UNIVERSITY Of ILLINOIS LIBRARY AI URBANA-CHAMPAigN STACKS VERSITY OF ILLINOIS BULLETIN Vol. XIV Issued Weekly FEBRUARY 19, 1917 No. 25 [Entered as second-class matter, December n, 1012, at the Postoffice at Urbana, Illinois, under the Act of August 24. 19 12.] THE DEPARTMENT OF Mining Engineering at THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS A Description of the Department, Its Organization, Equipment, and Laboratory Facilities : : : : The College of Engineering This circular, relating to the Department of Mining Engineering, concerns only a single depart- ment of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois. A list of the several departments of this College follows : ARCHITECTURE CERAMIC ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MINING ENGINEERING MUNICIPAL and SANITARY ENGINEERING PHYSIOS RAILWAY ENGINEERING THEORETICAL and APPLIED MECHANICS Full information concerning conditions of admis- sion AND DETAILS OF COURSES - OF INSTRUCTION IS CON- TAINED in the University Catalogue, a copy of which MAY BE OBTAINED BY ADDRESSING The Registrar. University of Illinois urbana, illinois Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/departmentofminiOOuniv THE DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA - - CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS A Description of the Department, Its Organization, Equipment, and Laboratory Facilities : : : : : Page Four THE DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS INTRODUCTION HpHE Department of Mining Engineering at the University of Illinois was established in 1909 by the legislature, as a result of the efforts of a com- mittee representing the mine operators, mine workers, mine inspectors, and manufacturers of the State. The buildings in which the department is now housed were completed and the equipment of them begun in 1912. The offices, lecture rooms, drafting room, museum, library and laboratories for safety lamps and mine gases occupy the second floor of the Transportation building shown on the front cover. This is a three- story fire-proof structure, 143 ft. by 165 ft. The mining laboratory shown on page 6 is a brick struc- ture 142 ft. by 42 ft. and is divided into four units as follows: coal washing and preparation; ore dressing and metallurgy; mining; analytical and sampling de- partment. CURRICULUM All curriculums in the College of Engineering are the same during the freshman year and with the exception of one subject the same during the sopho- more year. This differentiation is expressed in the mining engineering curriculum by the subject of engineering geology. In the junior year the dis- tinctly technical mining courses are earth and rock Page Five Page Six MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS excavation, mining methods and mechanical engineer- ing of mines, and the student rounds out his general engineering training by courses in quantitative analysis, surveying, steam engineering, elementary electrical engineering and applied mechanics, and the first of three non-technical electives which are re- quired before graduation in order that there may be gained through contact the broadening influence of some fields of knowledge other than the special tech- nical courses necessarily pursued. During the last two years the student may take specialized work in coal mining, ore mining, oil and gas, or metallurgical engineering. While these have the same fundamental work in general metallurgy, ore dressing, mine exami- nation, mining law, and accounting, they differ some- what in other content. The coal mining option emphasizes mine ventilation, coal preparation, gas and fuel analysis, coal plant design, utilization of fuels and mine surveying. The ore mining option specializes assaying, ore dressing, ore plant design, mine valuation, economic geology, ore concentration and surveying. The oil and gas option emphasizes drilling and boring, technology of petroleum, organic chemistry, stratigraphy, topographic surveying and economic geology. The metallurgical option requires special work in ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, assaying, ore preparation, metallurgical design, metallography, ore concentration, and the utilization of fuels. The aim of these options is better to prepare graduates for the special field they expect to enter in mining engineering. Not only do the students of this department have all the advantages of a mining school, but also Page Seven Page Eight MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS the cultural and technical benefits to be derived from a great university and an engineering college of the highest standing. Before graduation all students are required to take a supervised inspection trip which may include the coal mines, the lead and zinc mines and smelters, and the cement plants, of which there are many examples in the State. The trips may also include the lead mines and concentrators of southeastern Missouri or some of the many iron and steel and other metallurgical plants and mining machinery manufactories in the Chicago district. Students are also advised to spend their summer vacations working at mines or metal- lurgical plants and aid is offered by the department to the students in securing such positions. GRADUATE WORK Graduate work in advanced mining methods, ad- vanced preparation of coal and ores, miners' organ- izations; mine examination and reporting, welfare work, and mining education, is offered to graduates in mining engineering and affiliated courses in the University of Illinois, and to graduates in similar courses from institutions whose requirements for the Bachelor's degree are substantially equivalent to those of the University of Illinois. The degree of Master of Science in mining engineering may be conferred after the completion of one year's academic work in residence and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering after a minimum period of study of three years after receiving the Bachelor's degree. The professional degree of Engineer of Mines is conferred Page Nine Page Ten MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS upon two classes of candidates. First, upon graduates in mining engineering of the University of Illinois, who have been engaged in acceptable professional work away from the University for a period of not less than three years. Second, upon graduates of the University of Illinois or institutions of equal standing, who have been engaged in acceptable professional work in residence at the University for a period of not less than three years after receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. The general requirements for the advanced degrees contemplate work of a high scholastic type in en- gineering science that will attract students who wish to prepare themselves as teachers, investigators or experts. All of the facilities of the graduate school of the University are open to such students, and particular attention is called to work in allied engineering branches and in geology, chemistry, economics, political science, and education. RESEARCH The Engineering Experiment Station is devoted entirely to research. Fourteen research fellowships have been established which are distributed among the different departments in the College of Engineer- ing. One-half of the time of the Fellows in mining engineering may be spent in the study of mining subjects or in allied metallurgical, geological, chemical or other approved subjects. The other half of their time is devoted to some research problem in mining or in mineral preparation under the direction of the staff of the Department of Mining Engineering. Page Eleven MINING LABORATORIES I. COAL PREPARATION One-half of the main laboratory is given over to coal preparation, and here are coal crushing and pulverizing machinery, screens, a briquetting press, and coal washing and cleaning machines re- presenting all commercial types. The machinery is of sufficient size for either student laboratory work or for commercial testing. The crushed material falls into a conveyor eleva- tor and is raised to the bins overhead. OVERHEAD STEEL STORAGE BINS, AUTO- MATIC SCALES, HOUSED SCREENING PLANT, AND COAL PULVERIZER COARSE CRUSHING MACHINERY, INCLUDING GYRATORY BREAKER, TOOTHED COAL ROLLS AND SMOOTH ORE ROLLS Page Twelve IIN( fLOOff Plan Fig 3. 5ectk>wl Elevation C.v. 4, "* JZ ~ a 1 1 ^|1| cti H w rt (D i _ j J* °^ | £ 6 8 h S- & *o 3 £2 2 M ca S§58mm m u O M G O a> G , G >> 73 rt+J o jg 'al J af-l ■><« i:' G-~ rt o^ Q. G O W>*a £ ^ G CS^± G. o GT3 CJrG OJrQ '43 G ^ ^ T3 2 "G ^ -^ e > O *0 chti G w as (Ll o .S °J3 G bfl a rt rt > CD u ir. G3 °*S " O 8 CD y 03 Page Twenty -two MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SPECIAL DEPARTMENTAL ROOMS The main lecture room contains a fully equipped chemical lecture table and a lantern and projectoscope. For this phase of the work the department owns about 2,300 slides. The very complete mining library is adjacent to the lecture room and here are on rile the current mining and metallurgical magazines pub- lished in English, French, Spanish and German. A departmental museum contains many samples of coals and ores; lead, zinc, and copper concentrates and smelter products. Of historical importance are anti- quated mining devices. Working models of mining and mineral preparation machines and of coal and ore mine models are displayed. Display cabinets and stereoscopes contain characteristic views taken at mines all over the world. EXAMPLE OF MINE MODELS USED IN CLASS-ROOM INSTRUCTION The laboratories and museum are at all times open for the inspection of visitors. Page Twenty-three MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHARACTERISTIC VIEWS OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES IN OR ADJACENT TO ILLINOIS P J B ■ "r . , .iJmmm^ »■ " ^ _ »4I r - £ — w -s','; Modern all - steel and concrete coal mine surface plant in southern Illinois. Illinois has at least six coal mines, any one of which has a greater daily- production than any coal mine in the world outside the State. Stripping and mining coal by steam shovels near Danville, Illinois. " irtOi' 1 V Wmii fet < ..JpWBl- «ljfiR ! .1 /A T 1- i > -■■ • °1 i I 01 Surface plant at a longwall coal mine in northern Illinois. Page Twenty-four MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE IMPORTANCE OF ILLINOIS AS A MINING AND METALLURGICAL CENTER Not only is Illinois a great agricultural State, but in value of mineral production she ranks third among all the States of the Union, being outranked by Pennsylvania and West Virginia only. The values and diversity of the mineral production of Illinois in the year 191 5 are shown by the table following : VALUES OF MINERAL PRODUCTION IN ILLINOIS IN 1915 (Furnished by the State Geological Survey) Asphalt $ 1,041,378 Cement 4,884,026 Clay Products . . . . . 14,205,222 Coal 64,622,471 Fluospar (figures concealed with quartz as there are only two producing companies) . . Lead 89,676 Lime 352,954 Mineral Waters . . . . 75,290 Natural Gas 350,371 Petroleum 18,524,335 Pyrite 22,476 Quartz (including fluospar) . 729,812 Sand and Gravel .... 1,984,569 Silver 1,959 Stone 2,907,410 Tripoli 502,937 Zinc 1,372,432 Miscellaneous (19 13 figures) . 1,756,126 Total (subject to revision) . $113,423,444 Page Twenty-five MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS /.* Page Twenty-six mining engineering, university of illinois Values of Metallurgical Production in Illinois (From Mineral Resources of the United States of the Year Quoted) Coke (1915) $ 7,016,635 Mineral Paints, Zinc and Lead Pigments (1915) .... 6,195,435 Pig Iron (1913) 45,796,966 Sulphuric Acid (as a by-product from zinc smelting, 19 13) . 1,303,986 Zinc (spelter) 319,916,000 lbs. in 191 5 but value not available Lead smelted; value not available Total $60,313,022 The lead-zinc mining district included in north- western Illinois and southwestern Wisconsin is an important one, and adjacent to the State and in southeastern Missouri is the district that is perhaps the largest producer in the world of lead ore. As a metallurgical center the Chicago district ranks second to Pittsburgh only. The great steel mills and by-product coking plants at Gary, Indiana, at South Chicago and at Joliet, Illinois, are included here. The State of Illinois is the greatest producer of zinc spelter in the Union, containing approximately 40 per cent of all the zinc retorts in the United States. Within the State are smelters for most of the other common metals. Within 100 miles of the University are found all kinds of bituminous mines embodying many modifi- cations of the room and pillar system of working, the most important long wall field in the United States, and extensive stripping mines. Page Twenty-seven MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Page Twenty-eight MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS A location within easy distance of such a number and variety of mining and metallurgical operations offers opportunity for a varied experience and a field for the future activities of the young engineer. An indication of the demand for mining engineers is the membership of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, now over five thousand, most of whom are engaged in the operation of mining or metallurgical industries. In addition to this major and parent society, there are in America at least ten other societies devoted to mining and metallurgy. Although the United States Bureau of Mines was established only in 1910, it now has a scientific staff of over three hundred and an examination of the latest report of the Director shows that the Bureau has at present in hand about seventy-five distinct lines of research. COAL MINING INVESTIGATIONS For several years a cooperative investigation of mineral resources and the mining and metallurgical practice of the Middle West has been carried on from the University of Illinois as a center, by the United States Bureau of Mines, the State Geological Survey, and the Department of Mining Engineering. This work has recently been enlarged and Urbana made one of the experiment stations of the United States Bureau of Mines. By this means it has been possible to secure the joint efforts of mining engineers, geolo- gists and chemists in the employ of the three con- tracting parties to make investigations covering a broad range of mining, metallurgical and geological problems. (For a list of bulletins already issued apply to the Engineering Experiment Station.) Page Twenty-nine MINING ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS A class of senior mining students, under supervision of instructors, in- specting tunnel- ing operations at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Characteristic lead concentra- tor of south- eastern Missouri visited by the students on in- spection trips. Hydraulic mining opera- tions in Illinois. This method is employed to strip overburden from coal or shale deposits. Page Thirty Page Thirty-one STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING Edmund Janes James, Ph.D., LL.D., President of the University William Freeman Myrick Goss, M.S., D.Eng., Dean of the College of Engineering Harry Harkness Stoek, B.S., E.M., Professor of Mining Engineering Elmer Allen Holbrook, S.B., E.M., Assistant Professor of Mining Engineering Clinton Mason Young, B.S., E.M., Assistant Professor of Mining Research Alfred Copeland Callen, M.S., E.M., Associate in Mining Engineering Heads of Departments of the College of Engineering, and Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, giving work closely affiliated with mining engineering. Albert Pruden Carman, A.M., D.Sc, Professor of Physics Frederick Haynes Newell, B.S., D.Eng., Professor of Civil Engineering Ellery Burton Paine, M.S., E.E., Professor of Electrical Engineering Loring Harvey Provine, B.S., A.E., Professor of Archi- tectural Engineering Edward Charles Schmidt, M.E., Professor of Railway Engineering Arthur Newell Talbot, C.E., D.Eng., D.Sc, Professor of Municipal and Sanitary Engineering Charles Russ Richards, M.M.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering Edward Wight Washburn, Ph.D., Professor of Ceramic Chemistry Samuel Wilson Parr, M.S., Professor of Applied Chemistry David Ford McFarland, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Applied Chemistry Eliot Blackwelder, Ph.D., Professor of Geology William Shirley Bayley, Ph.D., Professor of Geology Thomas Edmund Savage, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geology The total instructional and research staff of the College of Engineer- ing numbers 130 persons. A full list of these is contained in the University Catalogue, copies of which may be obtained from The Registrar, Urbana, III. THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE STATE UNIVERSITY Urbana Edmund J. James, Ph.D., LL. D., President THE UNIVERSITY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS: The Graduate School The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Ancient and Modern Lan- guages and Literatures; History, Economics, Political Science, Sociology; Philosophy, Psychology, Education; Mathematics; Astronomy; Geology; Physics; Chemistry; Botany, Zoology, Entomology; Physiology; Art and Design) The College of Commerce and Business Administration (General Business, Banking, Insurance* Accountancy, Railway Administra- tion, Foreign Commerce; Courses for Commercial Teachers and Commercial and Civic Secretaries) The College of Engineering (Architecture; Architectural, Ceramic, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Mining, Municipal and Sanitary, and Railway Engineering) The College of Agriculture (Agronomy; Animal Husbandry; Dairy Husbandry; Horticulture and Landscape Gardening; Agricultural Extension; Teachers' Course; Household Science) The College of Law (three years' course) The School of Education The Course in Journalism The Courses in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering The School of Railway Engineering and Administration The School of Music (four years' course) The School of Library Science (two years' course) The College of Medicine (in Chicago) The College of Dentistry (in Chicago) The School of Pharmacy (in Chicago; Ph. G. and Ph. C. courses) The Summer Session (eight weeks) Experiment Stations and Scientific Bureaus: U. S. Agricultural Experi- ment Station; Engineering Experiment Station; State Laboratory of Natural History; State Entomologist's Office; Biological Experi- ment Station on Illinois River; State Water Survey; State Geological Survey; U. S. Bureau of Mines Experiment Station. The library collections contain (December 1, 1916) 379,220 volumes and 93,207 pamphlets. For catalogs and information address THE REGISTRAR Urbana, Illinois