New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-03
pNIRIrs OF MINING ENGINEERS.

VISIT 10 THE STEVENS INslITUTE-A DINNER AND
AN EXAMINATION OF THE NEW BERGEN TUNNEL
The American Institute of Mining Engineers
reassembcd yesterday morning at the stevens institute
OF Technology in Huboken. communication from Prof.
Faicht on fcrTo-pTus,ate paper was read and some
euermen, were exhibited This paper is used in repro-
ducing drawings the drawing being placed upon 1t and
bot1 papers exposed for time TO the action Of the
Hqbt when the ferrOpruSsats paper is treated with
bath OF pure water and develops the drawing in%lte
line, on a blue ground j. Blrkenhine read paper on
the Duty OF Pumping Engnea,' and Mr.. Barnes one
uppn Methods OF Drawing Metric and other Scales
OIL Engineering Drawings" resolution, introduced by
Mr. Weeks Of me IRON &C. allowing papers ana parts OF
uapers 10 De printed in journals other than The Mining
.Tolraol drew out some gcOdnatlred fencing between
Nj Weeks ana Prof Raymond who is one OF the editors
OF The Mining Journal The resolution was unanimously
voted down. The Institute then iOWntd and tbc lncn
hers iu.paeted The different dep rmcns OF the stevens
Institute Al - OcloCh President Morton SAD jIa' ne
hal ordered a warm Enci, an u leu ih' hN"'p'IH ~
I,uts, Hot. near the ferry where the warm lunch"
proved ~ he elaborate dinner in several courses AT
il close several pheasant sle",@Hos VIZ f f ,fi
"Stevens Institute of Technology" and :" The Youngest
me Storm had so eifectuay dlInped the Idor Of the
,olmbcrs That onIy about a dozen TOOK The cars at
o'clock 90 visit the Bergen Tunnel now eonsnct,E ~
the Delaware. Lackawanna and western Railroad ON
pguy. Tie cEs rance to The tdlucl w@s ic"cWd ~
sorambng over bIOken fragments OF rock, rendering
Impossible to carry an umbrella. Fornrd ny SN22a
dnuer however, the storm had ie chcc. OF ne VISIT
0ls ana pushing rapidly forward the MOUTH OF Tue Inn
mel was soon gained There the party paused ana oOkcN
down the tunnel Tracks ald as r as one COug see
and IN tile din distance plumber OF tWlnklhg lShtS
slowed wacrc The miners were ut work. Beyond these
faint gray disk of daylight showed the situation 81 thc
FIRST elaf The party then mON ed ill., stepping gDg'fY
from Que tie to another, an occasional llin
step on The part Ot some one resulting IN
q si,I0sh as he sank half way 10 the Knee N ~dlgf'
Occasionally met conveying broken rock 10 te
mouth the horse looking IN the gloom iIke some pre-
Of the tcsufying to the presence OF dI!Ht me
daylight grew stronger and when the hrSt 5hait was
reached a pie Of ana c" was found below H. ihe
accumulation the of the past winter Beyond
mn shaft board partition with narrow door was en-
cotared and, that passed the internal regions were 10
an pppenrauccs reached. several large forst& were
erected M intervals the bright freight from which cast
a weird radiance the stalwart SMITHS VINO were
forging drills close hand As far "a the eye cnnd
reach scafOidng8 erected ANA covered WIN nun
dreds OF groups miners each With III WINNING lamp
in ms can The theiT hammers upon the dIlls
echoed aud reverDerated through the great excavation
making babel OF Changing sounds Attcf examining tEc
I'rinns VEINS of minerals which nterSect the baSat
CONFUSING the mas OF the rock the party returned 20
te outer air and RAM anu the session OF the lns
uIte at "A end.