Volume 1

Title Page

Preface

Contents

Officers and Members

Rules

Plates

PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS

MEETING	DATE
Wilikes-Barre	May, 1871
Bethlehem	August, 1871
Troy	November, 1871
Philadelphia	February, 1872
New York	May, 1872
Pittsburgh	October, 1872
Boston	February, 1873

PAPERS:

WILKES-BARRE MEETING May, 1871

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Geographical Distribution of Mining Districts in the United States	R. W. Raymond, Ph.D
The Relation between the Speed and Effectiveness of Stamps	R. W. Raymond, Ph.D
Remarks on the Waste in Coal-Mining	R. P. Rothwell, M.E

BETHEHEM MEETING August, 1871

TITLE	AUTHOR
Preliminary Report of the Committee upon the Waste of Anthracite Coal	Eckley B. Coxe, Chairman
Abstract of Remarks on the Di5culties in the Identification of Coal-Beds	R. P. Rothwell, M.E
An Eccentric Theodolite	Prof. Francis L. Vinton
Abstract of a Paper on the Mines and Works of the Lehigh Zinc Company	H.S. Drinker, C.E.
Topography, with especial Reference to the Lake Superior Copper District	John F. Blandy, M.E.
The Use and Advantages of the Prop Screw-Jack	E. Gaujot, M.E.

TROY MEETING November, 1871

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Attainment of Uniformity in Bessemer Steel	Dr. Thomas M. Drown
The Smelting of Argentiferous Lead Ores in Nevada, Utah, and Montana	O.H. Hann, M.E., Anton Eilers, M.E. and R.W. Raymond Ph.D.
Economy of the Blast Furnace	Prof. Frederick Prime, Jr.
The Brown Hematite Ore Deposits of South Mountain, between Carlisle, Waynesborough, and the southeastern edge of Cumberland Valley	J.W. Harden, M.E.
Blast-Furnace Slags	Kenneth Robertson M.E.

PHILADELPHIA MEETING February, 1872

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Manufacture of Iron and Steel Rails	John B. Pearse
Pillars of Coal	S. Harries Daddow
The Importance of Surveying in Geology	Benjamin Smith Lyman, C.E.
The Method and Cost of Mining the Red Specular and Magnetic Ores of the Marquette Iron Region of Lake Superior	Major T.B. Brooks
Rolling vs. Hammering Ingots	Alexander L. Holley, C.E.
Uses of Blast-Furnace Slags	Prof. T. Egleston

NEW YORK MEETING May, 1872

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Metallurgical Value of the Lignites of the Far West	A. Eilers, M.E.
Indiana Block Coal in Competition with Rival Fuels	John S. Alexander
Malleable Cast-Iron	R.H. Terhune M.E.
The Determination of Combined Carbon in Steel by the Colorimetric Method	J. Blodget Britton
Economical Results in the Treatment of Gold and Silver Ores by Fusion	John A. Church M.E.
Remarks on the Hunt and Douglas Copper Process	T. Sterry Hunt LL.D., F.R.S.
Remarks on the Extraction of Bismuth from Certain Ores	T. Sterry Hunt LL.D., F.R.S.
A New Method of Sinking Shafts	Eckley B. Coxe

PITTSBURGH MEETING October, 1872

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Position of the American Pig-Iron Manufacture	Edmund C. Pechin
Three-High Rolls	Alexander L. Holley C.E.
The Tertiary Coal-Beds of Canyon City, Colorado	R. Neilson Clark M.E.
Phosphorus in the Ashes of Anthracite Coals	J. Blodget Britton
The Longwall System of Mining	J.W. Harden M.E.
A Comparison between Certain English and Certain American Blast Furnaces as to their Capacity by Measurement and their Capacity by Weight	Frank Firmstone
A New Occurrence of the Telluride of Gold and Silver	A. Eilers M.E.
Remarks on the Precipitation of Gold in a Reverberatory Hearth	R.W. Raymond Ph.D.
Coking Under Pressure	John A. Church M.E.
Remarks on the Wickersham Process of Refining Pig-Iron	Edmund C. Pechin

BOSTON MEETING February, 1873

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Geognostical History of the Metals	T. Sterry Hunt LL.D., F.R.S.
The Midlothian Colliery, Virginia	Oswald J. Heinrich M.E.
The Midlothian Colliery, Virginia (Supplementary Paper)	Oswald J. Heinrich M.E.
Remarks on the Magnetites of Clifton, in St. Lawrence County, New York	Prof. B. Silliman
The Probable Existence of Microscopic Diamonds with Zircons and Topaz, in the Sands of Eydraulic ,Washings in California	Prof. B. Silliman
Remarks on an Occurrence of Tin Ore at Winslow, Maine	T. Sterry Hunt LL.D., F.R.S.
Remarks on a Mining Transit and Plummet-Lamp	R. W. Raymond, Ph.D
Remarks on the Use of the Plummet-Lamp in Underground Surveying	Eckley B. Coxe
Contributions to the Records of Lead Smelting in Blast Furnaces	A. Eilers M.E.
Recent Improvements in Diamond Drills and in the Machinery for their Use	Prof. William P. Blake
The Mining and Metallurgical Laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Prof. Robert H. Richards
On the Wasting of Coal at the Mines	J.W. Harden M.E.

APPENDIX

TITLE	AUTHOR
The Origin of Metalliferous Deposits	T. Sterry Hunt LL.D., F.R.S.
Researches on the Consumption of Heat in the Blast-Furnace Process	Translated by Prof. Frederick Prime Jr.

INDEX

TITLE	AUTHOR
Index To Authors
Index to Papers