[Frontispiece, Vol. xlix] [Portrait] NICHOLAS WOOD, PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, 1852-1865. Born on April 24th, 1795, and died on December 19th, 1865. [i] NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. TRANSACTIONS VOL. XLIX. 1899-1900. Edited by M. WALTON BROWN, Secretary. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Published by the Institute. Printed by Andrew Reid & Co., Limited, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1901. [All rights of publication and translation are reserved.] [ii] ADVERTIZEMENT. The Institute is not responsible, as a body, for the statements, facts, and opinions advanced in any of its publications. [iii] CONTENTS OF VOL. XLIX. Page Advertizement [ii] Contents [iii] GENERAL MEETINGS. 1899. Page Aug. 5.- Annual General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 1 Election of Officers, 1899-1900 1 Annual Report of the Council, 1898-99 2 Report of the Finance Committee 7 Discussion 7 Accounts 8 Representatives on the Council of The Institution of Mining Engineers 13 Discussion of Mr. T. L. Elwen's " Notes on the Glacial Deposit or 'Wash' 14 of the Dearness Valley " Discussion of Dr. John S. Haldane and Mr. F. G. Meachem's 15 "Observations on the Relation of Underground Temperature and Spontaneous Fires in the Coal to Oxidation," etc. Discussion of Mr. A. Rateau's "Experimental Investigations upon the 16 Theory of the Pitot Tube and the Woltmann Mill" "The Mineral Resources of Tasmania" By John J. Sandeman 24 "The Kalgoorlie Cold-field." By S J. Becher 42 Oct. 14.—General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 51 "Automatic Sprayer for Preventing Accumulations of Dust in Mines." By 53 R. Harle Discussion 55 Discussion on Mr. H. G. Stokes' paper on "The Ore-deposits of the Silver 59 Spur Mine and Neighbourhood, Texas, Queensland" "The Driving of a Stone-drift at the West Wylam Collieries." 60 By Sidney Bates Discussion 65 Discussion of Dr. John S. Haldane and Mr. F. G. Meachem's 68 ''Observations on the Relation of Underground Temperature and Spontaneous Fires in the Coal to Oxidation," etc. Dec. 9.—General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 69 Discussion of Mr. E. G. Hiller's paper on "The Working of 70 the Boiler Explosions Acts, 1882 and 1890" Discussion of Messrs. Heise and Thiem's "Experiments on the Ignition of 74 Fire-damp and Coal-dust by Means of Electricity" Discussion of Mr. D. Murgue's paper on "The Murgue 75 Recording Volumetric Anemometer" [iv] 1900. Page Feb. 10. General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 77 Discussion of Mr. Harrison F. Bulman's paper on "The 78 Kalgoorlie Gold-mines, Western Australia," and Mr. S. J. Becher's paper on " The Kalgoorlie Gold-field " Discussion of Mr. A. Rateau's "Experimental Investigations upon the 81 Theory of the Pitot Tube and the Woltmann Mill" "Description of Present and Proposed Methods of Operating Vinton No. 85 3 Colliery, Vintondale, Pennyslvania, U.S.A." By Clarence R. Claghorn Discussion 96 "Ore-deposits of Mount Lyell, Tasmania." By J. J. Muir 101 "Some Silver-bearing Veins of Mexico." By Edward Halse 104 April 28.—General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 119 Discussion of Mr. J. Emerson Dowson's paper on "Metric Weights 120 and Measures" ''The Coal-fields of Natal." By Wm. Taylor Heslop 122 Discussion 139 The Balmer Pit-prop 143 Discussion 144 The Ljungstrom Crankless Engine 145 June 9.—General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 149 Benevolent Fund 150 Awards for Papers 150 July 21.—Students'Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 151 "Longwall Methods in the Eastwood District, Nottinghamshire." By 151 Norman M. Thornton APPENDICES. I. -Notes of Papers on the Working of Mines, Metallurgy, etc., from the 1-124 Transactions of Colonial and Foreign Societies and Colonial and Foreign Publications "The Age of Metalliferous Veins." By Prof. H. Hofer 1 "Mineral Resources of Transcaspia, Russian Asia." By F. Thiess 3 "Geology of the Island of Rhodes." By Gejza von Bukowski 4 "Rar-el-Maden Iron-ore Mine, Algiers." By Ed. Dietz 4 "Gold-bearing Cobalt-veins in the Transvaal." By Hans Oehmichen 5 "Iron-ore Deposits of Tabarca, Tunisia." By A. Prost 6 "Manganese Ores of Brazil." By Miguel Ribeiro Lisboa 7 "Geology of the Klondike Gold-fields, Canada." By Dr. Otto Nordenskjold 7 "The Probability of Outbursts of Fire-damp." By J. Beaupain 9 "The Cause of Irregularities in the Determination of Fire-damp by Means 9 of its Igniting Limit." By — Lebreton "Fire-damp in Metalliferous and other Mines, Belgium." By J. Libert. 10 "Fire-damp Accidents in French Collieries." By — Glasser 11 "Explosion at the Carolinengluck Colliery, Bochum, Westphalia." 12 Official Report [v] Appendices.—Continued. I. Notes of Papers, etc.—Continued. Page. "Underground Pumping-engines ": — (1) By B. Gerdau 14 (2) By Charles Francois. 16 "Unwatering the Comstock Lode, Nevada." By L. P. Gratacap 17 "Grondal-Dellwik Method of Magnetic Concentration of Iron-ores." By 18 Edward Primosigh "Dense Liquids used for the Separation of Coal and Shale." By — 20 Maurice "Russian Iron-industry." By Paul Trasenster 20 "An Electrically-driven Coal-stamping Machine for Coke-ovens." 23 By H. W "Otto Recovery Coke-ovens at the Preussen I. Colliery." By H. 24 "Purifying Blast-furnace Gases" Anon. 24 "Raising the Temperature of Blast-furnaces by Injecting Heavy 25 Oils." By F. Laur "An Electrically-driven Steel Mill." Anon. 25 "The Copper Industry of Chile." By J. Velasquez Jimenez. 26 "Roasting Copper-ore at Keswick, California." By T. Neilson 27 "Influence of Peaty Water on the Amalgamation of Gold-ores." By W. 28 Witter "Chlorination of Gold-ores at Mount Morgan." By Edgar Hall 29 'Max Netto Process of Treating Gold and Silver Ores." By L. Legrand 30 "Properties of Aluminium " By A. Ditte 31 "Electrolytic Production of Crystalline Tungsten." By L. A. Hallopeau 31 "Utilization of Coal-dust and Slimes as Fuel." Anon. 32 "Coal-dust Fuel for firing Boilers and heating Furnaces." By A. Halleux 32 "Evaporative Efficiency of Oil-fuel." By H. Tweddle 33 "Coal-supply to a Central Electric Station." By Robert Pitaval 33 "Costs of Steam and Water-power." By William O. Webber 34 "Central Condensation Plant at the Recklinghausen Colliery," By W. M. 34 "Conveyance of Compressed Air." By Prof. Robert Peel 36 "Electric Plant at Mont Dore." By A. Lavezzari 36 "Utilization of Blast-furnace Gas." By H. Savage 37 "A Modern Aerial Rope-way." By Frank B. Wright 37 "Checking Miners at Work." By Richard Danilof 39 "Ankylostomasia, or Miners' Anaemia." By Dr. Ch Roersch 40 "Explosion of Dynamite in Kimberley Mine " 41 "The Formation of Coal." By B. Renault 43 "Fossil Sea-water in the Coal-measures." By Dr. Carl Ochsenius 44 "Seismographic Instruments and Atmospheric Perturbations." By G. 44 Agamennone "The Nature of Earth-waves." By P. Rudzki 45 [vi] Appendices.—Continued. I.—Notes of Papers, etc.—Continued. Page. "Earthquakes in the Yogtland, Prussian Saxony." By Hermann Credner 45 ''The Earthquakes of Tripolis and Triphylia, Greece." By Prof. C. 46 Mitzopulos "The Great Earthquake in Northern Honshu, Japan." By Dr. N. Yamasaki 47 "Chrome Iron-ore of Kraubat, Upper Styria." By Dr. Franz Ryba 48 "Iron-ore Deposits of the Stubai Valley, Tyrol." By J. Blaas 48 "Anthracite in Nassau Haematite, Germany." By L. Loewe 49 "The Kaolin-deposits near La Spezia, Italy." By E. Salle 49 "The Origin of the Cinnabar and Antimony-ore Deposits of Tuscany." 50 By Dr. B. Lotti "Pyrites-deposits in Norway." By E. Gulliksen and Prof. J. H. L. Vogt 50 "Mineral Resources of Rumania." By Prof. P. Poni 51 "Mineral Products of Ceylon." By Fr. Grunling 53 "Devonian Anthracite in Kwi-chu Province, China." By G. H. Monod. 55 "Auriferous Deposits of the Liao-tung Peninsula, China." By K. I. 55 Bogdanovich "Mineral Resources of Taiwan or Formosa." By Dr. N. Yamasaki 56 "Prospecting in Persia." By Hans Winklehner 57 "Mineral Wealth of Siberia." By E. Glasser 58 "The Origin of Gold in Madagascar." By A. Lacroix 61 "Galena associated with Vanadium and Molybdenum-ores in Argentina." 62 By Dr. W. Bodenbender "Iron-ore Deposits of Vancouver and Texada Islands." By Wm. M. 63 Brewer. "Gold-fields of Western Ontario." By J. D. Lowry 64 "Lewis River Copper District, Yukon Territory." By W. M. 64 Brewer "Ceruleite : A Copper-Arsenic Mineral found in Chile." By H. Dufet 65 "Copper-ores of Cerro de Pasco, Peru." By L. Gascuel 65 " Nome Gold-fields, Alaska " : — (1) By Paul P. Travers 67 (2) By Oliver Roberts 67 "Petroleum in California." By A. S. Cooper 68 "Butte Mining District, Montana." By Prof. Arthur Lakes 69 "Dangerous Outcrops in Pennsylvania." By G. M. Williams 69 "Gilsonite in Utah.' By Don Maguire 70 "Silver-bearing Sandstones of Southern Utah." By Don Maguire 71 "Coal-explosions at Hausham, Bavaria." By Karl Baumgartner 71 "Rheinland Lignite-industry." By Fred. Heiman 73 "Coal-mining in the Asturias, Spain." By Alphonse Dory 73 "Turquoise Mines of Persia " By H. L. Geissel 74 "Gold-mining in Nova Scotia." By G. W. Stuart 74 [vii] Appendices.—Continued. I.----Notes of Papers, etc. Continued. Page "Nacosari Mines, Sonora, Mexico." By H. B. Layton 75 "El Refugio Mine, Durango, Mexico." By Frank B. Fowler 76 "Mining in Nicaragua." By Thomas W. White 76 "Fatal Accidents in Coal-mines in North America." By F. L. Hoffman 77 "Cripple Creek District, Colorado." By Dr. S F. Hazlehurst 77 "Brown Iron-ores of Georgia." By S. W. McCallie 78 "Ramshorn Copper-silver Mine, Idaho." By R. N. Bell 79 ''Methods of Iron-mining in Northern Minnesota." By Prof. F. W. Denton 80 "Windber Collieries, Pennsylvania." By Burcham Harding 82 "Apparatus for Measuring the Dip of Strata in Bore-hole Cores." 83 By Hermann Gothan "The Testing of Flat Placer-deposits by Boring." By Robert Nye 84 "Dulait-Forget Electric Drill." By — Cuvelette 84 "Liquid Air as a Blasting-agent in Mines." By Hudson Maxim 85 "Use of Safety-explosives in Gassy Mines in France." By L.