Mr. UREN. 107. Economics of Mining. Factors which affect the economic operation of a mine; mining company incorporation and organization; mine finance; mining investments; mining costs; amortization of capital invested in mining; depreciation of mining plant and property; labor in mining; mine taxation; conservation of mineral resources; marketing ores and metals; production and consumption of metals; relation of the mining industry to other industries. 2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 8. Prerequisite: course 101A. 109. Mine Cost-Accounting. Mr. UREN. Lectures on mine accounting and cost-keeping from an engineering standpoint. Payment of workmen; purchase and distribution of mine supplies; production records; administrative reports; methods of filing and preparing engineering and statistical data. 1 hr., first half-year; 1 unit. Tu, 8. To be taken concurrently with course 101A. 111. Elements of Mining Plants. Standard details of mining and milling machinery. Drafting-room work with occasional lectures. 6 hrs., first half-year; 2 units. Th F, 1-4. Prerequisite: at least junior standing in the College of Mining, or course 3. 113AB. Mine and Mill Design. Lectures and drafting-room work on the design of mine and mill structures. 6 hrs., throughout the year; 2 units. M Tu, 1-4. Prerequisite: course 111. 115. Petroleum Mining. Mr. UREN. Prospecting for oil. Drilling and controlling oil wells. Methods of extracting oil and gas from wells. Methods of separating sand, water and gas from oil. Asphalt mining and preparation for market. Lectures. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 11. Prerequisite: senior standing in any engineering college. 117. Thesis or Summer Work. For the regulations governing thesis work, see the Circular of Information, Academic Departments. Candidates for B.S. may submit a thesis in mining engineering based on laboratory studies at the University, or a report on field studies carried on during vacation for not less than six weeks, at some mine in operation. In the latter case, the work must be done under the immediate guidance of an instructor in the department, or the programme and proposed conditions of work must be approved in advance. Such field studies cannot be undertaken while the candidate is employed as a laborer or in other routine work which absorbs his time and energies. 2 units, each half-year. NOTE.-Mining law is given in the Department of Jurisprudence. [See Jurisprudence 216.] 119. Transporting, Storing and Marketing Petroleum. Mr. UREN. Pipe-lines, tank-cars and steamers; reservoirs and tanks. Uses of petroleum and its products. Selling methods and control of prices and production. Economics of the oil industry. Valuation of oil lands. Lectures. 2 hrs., second half-year; Tu Th, 10. Prerequisite: course 115. 201. Mining Machinery. GRADUATE COURSE Lectures on compressed air for mines; means of compression; transmission and use for driving machinery. 2 hrs., first half-year. M W, 11. Primarily for graduates; open also to properly qualified seniors in the engineering colleges. METALLURGY Laboratory Fees.-Laboratory fees are fifteen dollars for the half-year in each of the laboratory courses 104A, 104B, 110A, 110в, 114, and 210. At the end of the half-year any unconsumed balance is returned to the student after deducting the cost of materials actually used and of breakage of apparatus. UPPER DIVISION COURSES 102. General Metallurgy. Associate Professor HERSAM. The study of ores from a metallurgical standpoint. Sorting, concentrating, handling, sampling and valuing ores and ore products. A study of slags, fluxes and refractory materials. Metallurgical practices and the outline of standard processes of treatment. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 8. Prerequisite: Chemistry 5 or 6, Physics 1A-1B, 2C-2D, Mineralogy 1A-1B. 104A. Assaying. Assistant Professor MORLEY. Lectures and laboratory practice. The proper use and care of the balance. Cupellation of gold and silver. Parting of gold and silver. Preparation of the sample. Scorification and crucible assays of gold and silver ores. 7 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. M, 1-5; Tu, 1-4. Prerequisite: Chemistry 5 or 6, Mineralogy 1A-1b. Assistant Professor MORLEY. 104B. Assaying. Lectures and laboratory practice. The assay of gold and silver bullion; the assay of gold and silver products and solutions; the assay of the base metals with especial attention given to copper and lead. The use and calibration of pyrometers. Practice in gas analysis. 6 hrs., second half-year; 2 units. M Tu, 1-4. Prerequisite: course 104A. 106. Metallurgy of Iron and Steel. Associate Professor HERSAM. The The ores of iron and the methods of their reduction. The production of pig iron, wrought iron, and the various grades of steel. physical properties of structural iron and steel as related to chemical composition and metallurgical treatment. 2 hrs., second half-year; 2 units. Tu Th, 11. 108A. Metallurgy of Gold, Silver, and Quicksilver. Associate Professor HERSAM. Lectures on the amalgamation, concentration, and leaching of gold and silver ores. The theory of mechanical separation, and the discussion of the leading methods in use. The reduction and condensation of quicksilver. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 10. Prerequisite: courses 102 and 104A. 108B. Continuation of Course 108A. Associate Professor HERSAM. The cyanide and other processes of gold and silver extraction. Roasting and chlorination. A detailed study of existing plants. 2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 10. Prerequisite: course 108A. 110A. Metallurgical Laboratory: Mill Work. Associate Professor HERSAM. Experiments on a working scale. Practice in crushing, sampling, concentrating, roasting, leaching, and amalgamating gold and silver ores. 6 hrs., first half-year; 2 units. Th F, 1-4. Prerequisite: course 102. Supplementary to course 108A. 110B. Metallurgical Laboratory: Mill Work. Associate Professor HERSAM. The investigation of special problems in the treatment of ores, particularly of the precious metals. An introduction to research work. 6 hrs., second half-year; units. Th F, 1-4. Prerequisite: Course 110A. Supplementary to course 108B. 112. Metallurgy of Lead and Copper. Assistant Professor MORLEY. Methods of smelting lead and copper ores with particular reference to their gold and silver content. A study of furnaces and the principles in their construction. 2 hrs., first half-year. M W, 10. Prerequisite: course 108A. 114. Metallurgical Laboratory: Smelting. Assistant Professor MORLEY. The laboratory study of metallurgical products including slag and matte. Practice in reduction and smelting operations. The desilverization of base bullion. 6 hrs., second half-year; 2 units. Th F, 1-4. Prerequisite: course 110A. Supplementary to course 112. 116. Metallography. Assistant Professor MORLEY. A study of the microscopic structure of metals and alloys as related to their physical and chemical properties, with especial attention given to iron and steel. Practice in the use of the microscope as applied to the examination of polished and etched metallic surfaces. Instruction in photo-micrography. Lectures and laboratory. 4 hrs., first half-year; 2 units. W, 11 and 1-4. Prerequisite: course 106. 118. Thesis for B.S. Degree. For the regulations governing thesis work, see the Circular of Information, Academic Departments. Candidates for B.S. may submit a thesis in metallurgy based on laboratory studies at the University, or a report on field studies carried on during vacation for not less than six weeks, at some metallurgical plant in operation. In the latter case, the work must be done under the immediate guidance of an instructor in the department, or the programme and proposed conditions of work must be approved in advance. Such field studies cannot be undertaken while the candidate is employed as a laborer or in other routine work which absorbs his time and energies. 2 units each half-year. GRADUATE COURSES The foregoing undergraduate courses are open to graduate students whose previous preparation has fitted them to undertake the work. 202. The Metallurgy of the Less Common Metals. Associate Professor HERSAM. A course covering the metallurgical treatment of the ores of tin, zinc, antimony, arsenic, aluminum, and the platinum metals, including methods of reduction and refining these metals. 2 hrs., first half-year. M W, 11. Prerequisite: course 112. 210. Special Investigation in the Treatment of Ores. Associate Professor HERSAM. Programme of work to be arranged in each case. 216. Metallography. Assistant Professor MORLEY. An extended study of the structure of iron and steel, including thermal analysis. The metallographic examination of the industrial alloys. 4 hrs., second half-year; 2 units. M, 1-5. Prerequisite: course 116. MODERN LANGUAGES 11. Representative Authors of European Literature. Mr. SOLOMON in charge. A series of lectures, with assigned reading, by members of the departments of modern languages, on some of the most important aputhors of medieval and modern European literature, such as Dante, Cervantes, Molière, Goethe, and Tolstoy. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 3. Open to all sophomores, juniors and seniors as a free elective. *101. Phonetics. Assistant Professor DEMETER. An introduction to the general principles of phonetics, with illustration from English, French, and German. Recommended for advanced students who intend to do advanced work in languages or in linguistic theory. 1 hr., first half-year. W, 11. * Not to be given, 1915–16. |