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GEOLOGY AND MINING.
400-401-402 General Geology. [Watson.]
Lectures 1-2, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
A course of three lectures a week and three hours for private
study. Special emphasis is given to the study of common rock-forming
minerals and rocks, building stones and ores. The divisions
of Dynamical, Structural, and Physiographical Geology are
covered in considerable detail.
[Required respectively, Fall, Winter, Spring, in Courses I,
IV (4); V (3).]
403-404-405 Economic Geology. [Watson.]
Lectures 12-1, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
This course is designed to give a general but comprehensive account
of the origin, nature, distribution and uses of the metallic and
non-metallic products of the earth with especial reference to those
of the United States. Lectures and collateral reading six hours a
week.
[Required respectively, Fall, Winter, Spring, in Course V
(4).]
420 Exploitation of Mines. [Thornton.]
Lectures 9-10, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Lectures on the principles to be observed in prospecting; on the
work of opening the mine by shaft or adit tunnel; on the layout of
timbering the excavation; on lighting the mine; on mine explosions
and other accidents; on mine surveys, maps, and plans; practical
exercises solved by the student in nocturnal surveying and on the
computations and drawings of the Mining Engineer.
[Required, Fall, in Course V (4).]
421 Mining Machinery. [Thornton.]
Lectures 9-10, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Lectures on the central power plant for mining undertakings; on
the theory and operation of power transmission lines; on the machinery
for haulage, hoisting, drainage, and ventilation; on the
methods and machinery used in hydraulic mining; and on the machinery
for quarrying and ore dressing. The lectures are paralleled
by a series of practical exercises in which the student makes independent
estimates on the mechanical equipment of a projected mine
or reports on the operation and outfit of some actual mine inspected
by him.
[Required, Winter, in Course V (4).]
422 Electricity in Mining. [Thornton.]
Lectures 9-10, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Lectures on the installation of electric lines for light and for power
in mines; on the special types of generators and motors suitable
for mines; on electric locomotives and haulage; on electrically driven
hoists, pumps, and fans; on electric coal cutters; on electric lights
for mines; and on the electric methods of signaling. Practical exercises
in electric computations for mine installations.
[Required, Spring, in Course V (4).]
450-451-452 General Geology, Laboratory. [Grasty and Cline.]
Hours 10-1, Monday, Wednesday; or by appointment.
This course of six hours a week in laboratory and field work accompanies
and supplements 400-1-2.
[Required respectively, Fall, Winter, Spring, in Courses I,
IV (4); V (3).]
453-454-455 Economic Geology, Laboratory. [Grasty and Cline.]
Hours 6 hours a week by appointment.
This course accompanies and supplements 403-4-5. It consists of
assigned laboratory and field work.
[Required, respectively, Fall, Winter, Spring, in Course
V (4).]
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