The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25
PROGRAMME OF THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH
CONVENTION OF THE MINING ENGINEERS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER rs, 80 p
Addresses of Welcome.
Presidential address by President James Douglas,
LID, New York City.
The following papers will be presented abstract by the
authors:
The Origin of the Yosemite Valley, and the Eroding
Effect of Glaciers by Professor William P Blake, Tucson,
Arz
Notes on Mining Cable Tests and Physical Tests OF Cal
fornia Tmbers by Professor Frank Soue University OF
California
The Construction of the La Grange Dam, by E. H.
Barton, Sonora CAL
The following papers will be presented in print
Stopping with Machine Drills by Bert Thane, Sumden-
Chief Mine Alaska
Deep Mining at the Utica, by J. H. Collier, Tesla Cal
Note on Plate Amalgamaton by Allan J. Clark, Lead,
South Dakota.
The Mines and Mill of the Atacama Mineral Company
Limited Taal Chile, by Sydney H Loram, Chngford Es
sex, England
Investigation of Magnetic Ores from Eastern Ontario
by Frederick Pope New York City.
The Relative Desuphurizing Effect Of Lime and Mag
nesa in the Blast Furnace, by O. R. Foster Brooklyn
New York
MONDAY EVENING 8 to 1890 o'clock, Grand
Promenade Concert will be given in the Palace Hotel Court
Music by Cassasas Band
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 90
The following will be read in abstract:
The Eectron1otve Force of Metals in Cyanide Solu
TONS by Professor S. B. Christy University of California
Some Features of the Economic Geology of Russia by
Professor A. c. Lawson University of California.
The New Alaska Treadwel Gold Mills, by Robert Men,
Oakland Cal
The following papers will be presented in print
The Peculiar Ore Deposit of the East Murchison United
Gold Nine Western Australia by D. P. Mitchell, Palo Alto,
The Occurrence of Tin Ore at San Alto, Zacatecas
with reference similar deposits in San Luis Potos and Du
rango Mexico by Edward Hase, Columbia, S. A.
The Copper Deposits of Vancouver Island, by William
N Brewer Victoria, b. I.
Rock Salt in Louisiana by A. F Lucas, Lafayette La
The Lee LongWa Mining Machine, by H. Foster
Bain Des Moines, Iowa.
Natural Coke of the Santa Clara Coal Field, Sonora,
Mexico by E 7. Dumble, Houston Texas
Transcontinenta Railway Lines, by James Douglas,
New York City
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81
The following will be read in abstract:
Electricity Applied in California Mining Practice,
by Professor c. L. Cory, University of California
The Geology of Arizona, by Professor Theo. B. Com
stock, Los Angels, Cal.
Tangential Water Wheels, by w. A. Doble San Fran
cisco, Cal
The following papers will be read by title
Notes the Independence Mine Cripple Creek
Cofo by T. A. Rc1ard, Denver, Colo
Gold Milling Mnas Prietas, by E. R. Abade Torres
Sonora Mexico.
Treatment OF Oxidzed Ores of the Lake View Con
soils Mine by ]. W. Sutherland Boulder Western Australia
The Effect of Heat Treatment Upon the Physical Prop
critics and the Mcrosructure of Medium Carbon Steel by
Robert g. Morae, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Peculiar Forms of Native Gold, by George F. Kunz
New York City.
The Cement Rocks Of Illinois, by J. A. Ede Spring Val
ley, Ill.
The Temperature at Which Certain Ferrous and Calcic
Sicaes Are Formed and the Effect Upon These Tempera-
of the Presence of Certain Metallic Oxides by H. O.
Hoffman, Boston, Mass
Wolframte Deposits in South Dakota, by A. Forsythe
Rapid City South Dakota.
NickelSteel, Synopsis of Experiment and Opinion
by David H. Browne, Cleveland Ohio