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By B. Barlin, G. A. L. Smith, I. J. I. Delaney

A method was developed to quantify the three mineral species, sphalerite, galena, and pyrite in seven concentrator products. Intermineral effects were studied and a statistical analysis was undertaken to assess the accuracy and reproducibility of the method. The method is both rapid and suitable for plant control purposes. Furthermore, it requires only semiskilled laboratory personnel to carry out all the analyses.

Jan 1, 1976

W. M. Courtis, Detroit, Mich.: Except for free-gold ores, I have always believed in scorification. I think the crucibleassay gives silver low. We found this out at the Wyandotte works in assaying Silver Islet ore. The mine-managers made us, and also the check-assayera, run one of the duplicates by

Jan 1, 1896

By Howard H. Fields

Any mining engineer with a desire to operate independently, with some financial backing, and with no fear of heavy responsibility and long hours, should be able to make a comfortable living in Mexico. Barring a few inconveniences such as a lack of satisfactory liability or accident insurance, the difficulty of obtaining repair parts for vehicles, and the length of time required receive returns from shipments, the operation of a small mine is not at all difficult. It is, in fact, a little easier to find a good prospect in Mexico than in the U.S.

Jan 11, 1950

By Willard S. Morse

Referring to Mr. Rickard's paper on " The Limitations of the Gold Stamp-Mill" (Trans., xxiii., 137), and the discussions that have followed, and without entering into any controversy as to the relative merits of the " California " and " Colorado " types of stamp-mills, I wish to give the results obtained on ores from Lynx Creek district, near Prescott, Arizona, with a stampmill of the Colorado, or, more precisely, the Gilpin county, Colo., type. The mines of the district have been worked for nearly thirty

Jan 1, 1896

By G. Richard Dreese, Harold L. Bryant

The coal mining industry has had a long history of successfully externalizing part of its costs. Thus the private or internal costs of coal mining have been minimized and the social or external costs have been ignored. The externalized costs have largely taken the form of water pollution from acid mine drainage and sedimentation of stream channels from eroding spoil banks and gob piles. The environmental problems created by strip mining are very conspicuous, so the public demand for legisla-

Jan 1, 1975

MEMBERS of the Research Committee lunched to-gether on Monday and discussed the work and plans of the Committee. Some re-assignment of duties was made and a request put in for another member specializing in lead and zinc. By request, Director Flinn of the Engineering Foundation presented the problem of the proposed investigation of iron alloys. It was decided to call together a special committee in May to determine on recommendations. A. C. Fieldner discussed coal research and Chairman Manning was authorized to ascertain by letter ballot the opinions, on certain phases of this, of all members of the Committee.

Jan 3, 1928

The Howe Memorial Lecture, in memory of Henry Marion Howe, Past President of the Institute, was authorized in April, 1923, as an annual address to be delivered by invitation under the auspices of the Institute by an individual of recognized and outstanding attainment in the science and practice of iron and steel metallurgy or metallography, chosen by the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the 11on and Steel Division. The following mere the Howe lectures and lectures for the years indicated: 1924 What, is Steel? By Albert Sauveu

Jan 1, 1944

By Robert M. Lewis

At the Scotia plant of Blue Diamond Coal Co., near Cumberland Ky., good recovery and grade can be obtained when floating deep mine coal. When the plant changes over to strip coal, flotation fails, resulting in loss of coal. A procedure was developed at the Minerals Research Laboratory in Asheville, N. C., for recovering strip coal by flotation. Laboratory results were duplicated on a batch scale at the plant. The procedure was found to be effective when tried on a continuous basis in the processing plant.

Jan 1, 1973

By Daniel T. O’Brian

Exploration targets and results in the mining industry are commonly summarized in terms of tonnage and grade. Business appraisals require, as additional information, the expected profit or loss implied by the physical summary. The early incorporation of knowledge gained through financial analysis computations can provide a means for economically resolving many common exploration and development problems. Examples of such applications from the activities of exploration planning, reconnaissance, land acquisition, and development planning are presented in this paper.

Jan 1, 1969

The Institute is custodian of funds for support of numerous gold medals and prizes and has representatives on boards awarding still others. Details regarding the Institute Awards are given below. The Institute is represented on the boards of the John Fritz Medal, the Hoover Medal and the Washington Award, in connection with the three national societies of Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering; and, also, in the case of the Washington Award, with the Western Society of Engineers.

Jan 1, 1929

Recognizing the fact that the problems of the committee named by the Board to prepare the "official ticket" for officers and Directors of the Institute are various and difficult; and desiring to assist this committee by setting forth some of the principles that should guide the committee and some of the qualifications that should be required of candidates, the following instructions are formulated and the Secretary is directed to publish them in MINING AND METALLURGY concurrently with the publication of the names of each newly appointed Nominating Committee and to send a copy to each member of the Committee.

Jan 1, 1938

By Orvar Nyquist, Klaus W. K. Lange, John Chipman

Liquid Fe-C-Si alloys containing 0 to 12 pet Si and up to 4 pet C were equilibrated with carburizing gases at 1550°C. Two to 5 alloys simultaneously were held in close proximity for 5 to 7 hr to establish uniform carbon activity in the group. Analysis of the data gives the activity coefficient of carbon as a function of the mole fractions of carbon and silicon, Fig. 7. Values of the interaction coefficients at infinite dilution are

Jan 1, 1962

By Renato G. Bautista, KNona C. Liddell

A model of the reaction of chalcopyrite, CuFeS2, with Fe3+ and with 02 is considered. Homogeneous solution phase reactions are assumed to be always at equilibrium throughout the dissolution of the mineral. The dissociation of USOb- and several complexation reactions involving cu2+, Fez+ and Fe3+ are incorporated in the model equations. The relative importance of Fe3+, 02, and H+ as oxidants and the role of solution equilibria are assessed and the implications for leaching practice discussed.

Jan 1, 1981

By T. O. Olsen, R. Henriksen

Aggregated models of a bank of flotation cells have frequently been used, assuming that a single-cell model can be used for control and estimation purposes. In this paper we investigate the feasibility of this approach, and show that single-cell aggregated models may very well be used in order to estimate the aggregated net flotation rate constants of the bank. These estimates would usually be very crucial in order to control the plant.

Jan 1, 1981

By Frederick F. Frick

SPONGE iron as produced at Anaconda is a fine, -35 mesh, impure product, about 50 pct metallic iron, obtained from the reduction of iron calcine at a temperature of 1850°F by use of coke resulting from slack coal. The metallic iron particles are bulky and spongey and precipitate copper readily and rapidly from a copper sulphate solution. Investigation of the treatment of Greater Butte Project, Kelley, ore at Anaconda early showed the desirability of using sponge iron as a precipitant for the copper in solution resulting from desliming of the ore in a dilute sulphuric acid solution.

Jan 1, 1953

By Frank Firmstone

IN Chemical Phenomena of Iron Smelting, Mr. Bell gives the weight of materials required to fill furnaces of various sizes at the Clarence Works ; as this differs very much from the weight required for furnaces at Glendon, where anthracite and magnetic and brown iron-ores are used, a comparison is interesting. Taking furnaces at Glendon of 4800 and 11,900 cubic feet capacity and comparing them with the Clarence furnaces of 6000 cubic feet and 11,500 cubic feet, we find that the 4800 cubic feet at Glendon and the 6000 cubic feet at Clarence required respectively-

Jan 1, 1873

By P. T. Gallagher, W. A. Oates, J. A. Lambert

FAIRLY extensive equilibrium data exists for carbon dissolved in r iron.1-8 However the temperature coefficients of the carbon activity, ac , are insufficierltly preciseto reveal whether the heat of solution of carbon, ?HC , varies with composition. It is doubtful

Jan 1, 1970

By Gilman C. Ritter

Moisture sampling of uranium ore should coincide as nearly as possible with weighing of the lot represented by the sample. This requires care by the sampler since the sample must usually be taken as a grab from each truckload as dumped. Correct proportions of coarse and fine material are necessary. A sample of at least 10 lb should be collected, placed in an air tight container, and promptly taken to the moisture determination room. Further, the sample should be dried for a minimum of 24 hr or until there is no further apparent loss of weight at a temperature no greater than 110°C.

Jan 10, 1958

The Howe Memorial Lecture, in memory of Henry Marion Howe, Past President of the Institute, was authorized in April, 1923, as an annual address to be delivered by invitation under the auspices of the Institute by an individual of recognized and outstanding attainment in the science and practice of iron and steel metallurgy or metallography, chosen by the Board of Directors upon recommendation of the Iron and Steel Division. The following were the Howe lectures and lecturers for the years indicated: 1924 What is Steel? By Albert Sauveur. 1925 Austenite and Austenitic Steels. By John A. Mathews. 1926 Twenty-five Years of Metallography. By William Campbell.

Jan 1, 1940

By John Harmon

THIS paper was written-with two objects in view: (1) To describe in detail what has been done toward the ventilation of the main unit of the Portovelo mines and the results; (2) to give information that may be useful to anyone who may have to make a preliminary mine ventilation survey, with recommendations for the improvement of the existing system and finally the maintenance of the improved system.

Jan 1, 1931