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World's Deepest Oil Well a Test of Equipment and Drilling Methods
By A. H. Bell
DEEPEST hole in the earth, and deepest producing oil well in the world-such is well No. K.C.L. A-2, of the Continental. Oil Co., completed on April 12 in the San Joaquin valley about four miles west o
Jan 1, 1938
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Preliminary Report of the Committee to Study Student Relations
By Jay A. Carpenter
THIS preliminary report from the Committee to Study Relations Between Students and the Institute is submitted to our member- ship for consideration and discussion before the general subject comes up
Jan 1, 1934
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Coal - Control of Mountain Bumps in the Pocahontas No. 4 Seam
By J. L. Schroeder, W. G. Talman
EXPERIENCE has shown that certain known natural conditions and other indefinite characteristics combine to make a mining area vulnerable to mountain bumps. Some of the known conditions are heavy overb
Jan 1, 1959
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Mineral Industry Education ? Lost Generation of Mining Graduates a Problem Demanding Attention in Postwar Period
By W. B. Plank, A. C. Callen
WAR and normalcy do not walk hand in hand, whether it be in industry, the educational field, or in the daily lives of individuals. Schools and departments offering curricula in mineral engineering hav
Jan 1, 1945
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Varied Fare for Nonmetallic Sessions
By AIME AIME
AWIDE variety of subjects was discussed at the Wednesday sessions on Non-metallic Minerals. W. M. Weigel as chairman, presided at the morning session, and W. M. Myers, vice-chairman, in the afternoon.
Jan 1, 1932
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European Blast-Furnace Practice
By Meissner, C. A.
THE tendency all over Europe, just as it is with us, is to go to the use of turbines for new construction or replacement of old steam or even gas engines. 'The lower construction cost and the low
Jan 1, 1928
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Philadelphia Paper - The Advance in Mining and Metallurgical Art, Science and Industry Since 1875
By William P. Shinn
Jan 1, 1881
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Modern Progress in Mining and Metallurgy in the Western United States - PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
By David W. Brunton
I. INTRODUCTION. THE list of our past-Presidents comprises the names of runny who, in their official addresses, have sketched the current progress of the arts and professions with which they were fam
Sep 1, 1909
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Transportation. Maintenance, Ventilation Get Increasing Attention
By John W. Buch
IN my review a year ago I pointed out that a small coal-mining companies as well as large had decided that the so called ?central shop? was a benefit. These central shops replaced in a large measure t
Jan 1, 1943
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Institute of Metals Division - Annealing Twins and Coincidence Site Boundaries in High-Purity Lead
By J. W. Rutter, K. T. Aust
Observations are presented of the formation of annealing twins during the growth of a recrystallized grain into a striated, melt-grown crystal of high-purity lead. The formation of an annealing twin r
Jan 1, 1961
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Mechanization Continues to Cut Coal Mining Costs
By R. E. Salvoti
IN underground coal mining, the increasing trend towards mechanical methods is ever apparent. Figures for 1939 showed that 28 per cent of the total bituminous coal production was mined mechanically 19
Jan 1, 1941
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The Advance in Mining And Metallurgical Art, Science, and Industry Since 1875.*
By William P. Shinn
IT seems proper to present in the Transactions of the Institute, from time to time, formal record of the advances made in the arts and sciences to which our organization is devoted-milestones in the h
Jan 1, 1881
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Discussion - Of Messrs. Hofman, Reynolds, and Wells's Paper on Laboratory Experiments in Lime-Roasting a Galena-Concentrate (see p. 126)
George A. Packard, Boston, Mass. (communication to the Secretary†):—The very interesting results obtained by Prof. Hofman and his assistants came to my attention when I had temporarily assumed charge
Jan 1, 1908
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Geophysics - Camp and Sample-Site Determination of Traces of Mercury in Soils and Rocks
By F. N. Ward, E. H. Bailey
Camp and sample-site methods useful for determining about 0.5 to 16 ppm of mercury in soils and rocks have been devised to complement the analytical methods already widely used in geochemical prospect
Jan 1, 1961
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Institute of Metals Division - The Determination of the Size Distribution of Ellipsoidal Particles from Measurements Made on Random Plane Sections
By R. T. DeHoff
Saltykov's meihod for the determination of the size distribution of spherical particles from measurements made on random plane sections is extended to particle shapes which are not equiaxed. The
Jan 1, 1962
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Reservoir Engineering - General - A Feasibility Study of an In Situ Retorting Process for Oil Shale
By A. L. Barnes, A. M. Rowe
A heat transfer study was made of hot gas injection into oil shale through wells interconnected by vertical fractures. This analysis involved the simultaneous numerical solution of a nonlinear, second
Jan 1, 1969
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Institute's Income Gained $13,000 Last Year
By C. M. Smith
HOWARD N. EAVENSON, acting for the last time as president of the Institute, presided at the annual business meeting on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He spoke briefly of his visits with Local Se
Jan 1, 1935
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Reservoir Rock Characteristics - Thermal Characteristics of Porous Rocks at Elevated Temperatures
By G. D. Boozer, W. H. Somerton
RESEARCH CORP., LA HABRA, CALIF. Thermal diffusivities of some typical sedimentary rocks have been measured by a rapid unsteady-state technique. Thermal data including diffusivity and conductivity
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Technical Notes - Structure of Spherulites in Nodular Cast Iron
By H. E. Stauss, E. I. Salkovitz, F. W. von Batchelder
EXISTING information regarding the structure of a spherulite in nodular cast iron is based on optical studies. According to these data, a nodule consists of an aggregate of graphite crystallites radia
Jan 1, 1952