite?new, recently begun to be developed method of processing water-soluble minerals. In the paper the results of studies of the new directions of the application of halite flotation ar
Jan 1, 2014
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Hall of Fame; Mining Foundation of the Southwest to host 33rd Annual Banquet"The 33rd annual American Mining Hall of Fame Awards Banquet and Fundraiser sponsored by the Mining Foundation of the Southwest (MFSW) will be held at the JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa on
Jan 1, 2015