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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


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the underground workings and the extraction of the mineral; on
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).]