Missouri S&T Magazine, Spring 1939

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• • • ST. PAT' S 1939

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Vo lume 13

Num ber 2

SPRI NG, 1939

Union Pacific Coal

I

By William T. Sharp

The new D . O. C la rk M in e, of the Un io n P ac ific Coa l Comp a ny, a t Superio r, vVyo ming, has bee n pronounced by expe rts to be one of th e model bitu minous min es of the nation. Built a t a cost of ove r one milli on do ll ars to rep lace seve ral min es in th e Superior Di st ri ct th a t a re nea r comp let ion, it will be capa bl e of producin g 7,500 to ns of coa l per day, when up to capacity.

Al l coa l meas ures (see Fig. 1) in t hi s local ity a re found in th e M esa Ve rde fo rm a tion of th e cret aceo us.

Each sea is capped by a sof t sha le and o. 3 sea m is not sa nd stone. The found in suffi cient q uantities to min e in t hi s di st ri ct. T he To. 1 sea m is fou nd 160 feet below th e o. 3, and ave rages a bout seve n fee t in thi ck ness.

One hundred a nd sixty feet below th e No. 1 is the No. 7 Yz sea m, which averages a bou t fi ve a nd a half fee t in t hi ck ness. The No. 7 sea m is 130 feet below th e 1 o. 7Yz, a nd run s up to fou rtee n fee t in thickn es , but wIiI ave rage abo ut seve n feet. On e hundred a nd seve n ty-fi ve fee t und er th e o. 7 is th e No. 9, or Va n D yke, sea m, whi ch ave rages about six fee t in th ickness. The No. 15 sea m li es a bout 165 fee t below th e Va n D yke a nd ave rages a bout eight fe et in t hi ckn ess. in ety fe et below the No. 15 lies th e No. 19 sea m, whi ch has neve r bee n wo rked and from a ll indi ca ti ons is appa rentl y wo rk able. L a ter on, prospect drill holes will be put down from th e 1 o. 15 sea m to pro ve or dispro ve th e workab ility of No. 19.

vV hen t he No. 7 sea m was opened up it was found to be in three splits.

D evelop men t wor k, as fa r as possibl e follo wed t he bottom split. About 800 feet oil th e slope, th e fir st t wo spli ts cam e toget her. App roxicately 300 feet fa rthe r in , th e top split ca me in to join the oth er two. Anot her doubl e split was found in th e N o. 15 seam.

H oweve r, t hese t wo splits came together abo ut 400 fee t ofI the slope.

F in di ng of spli ts in t hese two sea ms necessitated change in pl a ns of un der-

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AS MINED AT THE NEW MODERN D . O. CLARK MINE

g rou nd dump sta tion s a nd partings.

A ll coa l m eas ures in t hi s section lie on a 7-per-ce nt pitch a nd a ca lculate d azimuth of 221 0 18' 30" up the pitch.

These multipl e sea ms a re cut by two pa rall el rock slopes, on 50-foot ce n te rs, 2600 feet long. These slopes are driven o n a n az imuth of 252 0 18' 30" down t he slope. Both a re lin ed wi th reinforce d concrete to a di sta nce of about JOO fee t from the portals. Th e res t of

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GEOLOG1C SECTION OF

SUPERIOR C~EASU RE.s iN ViCINITY OF

D.O. CLRRK MINE

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T he MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES ALUMNUS

R ocke1'- dump caTS being machine loaded. S teel Toof Hlpports used m part of mtne t he slopes a re lined wit h steel se ts on 5-foot ce n te rs, se t on reinfo rced concrete foo tin gs, a nd lagge d w ith 3/1 x 12" redwoo d.

Th e m a nway a nd m a te ri a l slope is ?'x 11 ' ( i nsi de measu remetn s) o n a 17.5-per-ce nt g ra de. It has a 42-inch ga uge tr ack of 75-pound ra il s se t on th e ri gh t-h and sid e of th e slope to give clea ra nce for a wa lkway on th e left.

Th e belt slope is 6'x9' on a n 18.147pe r-ce n t g ra de. It a lso is lin ed w ith steel ets a nd redwoo d, th e sa me as th e m a nway slopes.

Th e difference in g ra des of th e t wo slopes i du e to th e Aoo r of th e 4- belt dri ve and tra nsfer s tati on rooms being on a gra de of 1 per ce nt for a d ista nce of a pproxim ate ly 50 feet eac h.

T he t wo slopes a re conn ec ted by 8'x?' rock cross CLi ts on 225-foot ce n te rs.

T he botto m 30 fee t of th e slo pes a re leve l a nd th ey a re co nn ec ted by a c ross CLit to fo rm a sump . Th ese slopes were d ri ve n a nd tim be red by t he ta h Co nstru ction Co m pa ny.

All coa l is brought to t he surface n four 48-i n ch, 6- pl y, 42-oun ce du ck belts in se ri e . Ove ra ll lengt h of t he fou r belts is app rox im ate ly oneha lf mil e. T hey t rave l at a peed of 350 fee t per m inute and a re capab le of hand ling 750 tons of coa l pe r hou r.

Coa l is fed to t he belt from two 25-to n reinforced concrete and stee l hoppers, located at TO. 7 a nd To. 15 seam, by means of recipr ating p late feeders. The top ru n of the bel t t ra vels on troughed rollers on 3 h -foot center , w ith a self-a li g nin g id ler every 1 0 feet. The be lt line and belt drive were manufactu red and insta lled by the L ink Belt Compa ny. T he belt

we re m anuf actured by t he Goodrich a nd U. S. Rubb er Comp a ni es.

Since th ere are on ly t wo dump stati o ns in th e mine-one at No. 7 a nd one a t TO. 15 sea m ,-coa l from th e oth e r seam s mu st be h a nd led at t hese st a ti ons. At th e p rese nt tim e, onl y three seam s a re being developedNos. 7, 9 and 15. Coa l fr om No. 9 is t a ken down th e m a nwa y a nd m a teri al slope to To. 15 a nd dump ed th ere.

As soon as t he inside slope in N o. 9 is dri ve n fa r enough down th e pitch, a mo tor roa d or slope will be dri ve n through th e rock to th e o. 15 pa rtin g in o rd er to ex ped ite th e h and ling of coa l from TO. 9. In th e sa me m ano. 712 n er, coa l from th e N o.1 a nd sea m s will be ha ndl ed t hrough th e To. 7 sea m.

In t h is ea rl y st age of development, onl y four entri es a re being dri ve n in

eac h sea m-a ha ul age way a nd a m anway, with a return a ir course on ea ch sid e. Th ese a re bein g d ri ve n by four 25 -h . p. Goodm a n sh a kin g co nveyo rs with Goodm ;1Il du ck bill s a nd o ne 7-B U J oy loa der. A I coa l is und er-cu t w ith 35-13 J effrey short wa ll cu tt ing m achin es. C a rs u ed to se n 'ice th ese mec ha nic a l loa ders a re -t- to n all-steel ca rs. Wh en loa ded, th ey a re pi cked u p by a n - to n elec tri c h aul age locomoti ve a nd ta ken to th e 40-ca r pa rtin g.

Th ere th ey trave l dow n a .5 pe r ce nt g rade. where th ey a re pi cked up by th e ca r feede r wh ich feed s t hem ac ross a Aa t gra de to th e sca le where th ey a re di sco nn ec ted one by one, we ig hed , a nd roll ed dow n a 1 per ce nt g rade in to a C a rd revolv ing d um p on a .75 pe r ce nt grade th a t i su pe rimposed ove r th e 25 -ton hopp er. The ca r is dump ed a nd co ntinu e on a .75 per ce nt g ra de until it clea rs t he dum p; th ere it st ri kes a s tee per gra de , where it pi cks up enough speed to m a ke th e k ick b ac k. From here it is p icked up by th e ca r h au l and pull ed u p a 10 per ce nt g rade. There, ea ch in coming ca r pu shes th e tring of ca rs dow n a .5 per ce n t gra de to th e entra nce of t he -to-ca r pa rti ng, where it is p icked up a nd ta ken bac k to th e mec h ani ca l lo a der.

T hese 40-ca r p a rtli1 gs a re tim be red with 20-foo t steel se ts on -t-foo t ce nters a nd lagge d with redwoo d. T hey a re wide enough to accomm od ate t wo track s, on e for empti es a nd one for loa d. Du e to th e reve rse g rades of th e two t rac ks, th ere is a gra de se parat ion of a bout three fe t a t th e ent ra nce of t he pa rti ngs.

J nside slo pes wi II be d ri ve n off th e ha ul age ways up a nd dow n t he pi tc h.

T hese a re kn own as pl a ne. The -tentry sys tem will be ca rri ed out in th ese pla nes. t 3~O-foot inten'als

Belt conveyors help in handling coal cheaply and with minimum breakage

for S PRIN G, 1939

5

D 1tmping mine cars by rotary dump mechanism.

111echanical cutting and loading of coal.

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Safety hats and goggles are required every where, even in this cleaning plant.

6

T he MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES ALUMNUS

DR. McAULIFFE Sltal~ing

convey01" dis chaTging coal fTo1n TOO1n face ¡i nto caT on haulage way .

Note sW'vey pl1.~gs in the ex cellent ?'Oof.

do wn th ese pl a n ~s, doubl e entri es o n e:Jch sid e will be tu rned off. These entri es wi ll be driven to t he bound a ry lin e of th e block of coa l; t hen the retre a t wi II be sta rted by d ri vi ng room s up t he pitc h, 30 fee t w id e w ith 30foot pi ll a rs between. ' \T hen a roo m is 300 fee t up th e pitch , th e pillar w ill be min ed :J ncl th e room caved. Two conveyo rs a re co mmon ly use d in one pair of entri es, the ou tside shak er goIIl g up the pitc h whi le th e inside sh ake r is m inin g the p ill a r bet wee n th e com pl eted roo m and the caved a rea . Th is sys tem of slopes is u su a ll y o n 3000-foo t cente rs. Slo pes in t he different seam s a re a lways placed over eac h ot her, when possibl e, with 200foot bar rier pill a rs left o n each side.

At the prese nt t im e thi s new mIn e ha s a bout seve nty -o ne mi ll io n to ns of coa l reserves laid o ut for it. App roximately 8S pe r ce nt of th is will be recove red.

A ir shafts (l2 'x 16') h ave been sunk to th e No.7 and No. 15 sea m s. D oubl est age J eff rey aerova ne fa ns furni sh the ve ntil a tio n-a 9-foo t di am ete r fan fo r No. 7 a nd tribut a ry sea ms, a nd a 10foot di ame ter fa n fo r No. 15 a nd tributa ry sea m s.

T he co nveyo r belt du mpin g coa l from t he min e di sc h a rges ove r as-to n D in gs m ag netic pulley in o rd er t o remov e tr amp iron . T he coa l is sc ree ned ove r v ibra ting sh aker sc ree ns into four sizes- minu s-l-inch slack, 2 12 -in ch x linch nut, 6-inch by 2 12 -inch egg, a nd p lu g-6-in ch lump. T he coa l pa sses from t he screens ove r reci proca ti ng picking tab les. The slack ca n be loa ded either se parate ly o r sp li t, a nd part of it d ropped into th e mi xin g co nveyo r.

Egg a nd nu t are loaded ove r t he sa m e load in g boom. Ha lf of t he lump is usu all y diverted o nto a fl igh t conveyo r thilt t a kes it to th e house coal bin;

th e rema ind er goes out on a sepa rate boom . Usua ll y, min e-run coa l is desired fo r r ailroad use. In t his case, all pi ckin g t ab les empty on to a mi xin g co nveyo r and a re loa ded ove r the lurn p boom. Refu se co nveyo rs run along th e floo r a nd empty into a refuse bin at th e end of th e tipp le. Thi s is a three-track tipple of reinforced co ncrete a nd steel, des ig ned by U ni o n Pacific engi nee rs exclusively, for railroa d fuel , and constructed by th e A ll en a nd Garc ia Company.

It can be t rul y sa id t hat U ni on P acific official s h ave tak en eve ry rea so nabl e ste p bot h tow a rd sa fety and effic ienc y in ope rat io n of thi s min e.

For ye a rs, it w ill stand as a fitt in g tribute to the prese nt U ni o n P ac ifi c offi cials, as we ll as a m emorial to M r.

D. O. Clark, fir st Exec uti ve H ead of th e U nion P ac ifi c Coa l Com pany proper ti es.

M.

S. M. MEN W I TH U NION PA CI FI C COAL COM PA N Y

¡Dr. Eugene McAuliffe, Preside nt '27.

M. A.

Sh a rp '29-M ine Fo rem an,

D. O. C la rk Mine.

Pau l ' H a lasay '28-R es id en t

Engi-

nee r, Sup eri or M ine.

Ma nu el G rillos '32-Ve ntil at io n Engl nee r.

W ill ia rn T. Sha rp '3l-Un it Forem an, D. O. Clark M in e.

D ee Zimmerrn an '23 , Resid en t EnSup erior M ine, Superio r, Wyo min g.

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T he M isso uri Sc hool of

fin es Alum-

nu s is iss ued qu arterly in th e interes t of the A lumni a nd fo rm er stud ents of t he Sc hool of M in es a nd Metallurgy.

111 echanical caT hmtl al1.d "spotteT" at d1t1nP Jtation

faT SPRING, 1939

7

Services and Activities of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy • • .

By Wm. R. Chedsey, Director Fortunately it has b een poss ib le for m e to get in tou c h w ith several a lu mni gro ups, mainl y wit hin the S ta'te ; a lso in tOllch with g roup s of pa r ents of Ollr prese nt s tud ent body . To th ese g roup s I have been s tating the activities of t h e School, and in cidenta lly, making it know n th a t any con stru cti ve s ugges ti ons that might lead to the betterm ent of our program wo uld be welco m ed.

Because I have not been ab le to r each a ll alumni, I th erefo re welcom e this oppo r tu ni ty to restate the general po in ts of our prog ram .

Altho ugh our educational program is in general fairl y 'well ].;:no ll·n becau se of the success of most of our g raduates, it may be wdl to put on paper the facts that underlie the success of OU!' educationa l progTam. Founded in 1870, the course of stud y, wh il e rather nar row at first because of limited sc ientifi c material then developed , and sma ll staff, nevertheless 'w as a rigorous program of utilization of a\'ailable knowledge - scient ific, technical and economic-in the training of the st udents . The faculty have a.]ways been meticulous in requiring a full amou nt of wo rk and in a ,t ho roug-h coverage of their respective fie ld s .

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For many years the Schoo l has probably r esemb led more nearly an industria l factory than th e average college in thaot from the t im e the wh istle blows at eight until noo n n early a ll students are busy and, likewise, from the one o'clock w histle until the end of \I-ork in the afternoon practically all st ud ents are busy . Time for study, reference r eacting, and the necessa'r y comp utations to straighten out poi n ts not clea rl y understood is crowded into the late r afte r noon and evening hours, thus m aking t h e work much

s im il a r to t hat of t h e emp loyee of indu s try w ho ta k es at least a ce r ta in a m ount of hi s work' hom e from t h e office to be do ne d uring t he e \~e nin g . \ i\T hil e th e earl y wo rk of the Sc hoo l was ·confi n ed t o civ il a nd minin g engin ee ring, th e o nly t wo clearl y re cognized. branches ex i st~ ing aot th e time th e Sc hoo l "vas fo unded. addit ion a l curri cul a have bee n put in as the s ubjects developed un til now t here is covered mining eng in ee ring, meta llurgica l engl11 ee n ng, petroleum enginee ring. mini ng geo logy, ceramic e ngineerin g, chemical en,· gineerin g, including petroleum refining, mechanical engin eering, ciyil engi n eering and electrica l engineering. Th ere is a lso maintained a cu rriculum with the minimum number of majors possib le in sc ien ce, but it is easily understood that thi s attracts few st udents where so much of the \\·o rk is predom inantly engineerl11g.

Graduate work leading to :;\Iasters' degrees is offered in most lines mentioned , and ther e is poss ibility of work l'eading to th e doctorate in ce rta i n lines. The Doctor's degree is given by the u nivers ity of Mi sso uri, of which the Schoo l of Mine s and :M etallurgy is a division, although separated geogral)hically.

Eve ry educational in s titution nowaday s knows the de sirabili ty, or a lmo s t eve n the necess ity, or a certa in amount of research and inve st igat ional work being carri ed on s imultaneously with its instructional activities, and the Schoo l of Mines is not a'n exception. Much of the Sc hool' s research act ivit y cen ters about OUf cooperative agreem.ent w ith th e U . S . Bureau of Mines Exp e rim en t Station situat ed on OUf campu s. There is cons id erable add it ional r esearch wo rk , holV-

eve r, as p a r t-t im e act ivi ti es of our teac hing s taff, practica·ll y all depar t m e n ts ha v i ng so m e projec ts b ein g- ca rri ed on .

The State Min ing Expe rim ent Sta ti on is at p resen t a lm ost a sk eleto ni zed organizat ion, for du ring t h e depressio n yea rs fund s have been in adeq uate to s upp ort the wo rk compa rab le to the way in 'w hi ch it used to be suppo rted by biennia l appropria t ions specifica lly for the Expe ri ment Station of 50,000 ove r seve ra~ biennia . It is the natu ra l expectation that this work w ill be expandetl again as rapidly as fund s can be obtained to support it, for th e act il'itie s of the Station and of our teaching staff in resea rch line s frequently cont ribu te va luable economic res ults to the mine ra l indu str ies of Missouri. In s ub sta ntiation of this it n eed only be recal led that resea'rch es leading to mineral recove ry and low er costs are estimated conservatively by outside source s to have saved the Tri-State lead-zinc regi on at least $5 .000 ,000 a yea r. Incidentally, $:5 .000,000 is very clo se to the total of State appropriations from the founding of the School in 1870 until 192-! when these r esea rch es were applied with s uch say in gs in the Joplin region.

Somewhat s imilar r es ults hal'e follo\l'Ccl in the Southeast Mi ssou ri lea d r egion and, in fact, through many of the min eral indl1stries in making m ore a\'ailable for a wider range oE uses JVfi sso u ri 's enormous depo sit s of va lu able clay and ceramic material s . 'fhe Sc hoo l of :;\Iin es maintain s a complete college organization on its own campus, that is, the ath letic a nd phys ical progra m, an inftrmar)T and di spensa ry wi t h ph ys ici a n and nur ses to safeg l1 a rd student health , its own power plant for h ea t and elec-

8 tri c ity . it s Oil n ci c p a rtm e nt q [ g round s ;111(1 hui ldin gs . a n d its oll' n Il u ,.; in cs,.; o Ui ce m a n agc lll nt a nci l ~cg i st r ;lr ' s sta rr . M lI c h prog r c,- s h as h ce n m a d e in th c la ·; t yea r in illlprov in g th e e ITe c ti vC'ncs s of all of t h cse r e lat e d p a J'l '; a -.; \\T II as e n co ur ag in g th e al r eady hi g h s ta n d a rd o f \\' o rk clo ll e hy the in st ru c t io n ;lI d e p;lrtm enls. \\ ' hile Ill an.\' of o u r graclu aks h ;I\' l' sc att e red pr e tt y lI' e l l ovc r t h e lI'o rld. lI' e s til ha ve th sat isfactio n o f kn o ll'in g t h a t t h el1l p loyl n e n t h o ri zon h as b ee n \\' id (' n ed fo r JVI isso uri yo un g m c n II' h o h :I \' co m e t o th e Schold of \ 1ill es fo r th e ir t r a in in g , w h er' beca ll se o r t h e exce lle n ce o f t h e II o r k . indu s tri es in ot h c r sta t s and In fo r e ig n co un t ri es h av r eache d o ut a nd a ttracted t h es g r ad u a t es t o th e m .

Th is o[ co urse m ea n s th a t ,\1 isso uri yo un g Ill e ll ,Ir e h e lpin g t o prod u c t he co pp e r n ecess;H y fo r i\ li so uri 's p a r t o f pO\\'CI' a n cl t ' 1cp ho n e u s s in\'o l\' ill g co pp e r; a nd t ha t il l isso uri 's yo un g m e n a r c co n ce rn ed in prod u c in g t h e s u pp ly o[ tin an d \ 1isso uri 's pro r a t e d s har e o [ t hi s 1ll 0s t n cc sa l' )' m tal , c vc n t ho ug h t h e s o ur ces o[ p r o clu c ti n ,Irc o u ts ide o [ th e, t a te.

W hi le th e e nr o ll l1l e nt a t th e i\ l isso uri Sc h oo l I' Min es h as nu ct u a t ed at some tim e., i t h a s s h o ll'n a fairl y unif o rm r ate of g rowt h , exceJlL in th e las t thr ee yca r pe ri od it h a Irac ti call y do u b le c!. r es ultin g in an a ll tim e hi g h c nr o l lm c nt at pr e e n t o[ 80~. T hes fi g ur e a r m e nti n ed w ith p r ide b cca u . e o [ t h e u nq u est ioned innu n ce I' t h e hi glt s ta n di ng of II' r k cla n a t t he School in att ract in g th s e s t u den ts. nu L iL is o n ly fa ir a l;; o t o po i Il t o ut haL t h ey a r e 11 011' he in g acc mlll o d a t ed n a ca m pu s de s ig n ed fo r ab ut fO llr hun d r ed st u dents a nd th e r e i. a s e ri o u s \ er loa d o n o ur cIa. s roo m pace, la i> o ra t ory s p ac a n d e lui p m nt ane! u n o ur t a c hin g. ta rr .

In ID29 a Sta-le ,. ur vey Co m miss io n p rint ed th ir r e p r t on du cat io nal in . titllti o n . . In t h is th -" called a tt e nti o n t o t h e fact

The MISSOURI MINES ALUMNUS tha t th e Sc hoo l ( i\'rin es th e n n ec ded , and the y lIrg'e nLl y r ec m m c nd e d , th e il1lm e diat co n s tru ct io n o r fo ur add it io n a l e du cati o n a l bui ldin gs . Th e ·tlld e nt b o d ,)' at th a t tim e numb e r e d a h o ut fi ve hllndr d . No n e o[ th ese bllildin gs h ave ye t b een erec tecl clu e to la c k o [ fu ncl , so it is eas il y s e n h IV mu c h 111 0 r e crow cl e d 'I\' a r c a nd h olV Jl1 u c h m o r e urge nLl r th e Sc h oo l n eeds c la ss roO Ill s p ace t o cla y. F o r ins ta n c . a s tud y o [ th e t eac hi ng lo ad in t h c h e mi s tr y buildin g " h o ll' s that it i uti li zed t o th e cx t e nt I' l: l8~J st ud e nt h o u r ac h lI' ee k . o r a n ave r age f 796 t u de nt h o ur s p e l- day . [n o th e r w o rcl . , n acco un t o [ t h la r ')'e a m o un t o f c h e mi s tr y r e quir e d in Ollr c urri c ul a h el'e, it is n ecessary to se at eac h I;I Y in th c h e llli Lr y b uildin g a num be r a p p r ox im ately e qu a l t o th at o f t h e n t ir e t u d e nt ho d )'. Thi s buildin g 'was e r ec t ed in 188.1, th fir s t o n e tc be co n s tru cte d by t h e t ate o n t he CillllpU S. It h ;I.' I ee n a d de cl t o fr o m tim e t t illl e, a nd i n ow h e ld too'e th e r b y s t ay- b o l t. . T he c h e ln is try bu i Id i n 0' is d e fi n ite ly t h e b ot Ll e n ec k in o ur prog r am h e r e . So mu c h o . in f act, t h a t heg innin g }\u g u s t fir t las t yea r t h e R eg is tr;lr, in co r es p o ncl e n ce lI' ith pros p ect ive s tud e nts , b eo'a n rese r v in g th e ri g h t to c lose r egis tr a ti o n befo r e r egi t rati o n da y, o n a cco un t o[ limit d s p ace in t h e c h e mi st ry buildin g f r fr es hm n s tuci nt s . Th e leg is la tur e is b i!1 ~,; as k c cl to prov id e a f und o [ $2 "0,000 to e r e t a n ell' c h e mical e ng in ee rin g buildin g , w hi c h JS o ne o [ th e m os t urge nt n ee d s o n th e C:1 III Pu a t t hi s t i m e.

, \ s c ng in r s t ac k lin g a probIem . II' C. o f co urse . s h ulcl 11 t urge il co ntinu a l e n la r ge m e nt of t h c s l ud e n t b o d y i f it w e r e n o t for th e fact that prac ti ca ll y ev e ryo n c o f o ur ,,;raduat is p laced in a w e llpa )' in g p o iti o n , a n 1 we ar

co n t inua ll y

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fo r aclditi nill g ra du ate cann ot m ee t.

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th a t we

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w ith it s " low " in indLl s tri ::tl

c lllp lo)' 1ll nt a· la rge part of our

g radu a t in g c lass had job a .~­ . ur ecl them at t h e t im e of Com m e n c em e nt, Ma y tw e nt y-fourth , a ncl , so fa r a . can b e f o und ont, eve ry s in ,:;le o n e w a pla ced befo r t h e middl e o f th e s umm e r.

1 think thi is a r eco rd w hi c h n o o th e r c lI ege can dupli ca t e, a nd it is o nl y o n th bas is of thi d eIll a nd th a t we fee l ju s tifi d Il1 a ll ow in g t h e e nro llm e nt t o Jl1c r ea e . ] n co n c lLl io n I w a nt t o a g ain s ta t e u r pos iti o n o [ we lco min g fr o m th e a lumni o r an y ot h er int e r es t e d OTOLlI a n y co n s trL1Ct i ve u gge t io n s th a t w ill lea d t o ward th improve m e nt of OLlr pI' g ralll , ith e r edu cati o nal ly or in t h e r e a r c h a nd in ves ti ga tion wo rk. S0 111 e o f th e e thin gs ma·y p s ibl y h ave to a w ait m o r e ad eCJu a t e {in a n c , I ut o ur program h as n o w bee n d e v e lo p e d to s uch a n ex t e nt th a t I a m fair ly confid n t th at incr ease d appropriat io n s \I' i ll beg in t o fl ow to w a rd li S SOOI1 in r ecognit io n o f o ur tr a inil1 0 ' o f m e n :f r th e m os t f uncl a m e n ta'l of occupati o n p ra ct iced b y c iv ili zat io n. tha t i , the minin g, pro cess in o' and utili zati o n in a n e ngin ee rin g ancl econ o mi c \I'ay o f th e. ea rth' min e r al . ub s tan ce . .

M .I. A.A . BASKETBALL STANDINGS \ A,! L Pct Pt

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\ i\T ar r e n s buro' .... 9 1 .900 . 49 2"/7 ' prin o' fi e ld :Mar Y\' ilJ e

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3 .700 342 306

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ap e G ira r d ea u 4- 5 .·b-l:·l 271 2 6 ~ TZi rk svill e ........ 3 7 .300 27

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Mi sso uri Min es .. O 9 .000 23 9 :3 09 \ iV hil e th e b as k e tb a ll sea son wa s low in ga m e won all g ames Iw'e r e 10 t by s m a ll marg in s . The Min r s de featecl C e ntral \ iVesylan a nd t. L o u is nive r s it y in two 11 11 - co nfe l' nce O'a m es . in ce th a l ove tal ul a t io n w as mad e th e Min e r I s t th e ir t e nth co nfcr e n c '<1m e to C ap e G irarc1caLL

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SPRING, 1939

SOIL MECHANICS BECOMES SUBJECT OF ENGINEERING COURSE AT M. S. M .

Soi l B eing Treat ed as Eng ine er ing M aterial in Modern Times ; Soil Mecha nics Course Pl ann ed Next Y ea r w it h L a borator y and Field Work.

E ve r s ince man ha s b en con cerned wi t h pro tecting h im self and p rop e rty fro m t he w eath er, h e h as used ea rth a s a base u po n \\"hi ch t o b ui ld hi s s t ru ctur es. \ Vith th e ad va nce of civ ilization s ci ence h as p erf ected a nd test ed man y b u ildi ng m a t er ia ls s uch a s iro n, s teel, co n crete, a nd oth er s.

It is only in comp a ra ti v ely r ecent t imes that so il, as fo und 111 nat ur e. is b eing t reated as an eng i n eerin g ma te r ia¡l.

K a rl Te rzaghi , w hi le an inst r uct or a t th e A m e rica n Robe rts Co lleg e in Con s ta n t in opl e, T urk ey, 1917. wa s th e fi r st to m a k e a s tudy of t he a cti o n of soil under t he loa d. H e p u b lish ed hi s fi nd in gs a nd co nclu sion s in a book " E r d ba u l11echa nik," t r a n s lated " Soil M ec ha n ics," in 1925.

Thi s st udy "va's' fi r st introduc ed in to thi s co unlt ry in 1925 when t he ).Ia ssClichu se tts In sti t ute of Techno logy es ta bl is hed a laborato ry . The fir s t sta te hi g hway d epa r tme n t la bo ratory wa s estab li sh ed b y M isso ur i in 1929 . S ince the se in t rod udt io ns of soil m ec ha n ics . app rox im a t ely thirty colleg es a nd unive rs iti es in th e U ni ted S tates an d almos t ever y s ta t e h ighway d ep a rtm e nt in th e uni on h as rea lized its imp orta n ce a nd set up la bora.tor ie s.

The a rt of so il m echa n ics a s p rac ticed today giv e a d efinite m ea ns of fo r ecas ting an d evalu ating how ea rth \\' ill ac t wh en loaded or u se d in a s tru ct ur e. P r evio u s to the g rowt h of t hi s field o f ci v il eng ineeri ng, th e profess ion wa s d epe nd ent up on per sonal op inion a nd g u ess wo rk on the pa rt of It h e eng in eers w ho h ad' s uffic ient exp eri ence to en a bl e them to haza rd a g u ess.

M isso ur i Schoo l of M in es, 111 ord er to ma in ta in th eir po licy of

k eepin g "o ut in f ron t," h a s 111t rod u ced so il m ec ha n ics into th e sc hoo l ; beca use it r ea li zes t h e nec essit y fo r civ il eng in ee rs to k now t h e s ub ject. Soi l mec ha ni cs is app licabl e it o s t ru ct ura'l w o rk , hy dra ulics, hig hw ay wo rk, a n d da m s, in fact, the re is n o fii eld in civ il eng in eeri ng end eav o r wh e re it can n ot be used t o adva n tage .

L ast sem es t er an in t rodu ctor y co u rse in t hi s s u bject w as taug h t

by P rofessor Gevecker a s C\J lect u re cou rse ca rry ing two hou rs cred it. R ecently, suffic ien t equ ipm e nlt has been p u rcha sed t o enab le cl a ss es to m a k e a ll nece ssar y t ests for the des ig n a nd co ntrol of a ny ea rt h s tr u cture. T hi s eq ui pm ent wi ll alIso p erm it so m e resea rch in the g en era l field of soil m ec ha n ics . It is co n temp lated th at certain pi ece s of appa ratu s ha v ing defi ni te r esea r ch valu e will b e consltru ct ed by the D epa r tment in t h e n ea r fu t ure.

Beginn ing in th e fa ll of 1939, so il m ec ha ni cs wi ll b e a t w o-hou r' cour se fo r both sem es t ers of th e sel1l o r year . It w i']] includ e laborato ry \\-o rk a n d fi eld investigation s. T hi s t erm is b eing spent p r ep a ring fo r th e cou rse, p la ning t h e laborato r y, C\J nd a rra ng ing sch edules. Next fa ll ilt is h oped th at so il m echa ni cs w ill be t a ug ht in t h e n B'W b ui ld ing , H a ris H all , w h ere fac il iti es w ill b e ava ila bl e to ca rr y o n so ils studi es.

HARRIS HALL EXPECTED TO BE READY F O R OCCUPANCY BY NEXT SEPT. New Building t o Hous e Entire Civil a nd Mechanics Departments a nd M a ke Poss ible New Lab Courses ; Buildings to be T hree-Story Structure.

H arri s H a ll , t h e f uture hom e of th e Civ il E ng in ee rin g a nd Mec ha ni cs D ep a r t m en ts, w ill b e read y for occup a ti on n ext Septembe r, un less bad wea th er 01oth er unfo r see n facto rs in te rfere \\' it h co ns tru ctio n. If t he re is so m e inte rfer e nce, th e bu ilding w ill b e r ead y for use in Janu a ry

th e la t es t . T he new bu il ding w ill hou se th e ent ire C. E. an d lVI echa ni'cs Dep a r t m e nt a nd w ill m ak e poss ible n ew co ur ses in L ab J-:1y dra ulics, So il M echa ni cs, an cl B itu m inou s Materi a ls .

O r igin a l p la ns inclu d ed on ly a one sto ry bu ilding t o house equipmen t a n d a H yd ra u lics Lab. But co n s t ru ct io n p la ns h av e b een changed until th e b uilding h as expa nd ed to three st roies a nd a ba sem ent , each 40 ' by 120' .

T h ere w ill b e an e n t ra n ce a t the n o rt h a nd south en d s of th e b uildin g , w it h s ta ircases ex ten d ing t o a ll fl oor s . Two ra m ps fo r t ru ck wi']] b e b ui lt in th e w est side of the b uildin g .

T he ba se m ent w ill h ou se t h e H y d rau li cs L ab , th e M a t e r ial s Tes t ing L a b of it h e Mech a ni cs Depa r tmen t , a nd t h e H ig hw ay T es\t ing Lab . T h e H y d r a uli cs Lab, w hi ch ,cover s an a r ea 65' by 14' , w ill incl u d e a sou th sloping drain, 21' w id e an d 21' deep at th e s ha ll o,,- end , a fl oor su mp a nd t hr ee oth er s troage t ank s, a n d a large ta nk, 3' in di a m et er an d 52' h ig h, w h ich wi ll be u ed to ma inta in a cons tant h ea d of w at er o n a ll a pp a ralt us .

Th e l\1at eria ls Tes ting Lab w ill co v er a n a rea of 1536 sq u a r e fee t and w ill co nta in a ll of th e te st ing eq ui p l11:en t of th e M ech a nics D ep t . T h e H ig hwa y lVI ate ria ls Test in g lab w ill cove r th e en t ir e north t owe r of th e ba sem en t an d w ill include a s ma ll s to reroo m a nd a s hop in IVv/h ich equi p m e nt wi ll be m ainta in ed . A ll m oto rized o r noisy eq ui p m e nt w ill b e concen tra t ed in on e r oo m t hu s r ed u cin g noise to a m in im um and a ll ow ing fo r b ette r a rra ngem ent of th e lab ta bles .

Th e fir st fl oo r w ill ho use Draftin g Roo m, 65'x24' , a lectu re roo m wi th a seatin g capacit y from 85 to 40 s,t ud ent s, includin g a demonstra ti on desk on wh ich ca n lJe p rod uced a ll of t he pheno m en a tak en up in cl ass r oo m work in hy dra uli cs ; a n in s tru ment s torage r oo m ; a n in s tr u m en t check roo m ; and a m a jor por tion of the C. E. offi ce s, w hi c h ar e conv e ni entl y located close to th eir

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wo rk. Future plan s invo lve exte ndi ng th e Hyda uli cs Lab to the space that wi ll be occ up ied by the Drafting ro o m.

T he seco nd floor vv ill includ e th e depa r tment offices fo r th e C. E . and Mechani cs D epartm ent s; a b lue p rint r00111 an d a d epartm ent drafting room, both of w hi ch a re se rvices departments for Ithe camp us; two small lecture room s ; a nd a stud y and r efer en ce room t hat w ill co ntain the C. E .

Depa rtm ent' s Li'bra r y .

Th e Soil' Mechanics and Bitumi n ous l\!Jate ri aJs labs w ill also be s ituated o n thi s fl oor. T h e labs w ill be sufficientl y eq ui pped to rank them """it h the ten bes t l abs of :th is ty pe in th e country .

The third floor pla ns includ e a drafting r00111 with a 20 s tudent capac ity; a s nlall l¡ect ure room; and an a udit o rium that ,,,ill sea t 75 s tud en ts . It w ill be the purp ose thi s aud to furni s h s uffi cie nt room for student meetings and large class es. It ,,¡ill be use d a s a utility room for teaching and w ill be furni s hed w ith a p roj ect ion mach in e.

The en tire south en d of the thi rd floor "ill be u sed by Capt.

C . L. Sadd ler, who is directing mapping work for the S . G . S. In a n intervie,,', P rof. A . C .

Gevec ker, in addition to f urni s hing a ll of the abo ve fact s, estimated that "75 % of th e cl ass hour s spent in thi s building wo uld be by students oth er than C. E's".

H e a lso said the building amI eq uipm en t ,\'ere arranged so tlut th ey ca n be exp a nd ed to g ra duate wo rk .

ST. PAT'S 1939 On Ma rch 16, 17 and 18 of th is yea r th e an nu a l St. Pats celeb rat ion will be held.

Stud ents and townspeop le are cooperating to m a ke it one of th e best that we have ever see n.

Announcement t hat t he St. Pats Board had secured t he se rv ices of Lou Breese a nd hi s famou s C hez P a ree Orchestra for th is, t he bi ggest of a ll M. S. M. social function s, was mad e seve ra l days ago.

P rep::t rat ion s a re go ing forwa rd at a rapid rate a nd the fes t iv iti es are du e to start on ';Yed nesday eve nin g, March 15 when the St. Pats Boa rd wi ll spo nsor a dinn er for all t he

se ni ors III sc hool. This will be one of the yea r's inn ovations a nd should prove to be a well li ked a nd las ting affa ir.

On T hursday a ll of th e vis iting girl s will a rri ve a nd ta ke up their quarters in th e seve ra l fr ate rnity hou ses. Thursd ay eve ning w ill see th e beginnin g of a three day round of d a ncing a nd ge neral hil arity w ith the usua l full night of d a nces sponso red by th e Independents Organizati on a nd by groups of fr ate rniti es.

These d a nces a re scheduled to run consecutive ly throughout th e eve ning and ea rl y mornin g hours and the break of noon should find eve ryo ne happ il y as leep aft er enj oying a som ewha t be la ted bu t very sa ti sfy ing brea kfast.

St. Patri ck w ill m a ke hi s a nnual appea ra nce In Ro ll a the nex t afternoo n v ia hi s traditiona l h andc a r. A parade, whi ch will und oubtedly be the bes t see n here in a numb er of yea rs, with St. P at at the hea d and wit h a ll of th e se ni ors m a rchin g, w ill foll ow. F loa ts w ill be entered by th e loca l business houses and by some of t he sc hool orga ni za tIons to co mpete fo r th e lovi ng cu p offered as a pnze.

T he parad e will end at Pa rke r Hall and eve ryo ne will fi le in for t he Kn igh t ing Ceremony. H ere St. Patrick will kni ght the sen iors and fac ulty m embers new to th is c::t m pus into th e ord er of Erin Go B raugh a nd will p resent eac h w ith a key to se rve as a last ing rem embrance of th e occasion. M uch goodna tured fu n mak in g is indul ged in by St. Pat ::tt the ex pense of t he membe rs of the se nIOr class, whose dates will no doubt be surpri sed at th e revelations m a de to them.

L ou Breese will mak e hi s debut a t the Costu m e Ball Friday eve nin g and will no doubt receive a warm welcome. At twe lve o'clock th e maids of honor of the va ri ous sc hool groups will en te r, acco mp a ni ed by their escorts , a nd th en t he loca I gi1'1 selected as St. Pat's Queen wil make her triump ha l entry and be crowned as Queen for t he coming yea r. T hi s ha s a lwa ys bee n a hi gh point of St. Pats and thi s yea r promi ses to be more co lorfu l and intere sting than ever.

Fo r the fi rs t ti me in th e hi sto ry of M. S. M. St. Patri ck C elebratio ns, t he daughter of a n alumnu s sha ll reign as Q uee n.

M iss Ma ry McCrae, whose cha rm and persona li ty will be in evide nce at t hi s yea r's celeb ra ti ons, is th e daughter of Rowe McC rae, '09. M iss McCrae is also the sister of a n alumnu s. H er brothel-, Fl etch er McCrae, is of th e class of '3 8.

Sa m K ur tz, a juni or in met allurgy, ha s bee n selecte d to k ni gh t th e se ni ors a nd smea r the bcu lty.

P lans a re as ye t in complete as re-

ga rd s Sa turd ay a ftern oo n, but in all probability th ere w ill be a T ea Dance give n by one of th e ca mpu s organiza tions.

The fr a tern ities will ha ve th eir form al dinn ers on thi s evening a nd from th em the gues ts will proceed to the form al d ance a t Jackling Gymnas ium. Lou Breese will aga in prese nt hi s smoo th music for danclIl g.

Frid ay a nd Saturday evenings should see much ex tra-curricul a r act iv i ty a t th e local ho tel s, th e renewing of m any old fri end ships, a nd the m a king of eve n more new ones. The fes ti v iti es wili co me to an end in Sunda y's ea rl y hours with the depa rture of th e band and m any of the guests, but th e St. Pats of 1939 will be one th a t w ill linge r long in th e memory of th ose stud ents and alumni who atten d it.

The sc hool and fraterniti es ext end a co rdi a l in v itation to their alumni to atte nd and a rran gem ents a re bein g mad e to provi de a joyous and ca ref ree time for eve ryo ne.

(Contributed ) .

EASTERN ALUMNI ENTERTAIN A ny A lumnu s who mi ssed the a nnu a l win te r m eeti ng of the Ea stern A lumni mi ssed a most plea sa nt evenin g.

The en tertai nm ent was excell en t and t he opportu nity to mee t old fri end s was un equ a led .

The meeting was held in conj un ction with the Ann ual A I ME Smoker held at B illie Rose Di amond Horseshoe in th e City of New Yo rk.

A lumni started gathering about 5 p. m. and by 7 : 30 we re in a happy mood ready to enjoj y dinner and t he show.

Those see n by your Ed itor were:J ac k Potte r '29, Mel N ickel '38, F. S. E lfred ' 17, Werne r Cu lbertso n '37, Gi lbert Metz '14, " Hungry" Englema nn ' 11 , Paul Cook '07, Jack Ga rcia '00, Fos ter N ix '25, Henry 1. Wa lfe '3 1, M . J. Kell y ' 14, E. A. C rawford '29, J. 1. G regg '2 3, Philip Blake '24, M. S. Badoll e t '2 1, H. T. Mann '08, Ba rney N ud elman '2 1, E. S. Tompk ins, ex'16, B as il Osm in '37, H. J. Teas '17, Geo rge Easley '09, J. ' ;Yo Scott ' 19, T heodo re' H erm an '28, F. G. W il so n '3 2, E. J. C rum '2 9, Pau l E . F isc her '23, F . C. Mu lfo rd '23, Mau ri ce A. M urph ey '3 1, W. Rowland Cox ' 11 , Hanl ey Weiser ' 18, D. C. Jack ling '03, W. M. "Veige l '00, E. M. F ly nn , ex'08, and F. C. Schneeberge r '25 .

F rom NI. S. M. Ca mpu s th ere were: - Directo r C hedsey, Dr. No ble, H. R. H a nl ey '01, C. R. Forbes, Garrett A. M uil enb urg '25, and C has. Y. C layton ' 13.

Frank M ulford '23, C hairman, and F red Schn ee berger '25, Sec retary a nd T reas urer of th e Easte rn A lumni , are to be co ngratu la ted for making th e arrange nl e nts.

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Al umni News Notes • • • m by C. Y. Clayton 1902 Cornelius M . Dail y of 1St. Louis, Mo., di ed on Nove mb er 25th.

1906 J. O . Ambler of San A ntonio, Tex as ha s gone to T u rk ey, w he re he has bee n appo inted Re s iden t Engin eer fo r th e Mur g ul copper beneficatio n p r oje,c't b y t h e Turk is h En g in ee rin g and Co nstruct io n Company, a s ub s·i,diary of t he E ti Bank of An ka ra.

1908 E. M. F ly nn , ex '08, is w it h the Oro Plata Minin g Company, 3 100 Bank of Commerce Build ing, To r o nto, Canada.

19 10 J o hn S. S,tewart is in London, E n gland.

19 11 "O r e Concent ra ti o n a nd Go ld M illing" is the ti tle o f a paper by E . \ Al .

Engelmann, appea rin g in the J anuary iss ue of M I N I NG AN D METALLURGY. E ngelmann is ge neral man ager of mi llin g of the Uta h Copper Company, an d is cha irman of the committee on m illin g met'hods of the A. I.11.1v1.E. 1914 A r thur Tr uex of Tu lsa, Oklahoma wa s a campus v is itor o n Novembe r 14th.

John .'\ . , Vebster, who is in b usin ess at t he Outlaw T r adi ng Post in , Vinn er, So uth Dako,ta, is spendi ng a month r ecupera tin g at Biloxi, M iss iss ipp i.

Fred Moses is in Bulaways 1\orthern Rhodesia , South Afr ica .

1916 Jam es L. (Babe) Head of th e Oh il e Exploration Com,pa n y, ;\ ew York City, sa il ed on J anuar y 6th for South America . He wa s accompanied by Mr. Reno H. Sales, ch ief geologist, and IV1r. Clyde E . , i\Teed, general manager of mines of the Anaconda Cop per Company . ,i\Thi le in Sout h Ame ri ca the party w ill " isit t he A ndes Copper M ining Company at Uo tr e rillo s and the Braden Copper Company at Sewell, as well as thce Ch il e Coppe r Company.

1917

L. M . Barker, ex ' 17, Concentra ti o n Superi n tendent, .'\ ew Cornel ia Branch of Phelps-Dodge Corporation a't A j o, Arizona descr ib ed millin g methods at New Cornelia in a paper presented before the Tucson meeting of the A .I. 11.E. in Novem ber, 1938.

192 1 Captain C. R. Miz e, recently stationed at F t. Oglet hor pe, Georgia, is no w with the Finance Department of th e U. S. Ar111Y, Manila, P. I.

Geo rge P . Di er s died on November 10th w hil e w ith h is parents at Carbondale, Illinoi s, a ft er an ill nes's of one year.

H. VV . (Hank) Hurst, slu per inte n den t of m in in g and mill ing opera1 ions at ,the H ills ide F luor spar Mines, Ro siclare, I ll in o is was in ,tow n Ja n ua r y 23rd do in g som e r esearch work in th e Bureau of Mines laboratories.

1920 ,Some t ime in Sep t em ber In the year 1916, a n im p ud en t yo un g lad stepped off the trai n into th e wai tin g a rm s of a large g r oup of sop homo r es and announced gaily, "I' m Gerald Rackettbig noise fr o m Ch icago !" A few m inute s la'ter a sad d er b ut wiser yo u n g s'hook him se lf free of t he wa ter s of t he Frisco Po nd , g riml y rubb ed certa in sore spo t s, and qu iet ly sta r ted in search of a room w it h the m emo ry of his fi r st bitter taste of fr eslh man li fe at the Mi sso uri Sc hoo l of M in es in the good o ld days fr esh in hi s mind.

Tod ay, Gera ld Franklin Rackett is d irectl y responsible for th e Techn i,co lo r motion pictu r es which a re becom ing mo re and mo r e popular. H e is V icePres id ent of the Technicolor Motion P icture Corpora ti o n a n d hold s patents on optics of photography and proJecti on a nd on photograp'hy and project ion chemistry and ph otomec h a n ics .

Gerald is remembered today by member of the fa culty and by seve ral business m en of Rolla as a hard wo rking, bespe ctacled, young fe ll ow w ith a wonderful per sonality. Durin g his school years here he was Student Assistant in M in era logy, Stu d ent Ass istant in Field Geology, and In structor of Mathematics . He wa s a member of the Grubstaker Club, Satyr Club, a nd Tau Beta Pi . During his junior year the members of hi s class mad e him th e ir vice-p r esident and in his se n ior yea r he was made Edi,to r of the :M I 'JER. Rackett gra.duated in 1920 with a B .S. degree in Minin'g .

Since leav in g sc hool , Ge rald has had experience in surveyi n g , mineral and oil exam in ation, eng in ee rin g co nstru ction and mater ial s testing and control, re search in t r i-co lor mot ion picture photography, and indu S<t ri al manage m ent. He ,has worked in nin e different states from .'\ew York to California and from A labama to Mich igan, and al so in Eng land and France.

Gerald was lis ted In th e FILM D A ILY ANNUAL YEAR BOOK OF THE MOTIO N PICTURE INDUSTRY. He serv es as Execut ive V icePresiden t of th e Society of Motion P icture Engin eers, has don e commit-

t ee work for th e Aca d e m y of Mot ion Pi ct ur e A rts a nd Sciences, a nd is a m ember of th e Illum inat in g E ng inee rin g Society and of th e Photographic Socie ty of A m eri ca. I n hi s capacit y as V ice-P r es id e n t of the Te-chn icolor lvl o t io n P ictur e Co rp o ration , h e is in cha rge of m an ufac tur in g, e n g ine er ing , labo r relationship, a n d c us'tom er rela,tion s h ip.

In 1927, Racke tt r eceive d ~h e honorary E n g in ee r of M in es d egr ee from. th is schoo l.

1922 vVm . H. Metzger v is it ed th e ca mpu s o n December 8th . Bill is wit h J. S .

McLau g hlin and Sons, a co n tra ct in g fi rm w ith offices at 710 , i\Ta lnut BJ.clg., Des Moin es, I owa, a n d at IvIanakato, Mi nn esota . His home add r ess is 80l Maple St., Colli nsvill e, III. 1923 E . Row land Trag itt is now Supe rin tendent fo r the Basic M etals M in in g Corporation at A n napol is, Mo. Edwa rd Pesout of McGi ll , Nevada is in f\ ush-al ia openi ng a new sma lter for the M t. Mo rga n L td . at M t. Morgan, Queensland.

1924 H iram L awrence is Superintendent of th e Reduct io n Plan't of the N ol'th ,Vest L ea d Company in Seattle, , "Tas hington . Previou sly h e was w it h t,he Bunker Hill and Sulli van 1ining and Smelt ing' Company a,t Kellogg, Ida1ho.

Capta in George A. Ze ll er of the Ordinance Department, U . S. Army, ha s been transferred from Fort Bl iss, Tev. to ,the Aberdeen Pro\'ing Ground, Abe rde en, IvI a ryla nld. Captain Ze ll er is a gra-duate in meta llurgical eng ineer in g from M .S.M., receiving hi s Master's deg ree in 19:?4.

Bill Blake is Plant Engin eer with the Department of Agr iculture, ,i\-ashing to n, D . C. I-Ie lives at 39 Monroe Ave., No r th B raddock, A lexandria, Va. 1925 John M. Ha nl ey, son of Profe·ssor H . R. Hanley, fre slhman at M.S.M., '2 5, B .S. in E lectr ical Engineering at Mas sac husetts In s'titute of Technology '30, :M.S. at M .I. T., '3 1; ad dr essed 1he Midwest Gas Associat ion on " Katural Gas Engin eer in g" at its meeting in Ames, Iowa, Kove mb er 15t,h . J ohn is Productio n E ng in eer for ,the Ko rth ern Nat ural Gas Compan'y w ith headquarters in O maha, Nebraska .

R. T. Muenc h is now B ranch Manager of the vVestinghouse X-Ray Company, In c., Mi lwaukee, ' ''Tisc.

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12 1927 Ro nald Mab r cy i w it h th e Soil Scct ion of the U . S. F ng in eers w ith headquarters at Vicksbu r g, M i si sipp i. Hi s addre is 13 13 D ivisio n St. Roy Gunthe r r ecen tly ope n ed a n flice fo r t he D a vi -Fraz ier Compa ny, 51 East 42nd S t. , New Yo r k City . Th is is a constru t ion compa ny whose ho m e office i in St. Lou is.

A. j \ . Pe ug net, for m er ly w ith thc Fair banks Fxp lo ra t ion o m pa ny at 17a irbanks, l\laska has r et urn ed 10 th e tate for a vaca ti o n.

Ib lph J1. K ni g ht is A istan t Sa les 1If anager for th e A ir R ed uc tio n Salcs Compa ny, 630 Sout h 2nd St ., St. Lo ui s, Mo. 1928 Theod re H erm a n, 1721 I Vest lo rth Street, Beth lehem, Pa .

1929 A. n . Ke m p em p loye d by th e Gulf O il C m pa ny, located in Semin o le, Ok lah m a, passed t h r oug h R o ll a on D ecembe r 16th en r o ute to Ind ia na, Ke ntucky and I llino is. vV illi am L. D ra ke, J r., is n ow em ployed as a n A ir Co nditi o nin g E ng inee r i n cha rge of co nst r uct io n and service by Na t k in a nd Com pany, 3920 L in d II B lvd ., w h o a r c t he vVes tin ghou e f\ ir Co nd it ion inO" d ist ributo rs fo r St. Lo ui s an d ,the s urrou nd ing te rri to ry . H is ho m e addr ess is 3569 Bos we ll Ave., S t. L ou is.

E. f\. (G us) Craw fo r d expects t o g o to So uth Ame ri ca soon fo r t he Sper r y Products Co m pa ny .

A lbe rt T. Gardn er is em ploye d by t he Imperia l E lect ri c Compa ny, 64 I r a Ave., A kro n, O hi o.

1930 Edward Mee ka, B. S. in eram ic E ng in eering '30, who has I ee n em ployed by th e Century E lect ri c Co m pa ny of S t. Lo ui s [o r th e las t five years, Ih as ju st accepted a pos itio n w ith t he U ni,ted Brick and T il e Com l a ny, F idelity Bldg., Kan a ity, M o., at w h ich addr ss he may be r eac hed af te r F ebr uary 19th.

193 1 n an Ma ucher, gra d uate [t h e Tech n ische ll oc h sc hu ic, Aache n, w ho r ece ived a Master's deg rec in Meta llu rgy from Y.L .. 1 1. in 193 1, st PI ed in I ~o l l a on J anuary 17th, enroute to :\ ew Y r k \V h r e he pla nn ed to take a steamer for erma ny . l le reported t hat he h ad spent a pleasa nt and in terest in g twomonth' tal' in Mexico on exp lo ra ti on wo r k for a Ca nadi an Compa ny. Af.ter a short "isit w it h h is fa m ily in Ber lin, he expects to go to o n e of the formcr German colo ni c in South ,\ frica in the employ of a 1 1inin g C 111 pa ny, Ilans wi ll I e I' membered by his ma ny friend who were on t he campu in 1930-3 1 by his cheerfu l smi le and "v igorous" ha ndshake.

I I is compatr iot, H al' Id M a Isen, w ho was h ere in 1931 as a gradua te stude nt, is now liv ing

T he M ISSOUR I SCHOOL OF M IN ES AL UMNUS in F reiburg, a nd, like t ra ns, is t he I ro ud papa of a bo un cing bab y alm os t a yea r o ld. So-as ll a ns w ou ld ay, "A ll es ge h t gut !"

Mau r icc 17. Af ur phy, 11 0 IVas hin g to n '1 lace, ~ ew Yo r k ity .

1932 F. C. I~r il so n. Box 472, M a sapequa, Lo ng I s lan d. j 'ew Yo r k.

1933 M r. a nd Mr s. J. J. Bcinlich a nnou nce t he a rri va l of a daughterG r etche n J<'a n, born o n October 13th at C la irto n , Pa .

A l H esse is l\ ss is tant to t he M etal lurg ist of t he IV s tern Cart ri dge Co m pany at !\lto n. III. O n Octobe r 27t h A I mar ri ed M iss Em ilie !\If. Gare che.

T hey ar e li vin g at 34 12 akwoo d t. , A lto n . III. Be nni e Gross, Sa les TZng in eer fo r th e Key Co m pa ny, 420 L exing to n ve., New Y o r k C ity wa s in .Rol la in J a n ua ry and gave a talk o n ,\l loy tee ls Use d in il R efi ning Fqu ipme nt.

M ichae l Yo un g is Ass is ta nt S up er in te n dent a t th e L ead Sm elter of t h e A m ri ca n m eltin g a nd Refi ni ng Co m pa ny a t Chihu a h ua, :Mex ico. H is addr css is Apa r tme n t No. 4 B is.

R einha rd t Sc hu h ma nn has co mp le'tcd hi s wo rk for t he d eg r ee of D octo r of Sc ience in E ng in ee r ing a t M ass achusetts In s ti tu te of Tec hn ology.

1934 Ji m Cla r ence M ea c'ha m , w ho i w ith the Tro pi ca l O il Compa ny, E l C entro Bar ra n ca-Be rm eja, Co lo mb ia, is enjoy ing a Ieavc in th e Stat es . lI er b A . H offma n, :M ill Supe rintcndent, ?\ ort hern P eru Minin g a nd S m eltin g Co m pa ny of T r uj ill o, Pe r u expec ts to r etu rn to t he S ta tes i n J\/( ay o n a vacatio n.

J o hn H. /:e11, w ho i now in stru cto r in m athe m at ics at M a rs ha ll Co lle e, Hu n t in gto n, I Ves t V irg inia, a nn o u nces t h e b irth of a daug hter- M a ry J i11o n Janu a ry 20th.

El i Tata lovich, ex '3-+, w ri tes fr om 312 So ut h 13th St r ect, H er rin , I II. 1936 R. M. Sprin ge r is w ith t hc H ur sey Co nst r urt io n Co mp a ny of Bel lev ill e, Ill. Bob i locatcd at K i r k s~' ill c, Mo. rIe hclped ch ee r t he 1 [in ers to a V ICto ry on N' ovember 4 th . laudc M. J enkin s a n d Miss E li zabct h telVa r t we r e m a rri ed o n I Ve d nesday, J a nu ary 4t h, 1939 at Ka n sas C ity, ]\[0 . C laud is with t hc U. S. ,ypSl1111 ompa ny and li"es at .\ Iabaster, M ich.

1937 J. 1\ ' . Frame is in (hc Meta llurgy Department of the Lackawa nn a P la n t of the Beth lehcm Steel o r po rat i n at BuFfa lo, N. Y. Hi s addr ss i 132 . mo A\'e., B u ffa lo. am Post. \\'ho has been on "test" with General Electric at Sch Ilectady, has bcen t ransfe r red to P ittsfie ld, M ass .

M. IV. Taylor, II , is in t he Geo logy Department of the j\mer ican Zinc

Co m pa ny a t A ascot, T enn. o.th er M. . /(. me n at i'v1asco t ar c : Ca r l M illi ce '36, Ra y m o nd M ed l y '38, and Fra nk P it te n ge r '38.

Gra nt Schau m b ur a nd P . E . (Pete) S ilve r have estab li s hed ba ch elo r quart ers at Apar tme nt 410, 77 15 Sou t h ,hore D ri ve, Ch icago, I ll. Both a r e w ith Ca r negic-I llin o is Steel at So uth\-va rk s.

17lme r Vo lz spe n t a wee k-e nd in Ro lla thi s ep temb er. Vo lz is w ith th e Bakelite C r po r at io n . H is home a ddres is Box 304, Boun d B roo k, N . Y .

1938 J ame E"a ns, sh ift boss at th e Lo ndo n M ines, .\lma, Colo rado had th e m isfo rt une to seve r ely injur e hi a r m w hil e o n duty . Ji m had j us t lef,t th e lower le"cl in t he cage w hen hi s a rm s li pped out and ca ught be tw ee n t he ti mbc r, pu ll ing him o ut o f t he cage and t hr ow in g him dow n th e shaft into the su mp. li e h as bee n in th e ho spita l a t Fa ir I lay.

J oe :tv! ur phy has r es ig n cd h is po siti o n w ith P hilli ps P et roleum a nd has accepte d a pos iti o n w ith As h-H o wardNeed les a nd T a mm en of K an sas City a nd New Yo r k ity . H c is now loca ted in B row nvill e. Ne bras ka .

For r es t Car pen te r is with th e G ulf O il Co m pa ny. H e li ves at l iV inldo ve r La ke Bote!. Lake, Mi ch .

Protw h is Ass is ta nt GcoR ichar d logist, O il I Vas te D isposal Scc t io n , Sa ni ta r y ] ivisio n . Ka nsas tate Boa rd of Hea lth. H e ca n be ad dr essed H otel R ipley, Ncwto n, Ka nsa s.

Gco rge ITaac ke is w it h II umbl e O il om pa ny in t h ei ir t r a inin g co ur e at La Port e, Texa s. H is ma il a ddr e s is Box 26 1.

Cha . L ee (B ud ) C lay to n i now Prac ti ce u pe n 'isor w ith Colu m bia Stee l Compa ny at P it ts burg, Ca li fo r nia.

1936 Rcade Beard is now r epre ent in g th e Co lumbi a te I Co. a t t h e ex.hi b it of thc U nite d S tates Steel o mpan y in Sa n Fra ncisco a t t he F air.

"A dh er ence of Zi nc to A luminu m Catho d s" is the ti tle of a pa per pr esent ed by 1-1. R llanl ey a nd has. Y .

Clayto n befo r e t he 1\ .I. M.M. E. a nd r ep rin ted in Mc ta l Indu tr y of London, Nov. 18th, 1938 .

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13 ce ntl y rebui lt a nd mod erni zed, a nd t he old moto r ge nerato r set repl::iced with a rebuilt 50 KVA Ge ne ra l E lectric U nit. It is beli eved thi s subst ation will ha ndl e all power req uirements of the E lec trica l laborato ry for seve ral yea rs.

One of the most useful pieces of equ ipm ent JIl th e laborato ry is a \Ves ti nghouse four u ni t m oto r-ge ne ra tor set , two units being A.C. a nd two D. C. A nother se t of thi s ty pe, m ade by the Ge neral Electric Compan y has bee n inst all ed, a nd will be in use shortl y.

All four units a re moun ted on a co mm on base. T he rat in g of each unit is ap prox im a tel y 5 k.w.

Becau se of th e inc reas ing importance of industri al control methods, a bas ic set of G enera l Elec tric indu st ria l equipm ent has been add ed to th e co mmuni ca tion labora tory .

Though not elabora te, a numb er of basic expe rim ents may be m ade. The Westi nghouse Comp any has ag reed t o donate a large number of u sed tub es whi ch will show the ty pe of co nst ru ction necessa ry JIl heavy duty co ntrol t ub es.

D r. Ja.ckling shahng hands with W. I rwin Short-both alumni of Missowri School of lvlines and M etall¡urgy

MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES ALUMNI MEET IN PITTSBURGH G radu ates of th e Mi sso uri School of M ines a nd Meta llurgy residing in the Pittsburgh di stri ct had a special tab le at the lu ncheon hon oring D r.

C. C. J ac kling a t the U ni ve rsity of Pittsburgh on February 8.

Alumni who wwe re presen t, acco rding to VV. Irwin Short, '26, ass ist a nt professo r of civil enginee ring a t th e U ni versity of Pittsburgh and sec retary of th e Pittsburgh di strict a lumni , we re : W. I. Short '26, W . O. Keeling '2 3, C. H. Dres bach , 29, D. J. Pee ry '34, . E. You ng, J. P . Gi ll '18, J. W. F leming '25, P. K. Me ng '25, J. R. Bircher '3 8, R. W. Ah lqui st '24, W . G. Hi ppa rd 20, and R. P . Baumga rtn er '28.

Dr. J ack ling, presid ent of t he Ame rica n Iinstitute of M ining a nd Me t a llurgical E nginee rs, together wit h B. B. Gi llies, president-elect of th e Institu te, were guests of th e U ni ve rsity of P ittsburgh at an all-da y session. Stud ents in minin g a nd meta llurgy from the Un ive rsity, from Carnegie Insti tu t e of Technology, Penn State, and the U nive rsity of vVes t Virgini a we re gues ts.

At an afternoo n assemb ly in the Foster Memo rial on th e Pitt cam pu s, Dr. J ac kling was th e p rin cip al speaker.

ELECTRICAL EN GINEERING One of th e mos t interestin g of the new pi eces of equipm ent in t he E lectri ca l Engineering Laborato ry is a va riabl e speed th ree-pha se induction motor.

The speed co ntrol is co nt inu ous from st and st ill up to 1800 rpm. and is secured by supp lying the rotor which has a direct-curren t winding through a vo lt age regul a tor from th e sa me a.c. suppl y as that to th e st ato r.

Th e uni t was purchased from t he C rocke r-Wheeler Compan y, and h as a rating of three horsepowe r.

Nea rly all of the la rge broadca sti ng station s have insta ll ed ve rtic al antenn as whi ch so metim es reac h a height of 900 fee t. T o the broa dcast engin ee r, a k nowledge of th e elec tri cal charac teri st ics of such a ntenna s a re ex tremely i mp ortan t.

For such meas urements a rad io-frequ ency bridge is used. Whi le th e Sc hool of M in es has no 900 foo t towe rs, it does have va ri ous ex perim enta l antenn as on th e cam pu s a nd a rtifici a l a ntenn as in th e labo rato ri es. A Ge nera l R adi o bridge has been sec ured to en abl e expe rim en ts of t hi s type to be ca rri ed on.

A small sub-sta tion , fed from the M issouri School of M ines Powe r PI am , is in sta ll ed in t he base ment of No rwoo d H a ll to suppl y powe r to th e laborato ri es. T hi s has bee n re-

MISS KERSHNER IS HONORED AT BALL M iss La D onn a K ershn er, daughter of Prof. and M rs. K. K . K ershn er, was made Cadet-Colonel of th e School of Mines R. O. T. C. F ebrua ry 11th as the feature of th e a nnu al military ball held in J ac kli ng GymnaSlLlm. T he formal affa ir, strengthened so mewha t by th e form als of the girls and the dress uniform s a nd tuxedos of the men, was one of the ou tstanding d anc es of t he yea r. D ea n McKay furni shed the mu sic for the occasion.

The chap erons we re Dr. a nd Mrs. C hedsey, Ma jor and M rs. Go rdon and L ieut. and M rs. Po we rs.

GIRL

SINGER TO JOIN LOU BREESE

To ass ure th e M iners of a gi rl singer at St. Pats, th e St Pats Boa rd has signed M iss Lida Mae Coy, to join the Lou Breese agg regation as a n added a ttraction. Miss Coy is a charmin g brunette who wo n her singing "spurs" with J oe R eichm an and hi s orchestra at t he Ne therland Pl aza H o tel in C in cinn ati .

Lou Breese and his orchestra are now playing at th e C hez P aree in Chi cago, and is maki ng a hi t with the "Goldcoaste rs" if night club news emanating from the Wi nd y C ity is cor rect. He ca n be hea rd ni ghtl y from such stations as KWK, St . Louis (1 350 KC ), WMAQ, Chi cago (670 KC ) , and was, Ka ns:lS City.

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15

Metallurgical Engineering and Ore Dressing

By Max Bolotsky

New eq uipm ent recently purc hased and insta ll ed by the Meta llurgy Department find s alm ost eve ry cou rse benefited. Apparatus fo r spect rograp hic a na lys is. la rgely t hrough the in dividual effo rts of Dr. Cook e, who teaches th is su bj ect as part of t he meta llurgy curri cu lum , has bee n brought up to a hi gh st a ndard. In a ddition th e D epa rtment has a dd ed a resea rch type Bausch a nd Lomb meta llograp hi c came ra, two metallurgica l mi scroscopes, a reco rding poten tiometer, a roasting furn ace, a Beck ma n hy droge n ion ind icator, a Rockwe ll ha rdness tester, and a I-Iayes co ntroled a tm osphere hea t t rea ting furn ace.

A savi ng of betwee n $800 a nd $1000 was effected by .Dr. Cooke workin g in cooperation with Professo r A. V. Kilpat ri ck of the Mechan ical E nginee ring departme n t in enl a rging th e spectrograph ic appa ra tu s.

Betwee n $600 a nd $700 was conse rved in bui ldin g a ph otoelec tri c micro-de nsitomete r a nd spect rum comparator. This is u sed for meas urin g qualitatively a nd qu a nti tatively spec tra on films a nd plates. It was design ed

by Dr. Cooke a nd built in Mec han ica l H :dl by Professor Kilpatr ick.

Old eq uipm ent from X- ray a pp a ra tu s that for merl y belonged to th e A thletic Assoc iat ion was utili zed by Dr. Cooke in fabr icating by himself app a ratus needed for produ cing a spa rk in spa rk spec trum a nal ys is. The catalog va lu e of thi s se t-up would be betwee n $200 a nd $3 00. It cos t Dr. Cooke Ju st sixty-fi ve ce nts to co nstru ct!

In a ddi tion a new la bora tory t able and a new spec trosco pic cover we re a dd ed. The la tter enables th e spectrosco pe to be operated in a we ll lighted room instea d of in a dark room as prev iously.

Supp lemen tary eq uipm ent has a lso been purch ase d by th e State M ining Expe rim ent Station. Th ese add iti ons w ill be ava ilab le for student use. They include a n arc a nd spark stand, w hich ca n be operated in th e open; a quartz co nd ensing sys tem a nd a dju stabl e rotating secto r to vary th e amount of light adm itted to th e spec trosco pe; a nd a quartz-me rcu ry-ca dmium vapor

lamp. Thi s appa ratus will be used in producing a n arc spectrulll and in stand a rdi zing photograp hi c film.

T he latte r ope rati on is esse n t ial for q ua n t itati ve spect rography.

T he State Experiment Stat ion has also purcha sed a G:Jert ner microdensito merer whi ch ca n be u sed for mea su rin g spec tra qu alitat ive ly onl y.

Jn so me respec ts it is eas ier to ope ra te th an th e ot her new microdensitomete r, but it is not a reco rdin g instrument a nd w ill se r ve as a n ex tra instrum ent for student use.

T he other new eq uipm ent of th e Metalurgy Department has bee n inst all ed in seve ral labo rato ri es. The ph ys ica 1 testi ng la bora tory has been furn ished with seve ral new in strument desks a nd rea rra nged . The new Rockwell ha rdne ss tes ter has bee n place d here.

The new recordin g potentiometer a nd th e old R ockwell h a rdn ess tester ha ve bee n place d in th e hea t treating la borato ry. This potentiometer is a two-poi n t reco rd er a nd records th e t emp era ture of the fu rnace as we ll as the difference in temperature betwee n the furn ace a nd th e m etal bein g heat t reated. In th is la bora tory is a lso a dil ato mete r whi ch has bee n rece ntl y set up. T hi s instrument is u sed to dete rmin e the coeffi cient of ex pa nsion, tra nsfo rm ation points, grain size, a nd other prope rti es of m eta ls a nd a lloys.

CERAMIC ENGINEERING Th e Ceram ic D epa r tment has been fo rtun ate in securing t he following new equ ipm ent during t he past yea r:

(1) R epl ace ment of the hi gh temperature test ki ln w hi ch h ad been turned oye r to th e department by the Burea u of M ines in 1926. The new k iln is sli ghtl y large r and is equ ipped w ith Ma hr oil burners and an oversize blower so that a tempe rature of 1600 ° C. is easil y atta ined. It is eq ui pped with a new rad iation pyrometer whi ch is attac hed to a record ing potentiomete r. A CO, m ete r h as a lso been in sta ll ed, so the k iln firin g m ay be done at m ax imum effi ciency.

(2) A reco rdin g electrop hotometer IS in th e process of co nst ru ction. Some of th e pa rts for thi s appa rtu s must be imported from Germany, and h ave bee n delayed . The in st rum ent wil l be used for mea suring th e intensity of the lin es on X- ray film s, thus elimina tin g as fa r as poss ible the hum an element in m aki ng X -ray determin ation s.

(3) A new gas m ete r has ben added to the ph ysica l laboratory equipm ent to measure the permeabil ity of ceramic products.

(-t) A Gardner m ob ilometer for the mea surement of v iscosity of cl ay a nd ename l slip s h:ts a lso bee n added to th e ph ys ical la boratory equipm ent.

(5) A de-airing auger m ac hin e h as bee n sec ured at a ve ry reaso nabl e pnce. It removes th e a ir from clay as it IS ex truding it to form tub es a nd ba rs. The ex perim ents wit h de-a iring have shown th a t by t he remov al of a ir in th e formin g process the pl as tic strength of the cl ay p roduct is g rea t ly increased. For insta nce, a brick co lumn 4 fe e t long, w hen lifted by the end , wou ld brea k ofF a t the d ie; but after de-a iring the sa me clay, It is possib le to suspend a col umn 28 fe e t long without break ing it.

The roas ting furnac e, w hi ch wa s design ed by th e D epartm ent, has been inst a ll ed in th e elec trom eta ll urgy la borato ry. It is a reve rb eratory ty pe furn ace usin g globar rods as th e heating elements a nd was specially bui lt acco rdin g to spec ifi ca ti ons of t he D epartment. Th e o th er equipm ent added to th e la bora tory a re the hea t treating controlled a tm os phere Ha yes furna ce, th e old reco rdin g potenti omete r, a nd the Beckm a n hyd rogren ion indicator. Th e latter in strum ent will be used in Rota tion as well as elec trometa ll urgy.

necessa ry oxyge n attachments, has been purchase d to augment th e Fu ltonCou rso n grana nnul a r furn ace w hi ch has form erl y bee n in u se.

A new Bausch a nd L omb R esea rch T y pe M'icrosco pe equipp ed for bri gh t a nd da rk fi eld illumin a ti on and for polarize d li ght wi ll be deli vered thi s sp nn g.

A good many other sma ll pieces of equipm ent, such as sta nd a rd testing sc ree ns, etc., have been a dd ed to make t he fac iliti es of th e labo rato ri es more co mpl ete.

(6) A D enve r F ire Clay P y rometric Co ne Equiva lent furn ace, w ith the

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T he M ISSOURI SCHOOL OF MIN ES A LUMNUS mittees a ndh as bee n pa rti cula rly acti ve in t he New Yo rk Sec ti on as a commitee cha irm a n for th e A nnu a l Mee ting. New Yo r k a nd New J ersey m ay cla im Geo rge Easley by a dop t ion; bu t like mos t na ti ves of th e "show-me state," hi s first a llegiance is to M issou ri a nd he is a sta un ch booste r for th e School of M ines.

MINING ENGINEERING

GEO RGE

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Elected President of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America Geo rge A. Easley '09, is kn ow n to hi s boy hood friends a nd th e Society of Ameri ca, which ha s elec ted him president for 1939, as pl a in Geo rge. An d t ha t goes for a th ousa nd or so o ther mi ning engin ee rs. Geo rge Easley is a produ ct of M issouri . H e was born a nd raised in t he sta te a nd he is one of t he gradu a tes of th e Mi ssou ri School of M ines a nd M et a llurgy, to w hom that spl end id institut ion points w ith pa rti cula r pride. H e gradu a ted as a Bac helor of Science in 1909; t wo yea rs la ter he ha d ea rned th e degree of E ngin ee r of M ines; a nd in 1938 h is a lm a m ate r bestowed o n him th e honorary deg ree of D octo r of E nginee rin g. H e has se rve d th e sch ool in va ri ous capaciti es, includ ing t ha t of pres iden t of the A lu mni Assoc ia ti o n.

Hi s professiona l ca ree r sta rted in Boli v ia, shortly af ter grad ua ti on. A few yea rs late r he orga ni zed th e firm of Easley an d In slee and beca m e owner a nd ope rato r of va ri ous t in and tun gste n min es. O ne of hi s a dmirers says t ha t he go t co ntrol of a sco re or so of p roperties, sold the poo r ones a nd ke p t t he good ones.

L ate r, he ca me to New Yo rk a nd since 1929 has bee n v ice-president a nd t reas u re I' of th e Intern a ti ona I M ini ng Co rp., whi ch he helped to orga ni ze. He is d irecto r of nu merous m ining compa ni es, a nd a co uple of banks. H e is president of t he Mor ri s Com muni ty Chest , one of the outstand ing civ ic orga nizat ions of New Je rsey, where he res ides. For t hree years he served as presid en t of the M ini ng Cl u b, and is genera ll y cred ited with hav in g pil oted the club through its critica l period.

A membe r of the Institu te slllce 1923, he has se rve d on num erous com-

T he Mi nin g D epa rtme nt h as rece ntl y purch ase d equ ipme nt to be used in th e la bora tory to determin e the dus t co ntent of a ir. The ap pa ra t us is ca ll ed a " Midget Impin ge r" a nd was des ig ned by enginee rs of t he U. S. Bu rea u of :M ines. It is m a nu factured by th e M in e Sa fety A ppli ance Co mpa ny of Pitts burgh. O ne of th e impo rta n t prob lem s tod ay in minin g is th e co ntrol a nd elimin ation of du st.

It has bee n prove n th a t th e co ntinu a l brea thin g of ce rta in du sts will p rodu ce a d ise ase kn own as silicos is, a nd m any st a tes ha ve p asse d legisla t ion designa ting thi s as a n occ up ationa l di sease a nd su b ject to com pensa ti on und er th e wo rk m en's li abili ty laws . . It is th erefo re necessa ry fo r min ing comp a ni es to ca rryo n du st surveys a t frequ ent interv al s to determin e wheth er or not t he wo rkm en a re being subj ec ted to thi s ha za rd. Ma ny youn g minin g engin eers are ca ll ed upon to m ake these surveys, a nd th eir ex perience in th e la boratory with thi s Mid ge t Impinger should qu a lify our g ra du ates for this wo rk.

T he Mining D epartment h as a lso recentl y purchase d a new B erge r IVline T ra nsit. This t ra nsit is a wa ter-proof instrum ent a nd is equipp ed with auxilia ry to p or side telesco pe. It is th e lates t ty pe of mining t ra nsit and is a va luable a ddition to th e sur veying equipm en t.

T hrough th e kindn ess of C. F . Berth old ( B. S. in M in ing, 1933), the depa rtm en t has ju st receive d a m odel of a "Timken R oll er Bea ring for M in e Ca rs." T hi s m odel is m a de of aluminu m, is cut out in section to show the co nst ru cti on, a nd is a n excellent exa mpl e of t hi s type of bea rin g.

HAROLD BLAKE DIES H a rold B lake, 48, hea d of the Pacific Bu il ding Mate ri als Co. , Readym ix, Conc rete Co., a nd act ive in co nst ruct i n circles as a hi ghway co n tracto r a nd prom in ent membe r of t he Po rtla nd chapter of the Assoc iated Ge neral Contracto rs of Ame rica, died Sunday n igh t at 10: 30 p. m. , February 12th, fo llowing an operation for a ppendi citis. The

immedi a te ca use of dea th was p neumoni a whic h developed after th e ope rati on.

Th e news of M r. Bl a ke's deat h ca me as a great shoc k to hi s m a ny frie nd s, m a ny of w hom we re un awa re of th e su dd en att ack which ca used hi s hurried remova l to th e hos pital. H e had ju st return ed from a three wee ks' trip to t he easte rn coas t, hav ing a rri ve d home Tuesd ay. n acute case of append icit is ca used him to be t a ken to th e hos pita l befo re he ha d been back m ore tha n a few whours.

M r. B la ke was born in D enve r, Colo., a nd ga ined ex peri ence in co nstru cti on wo rk as a mere boy in hi s ea rl y t ee ns. Hi s fa th er was a co nt racto r a nd an ea rl y pi onee r in the laying of as ph alti c co ncrete pave men t.

The so n broke into th e ga me in ea rnes t as a co nstru cti on su pe rin te nde nt in 1913 a t th e age of 22.

I-Ie obtained hi s ea rl y educa ti on in Shady Side prepa ra tory sc hool a t Pi ttsburgh, P a., where he was fa med as a n a ll-round a th lete. Thi s a thl eti c ta lent was la ter developed when he atte nd ed th e M isso uri School of M in es whi ch he entered in 1908 a t th e age of 17. H e st a rred in foo tb a ll , bas ketb a ll and baseball. ti ll la ter, as a m emb er of the Mi ssouri Athleti c club in St. L ouis, he was a stell a r perform er of th e na tional ch ampi onship w ater polo tea m which at th a t tim e a ttracted wide a ttenti o!l in th e a thl eti c wo rld.

M r. Blak e was asso cia ted with J. C. McM inn v ill e co n t rac tor Compton, from 1918 to 1925. In 1926 he ca me to P ortl and and opera ted th e R eady mi x Concrete Comp any a nd so mewhat later beca me interes ted in t he R oss I sland Sand a nd Grave l Co mp a ny . Hi s other local business interest, t he P ac ific Bu ild ing Mate ri als Co m pany. has also cla im ed a part of hi s tim e, being one of hi s m ajor en te rpri ses in recent yea rs.

In addition to th ese bu sin ess ac tiviti es M r. B la ke had bee n exceptiona ll y active as a hi ghway contractor. opera ting und er th e name H a rold Blake.

Am ong m ajor co ntracts rece ntl y completed a re th e reloca tion of t he Pacifi c Hi ghway in th e Siski you m ou n tains, B a rbe r boul eva rd in Por tl and and Interstate ave nu e, a lso in thi s city, co ntracts fo r wh ich we re awa rded by the state hi ghway com m ission. He also bu ilt t he roa d to t he Co ul ee dam in the state of Was hi ngton.

He is surv ive d by hi s widow, Ruth

YV. B lake, a siste r, M rs. Arthu r H a rper, Hutch inson, Kansas, and a brother, Fra n k B lake, W hittier, Ca li fo rn ia. ] 07brnal of Commerce, P ortland . Ore.