[Frontispiece, Vol. LVII] [Portrait] JOHN DAGLISH, PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, 1884-1886. Born on June 26th, 1828, and died on August 9th, 1906. [i] THE NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. TRANSACTIONS. VOL. LVII. 1906-1907. EDITED BY THE SECRETARY. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE: PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE. Printed by Andrew Reid & Co., Limited, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1911. [All rights of publication or translation are reserved.] [ii] ADVERTIZEMENT. The Institute is not, as a body, responsible for the statements and opinions advanced in the papers which may be read, nor in the discussions which may take place at the meetings of the Institute. [iii] CONTENTS. iii CONTENTS OF VOL. LVII. Page. ADVERTlZEMENT ........................... ii Contents .................... ......... iii GENERAL MEETINGS. 1906. Page Aug. 1.—General Meeting, to receive the Members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ... 1 Visits to Works, etc. : — Dawdon Colliery ... ... .. ...... 2 Horden Colliery ... ... ... 4 Aug. 4.—Annual General Meetiug (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ...... 6 Election of Officers, 1906-1907 ............... 6 Annual Report of the Council, 1905-1906 ... ... 7 Annual Report of the Finance Committee... ... 10 Representatives on the Council of The Institution of Mining Engineers, 1906-1907 .................. 11 Accounts ... ... ... ... ... 12 G. C. Greenwell Medals..................... 17 "An Appliance for Automatically Stopping and Restarting Mine-wagons." By W. Galloway .. ... 19 Discussion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 "Deposits in a Pit-fall at Tanfield Lea, Tantobie, County Durham." By J. A. Smythe ... ... ... ... ... 24 Electro-barograph for Mines ... ... ... ......... 29 Sept. 10.—Excursion Meeting of Associates and Students (Bowburn Winning) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 "Bowburn Winning." By A. L. Steavenson ... ... ... 31 Oct. 13.—General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ... ......... 35 Death of Mr. John Daglish ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 Discussion of Mr. W. Archer's paper on "Improved Dampers for Coke-oven Flues" ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 Discussion of Mr. Sam Mavor's paper on "Practical Problems of Machine-mining" ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 "The Valuation of Mineral Properties." By T. A. O'Donahue 45 Discussion ... ...... ... ... ... ... 63 Dec. 5.—Excursion Meeting (Swalwell)... ... ... ... ... ... 66 Electric Plant, Axwell Park Colliery............... 66 Dec. 8.—General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ... ... ... ... 69 Discussion of Dr. J. A. Smythe's paper on "Deposits in a Pitfall at Tanfield Lea, Tantobie, County Durham "... ... 70 Discussion of Mr. W. Maurice's paper on "A Rateau Exhaust-steam-driven Three-phase Haulage Plant" ... ... ... 71 [iv] CONTENTS. 1906. Page Dec. 8. —General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne). - Continued. "Experiments Illustrative of the Inflammability of Mixtures of Coal-dust and Air." By P. Phillips Bedson and Henry Widdas ..................... … 73 Discussion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 "Liquid Air and its Use in Rescue-apparatus." By Otto Simonis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 78 Discussion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 83 "Sinking- through Magnesian Limestone and Yellow Sand by the Freezing- process, at Dawdon Colliery, near Seaham Harbour, County Durham." By E. Seymour Wood ... 95 Discussion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 121 1907. Feb. 9.- General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ... ... ... ... 123 Discussion of Mr. Otto Simonis' paper on "Liquid Air and its Use in Rescue-apparatus''' ... ... ... ... ... 124 "Ferro-concrete and its Applications." By T. J. Gueritte ... 132 April 13.—General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ... ... ... ... 117 Discussion of Mr. W. E. Garforth's paper on "A New Apparatus for Rescue-work in Mines" ... ... ... ... ... 148 Discussion on the Explosion at Wingate Grange Colliery ... 151 Discussion of Mr. E. Seymour Wood's paper on "Sinking through Magnesian Limestone and Yellow Sand by the Freezing-process at Dawdon Colliery, near Seaham Harbour, County Durham " ... ... ... 165 "Sliding-trough Conveyors." By M. Malplat ... ... ... 166 Discussion ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 168 "Memoir of the late John Daglish." By M. Walton Brown ... 169 June 8. - General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ... ... ... ... 173 Discussion of Mr. R. Cremer's paper on "The Pneumatogen: The Self-generating Rescue-apparatus, compared with other Types " ........................ 174 Discussion of Mr. E. Seymour Wood's paper on "Sinking through Magnesian Limestone and Yellow Sand by the freezing-process at Dawdon Colliery, near Seaham Harbour, County Durham " ... ... ... ... 175 "Treatment of Dust in Mines, Aboveground and Below-ground." By Richard Harle ... ... ... ... ... 178 Discussion ... ...... ... ... ... ... 181 June 6. Excursion Meeting (Sunderland) ... ... ... ... ... 185 C Pit, Monkwearmouth ... ... ... ... ... ... 185 "Memoir of Sir Lowthian Bell, Bart." ... ... ... ... 187 APPENDICES. I. — Notes of Papers on the Working* of Mines. Metallurgy, etc., from the Transactions of Colonial and Foreign Societies and Colonial and foreign Publications ... ... ... ... ... ... 1-100 "Cutaneous Infectivity of Ankylostomiasis." By Gino Pieri... 1 "Mining Legislation in Holland." By J. G. Bousquet...... 1 "Underground Temperatures in the Pas-de-Calais, France." By Félix Leprince-Ringuet ... ...... 2 [v] CONTENTS. V APPENDICES. - Continued. 1 - Notes of Papers, etc.—Continued. Page. "Seasonable Distribution of Earth-tremors": — (1) By F. de Montessus de Ballore ......... 3 (2) By F. de Montessus de Ballore ......... 3 "Earth-tremors in Greece during the Years 1900 to 1903." By D. Eginitis........................ 4 "Earthquake of 1905 in Calabria, Italy ": — (1) By Mario Baratta.................. 5 (2) By G. Mercalli .................. 5 "Earthquake in Finland, 1902." By J. E. Rosberg ...... 6 "Chilian Earthquake of August, 1906." By Hans Steffen 7 "Earthquakes of 1906 at Masaya, Nicaragua." By Karl Sapper ... ... 9 "Cyperaceae and the Accumulation of Alluvial Gold." By H. Jumelle and H. Perrier de la Bathie ......... 10 "Humus and the formation of Bog- and Lake-ores." By Ossian Aschan ........................ 11 "Manganiferous Bog-ore and the formation of Manganese-deposits." By J.H. L. Vogt............... 12 "Origin and Age of Metalliferous Ores." By Alfred Ditte ... 14 "Diffusion-theory of the Origin of Ore-deposits." By G. B. Trener 15 "Formation of Iron-ore Deposits and their Classification." By O. Stutzer ........................ 16 "Magmatic Segregation of Iron-ores in Granite." By J. H. L. Vogt ... 17 "Genesis of Pisolitic Iron-ore-." By Stanislas Meunier ... 18 " Stratigraphical Conditions affecting the Occurrence of Petroleum." By A. F. Stahl ............... 19 " Tertiary Coal-depoiits of Ruda, Dalmatia." By F. von Kerner 20 "Carboniferous Marine Strata in Hungary." By Fritz Frech 21 "Petroleum-bearing Rocks of Komarnik-Mikova and Luh, Hungary." By Julius Noth ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 "Petroleum- and Ozokerite-deposits of Boryslaw, Galicia." By J. Grzybowski ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 "Pyritic Deposits of Kazanesd, Hungary." By Anton Lackner 24 "Copper-ores and Wolfram-ores in Southern Tyrol." By J. Block.............. 25 "Formation of the Belgian Coal-measures." By A. Renier ... 26 "A Marine Band in the Charleroi Coal-measures, Belgium." By René Cambier ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 "Fauna and flora of the Lower Coal-measures of Baudour, Hainaut " : — (1) By J. Cornet ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 (2) By Armand Renier ... ... ... ... ... 29 "Lower Division of the Liége Coal-measures." By P. Fourmarier ... 29 "Marine Bands in the Upper Coal-measures of Mons, Belgium." By J. Cornet ... ... ... ... ... 30 "Campine Coal-field, Belgium." By H. Forir, A. Habets and M. Lohest ... ... ... ... ... .. 30 [vi] CONTENTS. APPENDICES.—Continued. I.— Notes of Papers, etc. — Continued. Page "Manganiferous Iron-ores of Lienne, Belgium." By Joseph Libert ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 "Coal-basins of Carmaux-Albi, France." By Jules Laromiguière ... ... 34 " Coal-field of French Lorraine ": — (1) By Jules Bergeron and Paul Weiss ... ... ... 35 (2) By R. Zeiller .................. 35 (3) By J. Bergeron ... .... ... ... ... ... 36 "Unsuccessful Borings for Coal in Picardy, France." By J. Gossolet......................... 37 "Shear-planes in the St. Étienne Coal-field, France." By G. Friedel and P. Termier ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 "Iron-ore derived from Glauconite, Ardennes, France." By L. Cayeux ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 38 "Magnetic Iron-ore of Diélette, Lower Normandy." By L. Cayeux ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 "Auriferous Stibnite of Martigné, Britanny.". By O. Stutzer 39 "Gold and Silver in the Trias of French Lorraine." By Francis Laur ............... 40 "Metalliferous Deposits of the Val de Villé, Alsace." By — Ungemach ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 41 "Asphaltic Limestones of the Gard, France." By P. Nicou... 42 " Phosphatic Deposiis of Fiance." By 0. Tietze .. ... ... 44 "Aix-la-Chapelle Coal-field, Germany ' By H. Westermann ... 45 "Recent Bore-holes and Sinkings in the Rhenish-Westjdialian Coal-field." By P. Krusch ............... 47 "Brown-coal Deposits of Upper Lausitz, Silesia." By Kurt Priemel ...................... 49 "Posidonia Becheri in Upper Silesian Coal-measures." By R. Michael ........................ 51 "Asphalt-deposit at Mettenheim, Hesse." By A. Steuer ... 51 "Kaolin-deposits of Halle-an-der-Saale, Saxony." By Ewald Wüst [Wuest]........................... 52 "Nickeliferous