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52-5 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS. VOL. IV. MAY, 1875, TO FEBRUARY, 1876. EASTON, PA.: PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE, AT THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. PHILADELPHIA: SHERMAN & CO., PRINTERS. CONTENTS. PAGE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS,.......................................................................v-xx RULES, ................................................................................................... xxi DOVER MEETING, May, 1875,........................................................................3 CLEVELAND MEETING, October, 1875,........................................................... 9 WASHINGTON MEETING, February, 1876....................................................... 1 8 DOVER MEETING. Repairing the Upper Part of a Furnace Lining, without Blowing Out. By FRANK FIRMSTONE, ....................................................................29 On the Use of Natural Gas for Puddling and Heating, at Leechburg, Penn- sylvania. By A. L. HOLLEY, C.E.,...................................................... 32 The Swansea Silver Smelting arid Refining Works of Chicago. By .J. L. JERNEGAN, JR., M.E., ...........................................................................35 Fires in Mines. Their Causes and the Means of Extinguishing Them. By RlCHARD P. ROTHWELL, M.E.........................................................................54 CLEVELAND MEETING. Some Pressing Needs of Our Iron and Steel Manufacture. By A. L HOL- LEY,C.E.,...........................................................................................................
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