Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
Colorado School of Mines.

ne new catalogue OF the Colorado
School of Mines Is the most complete
ever issued by the institution. The
frontispiece is an excellent half-tone
engraving of the new Guggenheim hall,
presented to the school by Hon. Simon
Guggenheim
Particular attention is called to the
fact that the Colorado School of Mines
Is peculiarly well located to give stud
ents both theoretical and practical
training. The equipment Of the school
enables the theoretical side to be wen
presented, while nearness to mines,
mills and smelters offers unusual op-
portunities for inspection visits, and
enables the student to see in actual op-
GRAFTON every variety of mining and
metallurgical work. Attention is
called to the fact that in the Clear
Creek canon are the numerous gold
mills and concentrators of Gilpin and
Clear Creek counties. At Argo, near
Denver, the Boston and Colorado
Smelling Company illustrates the met
allurgy of gold silver and copper ores.
At the Globe plant of the American
Smelling and Refining Company the
treatment of lead ores of gold and sill
yer is illustrated by up-to-date meth
DDS. At Denver also are the Colorado
zinc works, using the most modern
methods of magnetic and electric sepa-
ration, and in addition there are num-
erous other sampling and ore testing
works. The many mining and metal
lurgical machinery plants of Denver
also afford an excellent opportunity
for becoming acquainted with recent
improvements in metallurgical design.
IL IL
and Standard mills for the chlorina-
ton treatment of gold ores, and the
Golden Cycle NIL, for cyanidation; at
Cripple Creek the Cripple Creek and
Hcmestake mills, and at Florence the
Union mill.
The plant of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company at Pueblo possesses all
the recently-invented and approved de-
vices for the production of iron and
steel and for working these products
! into marketable forms. At Pueblo
there are also three smelters and the
zinc smelter of the Colorado Zinc
Company. At Canon City are the
plants of the Empire Zinc Company
and the United States Reduction and
Refining Company.
At or near Golden are numerous clay
mines and quarries and extensive coal
mines well equipped with hoisting and
power machinery. In the Clear Creek
canon. within a short ride of Golden,
are the mining camps of Central City,
Black Hawk, Idaho Springs and
Georgetown, and the placer mining at
Breckenridge.
Al! these places are visited by stud
ents during their course at the Colo
rado School of Mines. Trips are also
\ made to the well-known mining camps
Of Cripple Creek, Victor, Leadville, AS
| pen, Siiverton, Ouray and Telluride.
Besides these, the bituminous mines
| of the northern coal fields, the anthra-
cite fields Of Crested Butte, the oil
fields of Florence, the iron mines OF
Wyoming and the copper regions of
Arizona and Montana are also within
reach.
Extensive additions recently have
been secured for the mining labora-
tory, SO that tests can now be made on
large number of machines used in
mine and mine plants. Practical work
is given in the testing of pumps, COM
pressors, hoists, rock drills and other
machines.
Special work is given in the opera.
| tion OF electric and compressed air
rock drills, under various conditions,
of compressed air. The lectures on
Economics of Mining" consider the
organization, operation and manage
ment of mines and especially the eco.
nomic problems upon which successful
management depends. The coal min.
ing course, which is optional with the
| student, gives detailed study of min
ing methods, explosives, mine gasses,
ventilation and haulage systems used
in coal mining.
Eiectro-metallurgy is new course
of study arranged to prepare the stud
ent for the practical applications of
electro-chemical principles, using as a
foundation those principles covered by
the course in general physics. 1t con-
sists of lectures, illustrated by expert
ment, recitations and assigned prob
lens. The subjects are as follows:
Historical development, the laws of
Avogadro and Van Hoff: electrolytic
disassociation, electrolytic conduction,
potential difference, primary and Sec
ondary elements, electro-deposition
fused electrolytes.
Autobiography is another new course
which comprises study of the consti.
tuition and micro-structure of steels
and alloys, and their properties as af-
fected by the chemical and mechanical
treatment to which they have been
subjected.
The petrograph course, also new,
takes up the optical properties of min
erals and follows up the course on
lithology by study of thin sections of
rocks by means Of the microscope. 1t
is an optional course. to be limited to
such students are are specially quail
fed to take 1t.
The mechanical engineering course
has been revised and special atten-
tion is called to the new additions in
this course, which are: Metallurgical
plant design, compressed air machin-
cry, gas engines. pumping machinery,