Volume 196
Mining Branch 1953
Metal Mining, Minerals Beneficiation, Coal, Industrial Minerals, Geology, Mineral Economics, Geophysics
Title Page
Foreword, By LeRoy Scharon
Contents

Metal Mining

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Underground Mining Methods at International Nickel Company H. J. Mutz, A. F. Brock, and W. J. Taylor
The United States Gypsum Company Mine, Heath, Montana Gerald C. Mathis
Research on the Cutting Action of the Diamond Drill Bit E. P. Pfleider and Rolland L. Blake
The Selection of Detachable Drill Bits E. R. Borcherdt
Some Features of Current Mining Practices at Kerr-Addison Gold Mines, Ltd. W. S. Row
Haulage System in St. Joseph Lead Co. Mines of Southeast Missouri E. A. Jones
Underground Radio Communication in Lake Superior District Mines E. W. Felegy
Testing of Roof-Bolting Systems Installed in Concrete Beams Rudolph G. Wuerker
An Analysis of Mine Opening Failure by Means of Models Bernard York and John J. Reed
Discussion Bernard York and John J. Reed
Mining and Concentration of Ilmenite and Associated Minerals at Trail Ridge, Fla. J. H. Carpenter, J. C. Detweiler, J. L. Gillson, E. C. Weichel, Jr., and J. P. Wood
National Lead Co. Mechanization at Fredericktown, Mo. Harold A. Krueger
Mine Drainage at Eureka Corp., Ltd., Eureka, Nev. George W. Mitchell
St. Joseph Lead Co. Indian Creek Development C. Kremer Bain
The Use of Wooden Rock Bolts in the Day Mines Rollin Farmin and Carville E. Sparks
Block Caving at Bunker Hill Mine C. E. Schwab
Orientation of Cube Diamonds in Drill Bits Eugene P. Pfleider
Germanium and Other Elements in Coal and the Possibility of Their Recovery J. W. Headlee
The Status of Testing Strength of Rocks Rudolph G. Wuerker

Minerals Beneficiation

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Sponge Iron at Anaconda Frederick F. Frick
Principles of Present-Day Dust Collectors and Their Application to Mining and Metallurgical Industries J. M. Kane and R. H. Walpole
Adsorption of Sodium and Calcium on Pyrite A. M. Gaudin and W. D. Charles
Cement Rock Beneficiation at the Universal Atlas Cement Co., Northampton, Pa. L. J. Boucher
Operating Behavior of Liquid-Solid Cyclones E. B. Fitch and E. C. Johnson
Sampling and Testing of Sinter R. L. Stephenson and D. J. Carney
Discussion R. L. Stephenson and D. J. Carney
The Magnetic Reflux Classifier Lawrence A. Roe
Work Indexes Tabulated Fred C. Bond
Upgrading Domestic Manganese Ores by Leaching with Caustic Soda R. V. Lundquist
Discussion R. V. Lundquist
Selection of Conveyors for Handling Hot Bulk Materials J. Walter Snavely
Design Development of Crushing Cavities H. M. Zoerb
Crushing Plant Dust Control at the Ray Mines Division, Kennecott Copper Corp. John F. Knudsen
Quantitative Bubble Pick-Up Methods S. C. Sun and R. C. Troxell
Laboratory Procedures for Determining the Pelletizing Characteristics of Iron Ore Concentrates T. E. Ban and L. J. Erck
An Investigation of the Collecting Effects of Fatty Acids in Tall Oil on Oxide Minerals, Particularly on Ilmenite R. T. Hukki and O. Vartianen
The Use of a Caved Block as an Ore Pass and Its Application to Open-Pit Mining H. Carroll Weed
The Application of Centrifugal Forces to Gravitational Classifiers Robert C. Emmett and Donald A. Dahlstrom
The Mineralogy of Blast Furnace Sinter Hobart M. Kraner
Starches and Starch Products as Depressants in Amine Flotation of Iron Ore C. S. Chang, S. R. B. Cooke, and R. O. Huch

Coal

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Stream Pollution by Coal Mine Wastes Henry F. Hebley
The Quantitative Petrographic Composition of Three Alabama Coals R. Q. Shotts
Reducing the Moisture Content and Large Moisture Variations in Russellton Washed Coal Orville R. Lyons
Cleaning Various Coals in a Drum-Type Dense-Medium Pilot Plant M. R. Geer. W. A. Olds, and H. F. Yancey
Discussion M. R. Geer. W. A. Olds, and H. F. Yancey
The Blending of Western Coals for the Production of Metallurgical Coke John D. Price
Discussion John D. Price
Economics of Pegmatites Paul A. Taylor
Two-Way Belt Conveyor Transportation C. W. Thompson
Discussion C. W. Thompson
Some Fundamental Principles Applied to the Design and Operation of a Fine Anthracite Plant at Coaldale Colliery W. T. Turrall and M. J. Cook
Fine Coal Drying G. A. Vissac
Wet Cleaning at the Tralee Preparation Plant Percy Gillie
The Coal Industry in Northern Wyoming and the State of Montana Walter J. Johnson

Industrial Minerals

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A Method for Concentration of North Carolina Spodumene Ores Mason K. Banks, William T. McDaniel, and Phillip N. Sales
Cement Rock Beneficiation at the Universal Atlas Cement Co, Northampton, Pa. L. J. Boucher
Providing Large Industrial Water Supplies by Induced Filtration Fred H. Klaer
The Production of Sodium Sulphate from Natural Brines at Monahans, Texas William I. Weisman and Ross C. Anderson
Mining and Concentration of Ilmenite and Associated Minerals at Trail Ridge, Fla. J. H. Carpenter, J. C. Detweiler, J. L. Gillson, E. C. Weichel, Jr., and J. P. Woods
Sulphur Recovery from Low-Grade Surface Deposits Thomas P. Forbath
Mining and Milling of Lithium Pegmatites at Kings Mountain, N. C. E. R. Goter, W. R. Hudspeth, and D. L. Rainey
Alkali Reactivity of Natural Aggregates in Western United States William Y. Holland and Roger M. Cook
Crushed Limestone Aggregates for Concrete Katherine Mather
Recharging Ground Water Reservoirs with Wells and Basins M. L. Brashears
Process Development and Practice of the Potash Division of Duval Sulphur and Potash Co. G. E. Atwood and D. J. Bourne

Geology

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Uranium Mineralization in the Sunshine Mine, Idaho Paul F. Kerr and Raymond F. Robinson
The Role of the Geologist in the Development of the Labrador-Quebec Iron Ore District J. K. Gustafson and A. E. Moss
Localization of Pyrometasomatic Ore Deposits at Johnson Camp, Arizona Arthur Baker III
Mineralization and Hydrothermal Alteration in the Hercules Mine, Burke, Idaho Bronson Stringham, F. McIntosh Galbraith, and Garth M. Crosby

Mineral Economics

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Economics of Pegmatites Paul A. Tyler
Changing Factors in Mine Valuation Samuel H. Dolbear

Geophysics

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Geophysical Case History, Fredericktown Lead District, Missouri Harold Powers, LeRoy Scharon, and Carl Tolman
Earth Resistivity in Groundwater Studies in Illinois Merlyn B. Buhle
Self-Potential Anomalies Due to Subsurface Water Flow at Garimenapenta, Madras State, India Ramachandra Rao
The Scintillation Counter in the Search for Oil R. W. Pringle, K. I. Roulston, G. W. Brownell, and H. T. F. Lundberg

Technical Notes - Minerals Beneficiation

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Double-Bond Reactivity of Oleic Acid During Flotation A. M. Gaudin and R. E. Cole
Quantitative Bubble Pick-Up Methods S. C. Sun and R. C. Troxell

Technical Notes - Industrial Minerals

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Calcined Cold-Precipitated Hydrated Iron Oxide William A. Mitchell

Technical Notes - Geophysics

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The Application of Geophysical Exploration in Civil Engineering George F. Sowers

Discussion of Papers Published Prior to 1952

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Discussions  
Magnetic Roasting of Lean Ores Fred D. DeVaney
Effects of Alkalinity on the Flotation of Lead Minerals Marston G. Fleming
Measurement and Evaluation of the Rate of Flotation as a Function of Particle Size T. M. Morris
Titanium Dioxide Analysis of MacIntyre Ore by Specific Gravity Alan Stanley

Extractive Metallurgy

As many members of the Mining Branch are interested in the papers of the Extractive Metallurgy Division, the titles of the papers published for that Division in 1952 are listed below. These papers, and discussion, appear in Transactions (1953) 197, Metals Branch
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Forging of Arc-Melted Chromium H. L. Gilbert, H. A. Johansen, and R. G. Nelson
Arc-Furnace Equipment And Its Operation At The Kennecott Utah Refinery H. A. Shaw and H. G. G. Whitton
Tristage Crystallization Process for Utilizing Western Ferrophosphorus L. H. Banning, W. E. Anable, and R. T. C. Rasmussen
Kinetics of the Oxidation of Galena in Sodium Hydroxide Solutions under Oxygen Pressure (With Discussion) J. E. Andersen, J. Halpern, and C. S. Samis
Operations at New Cornelia Copper Smelter of Phelps Dodge Corporation J. W. Byrkit
Effect of Dissolved Sulphur on the Surface Tension of Liquid Copper C. F. Baes, Jr. and H. H. Kellogg
Free Energy of Vaporization of Metals from 0 to 2000°C J. W. Evans
Vapor Pressure of Zinc in the Reduction of ZnS by Cu and Fe (With Discussion) A. W. Bethune and L. M. Pidgeon
Vacuum Dezincing of Desilverized Lead Bullion T. R. A. Davey
Thermodynamic Properties of Molybdenum Dioxide N. A. Gokcen
Constitution of the FeO-Fe203,-Si02 System at Slagmaking Temperatures R. Schuhmann, Jr., R. G. Powell, and E. J. Micha
Solutions of Metals in Fused Salts Daniel Cubicciotti
Reaction of Silver with Aqueous Solutions of Cyanide and Oxygen G. A. Deitz and J. Halper
System Ag2O-B2O3: Its Thermodynamic Properties as a Slag Model G. M. Willis And F. L. Henness
Effect of Chloride on the Deposition of Copper, in the Presence of Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth V. Hospadaruk and C. A. Winkler
Hurley Furnace and Boiler Description and Design E. A. Slover
Preparation of Metallic Iron of High Purity (With Discussion) G. A. Moore
Sintering Zinc Concentrates on the Blackwell 12 by 168 Ft Machine A. E. Lee, Jr.

Index

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