Volume 15
Title Page
Contents
Officers and Members
List of Members and Associates arranged according to States and Towns
Showing the Officers of the Institute from its Organization to the Present Time
List of the Meetings
Publications
Rules
Plates

PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS

MEETING DATE
Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Meeting – Bethlehem Pa. May, 1886
Proceedings of the Forth-Sixth Meeting - St. Louis October, 1886
Proceedings of the Forth-Seventh (Annual) Meeting – Scranton Pa. February, 1887

PAPERS:

BETHELHEM MEETING May, 1886

TITLE AUTHOR
The Anticlinal Theory of Natural Gas H.M. Chance
Notes on Mining in Oaxaca W.A. Hooker
Notes on the New Chemical Laboratory of the Missouri School of Mines Charles E. Wait
The Copper Ores of the Southwest Arthur F. Wendt
A Sectional Hanging-Pipe Hot-Blast Oven Arthur F. Wendt
Notes on the Geology of the Tilly Foster Ore-Body, Putnam County, N. Y Ferdinand S. Ruttmann
Specific Gravity of Low-Carbon Steel F. Lynwood Garrison F.G.S.
A Sectional Slag- and Matte-Pot Richard H. Terhune
A Rapid Method for the Determination of Phosphorus F.A. Emmerton
Colorimetric Estimation of Manganese in Steel Byron W. Cheever
The Estimation of Manganese in Iron and Steel by the Color-Method Alfred E. Hunt
The Action of Dilute Acids on Certain Varieties of Fused Suiphide of Iron Edward Hart
Notes on Some Chinese Coals John C.F. Randolph
The Economic Geology of the Bristol and Big Gap Section of Tennessee and Virginia, Pursuing the General Course of the South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad C.R. Boyd
Mexican Weights and Measures (See Correction, p. 588) Richard E. Chism
The Genesis of Certain Ore-Deposits S.F. Emmons
Comparisons of Blast-Furnace Records John Birkinbine
The Iron-Ores and Coals of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee John B. Porter
The Geology and Vein-Structure of Southwestern Colorado Theodore B. Comstock
The Ives Process of Photo-Mechanical Engraving, and its Usefulness to Engineers R.W. Raymond
Lode Locations-A Discussion of Recent Decisions of the Supreme Court under the United States Mining Law R.W. Raymond
Notes on the Stamp-Mills and Chlorination-Works of the Plymouth Consolidated Gold Mining Company, Amador County, Ca George W. Small
American Mining Schools (See also Supplement, p. 809) -A Presidential Address Roberts H. Richards
The Attainment of Uniformity in the Bessemer Process H.M. Howe

ST. LOUIS MEETING October, 1886

TITLE AUTHOR
Russell's Improved Process for the Lixiviation of Silver-Ores in its Practical Application Charles A. Stetefeldt
An Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid W.H. Adams
Large Charges vs. Small Charges at Warwick Furnace Edgar S. Cook
The Diamond Mines of South Africa Gardner F. Williams
Note on the Opening of a Chilled Hearth with the Coal-Oil Blow-Pipe R.H. Lee Jr.
The Irregularities of the Blast-Furnace Process, and a Practical Way to Avoid Them Edward Walsh Jr.
Two Conditions of Phosphorus in Iron Byron W. Cheever
Titanium Carbide in Pig-Iron Porter W. Shimer
Tests of Manganese Steel Joseph D. Weeks
The Condition of Silver in a Sample of Litharge Charles E. Wait
The Geological Map of the United States C.H. Hitchcock
The Dunnachie Continuous Regenerative Gas-Kiln for Burning Fire-Brick, Pottery, etc. Thomas Egleston
The Geological Distribution of Natural Gas in the United States Charles A. Ashburner
Sierra Mojada, Mexico Richard E. Chism
Mexican Weights and Measure (Correction of Paper on p. 122) Richard E. Chism
Mining Engineering at the University of Illinois Theodore B. Comstock

SCRANTON Pa. ANNUAL MEETING February, 1887

TITLE AUTHOR
Biographical Notice of Martin Coryell R.W. Raymond
Concentration and Smelting at Tombstone, Arizona John A. Church
Magnesium Carbonate as a Non-Conductor of Heat E. Luttgen
Apparatus for Volumetric Determinations with Potassium Permanganate Clemens Jones
The Geologic Relations of the Nanticoke Disaster Charles A. Ashburner
Indicative Plants R.W. Raymond
The Use of Natural Gas in a Lead Blast-Furnace Francis C. Blake
Notes on the Saving of Sulphur and Ammonia from Gas W.H. Adams
The Animikie Rocks and their Vein-Phenomena, as Shown at Duncan Mine, Lake Superior W.M. Courtis
Roasting-Kiln at the Musconetcong Iron-Works, N. J. I.P. Pardee
Note on the New Geological Map of Europe Persifor Frazer
A Tilting-Ladle Car for Molten Metal or Slag John Birkinbine
The Distribution and Proportions of American Blast-Furnaces. (Second Paper.) John Birkinbine
Geology and Mining in the Northern Coal-Field of Pennsylvania Frank A. Hill
Mining Developments on the North-western Pacific Coast and their Wider Bearing Amos Bowman
The Silver Mines of Calico, California Waldermar Lindgren
Comparison of Some Southern Cokes and Iron-Ores A.S. M’Creath and E.V. d’Invilliers
General Description of the Ores Used in the Chattanooga District H.S. Fleming
Microscopic Structure of Steel Rails F. Lynwood Garrison
Notes on the General Treatment of the Southern Gold-Ores and Experiments in Matting Sulphides E. Gybbon Spilsbury
Rail-Sections W.F. Mattes
American Mining Schools (Supplement to Address on p. 809.) Robert H. Richards
Note on the Formatior1 of Coal from Mine-Timber E.S. Moffat
A Water-Cooled Gas-Producer W.J. Taylor

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