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).]
