The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-10
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 ENGINEERS TRIP Ramsay and Other Experts Begin European Tour
 June IT =

Erskine Ramsay, chief engineer and vice president of the Pratt Consolidated company, who is to be a member of the party of mine experts to tour abroad with C. s. Rice of the bureau of mines, will leave Birmingham Monday to join the party in Washington. On June IT the official experts will sail from New York on a tour of inspection, which from the tentative itinerary will em- brace the most important mine proper l ties in the old country
 | It is planned to visit the White Haven ploded, costing the lives of many work men as well as the mines at Wigan where a terrible explosion only recent ly occurred.
 In local industrial circles the great est satisfaction is expressed that Mir. Ramsay, a recognized expert and care- full observer, will make the trip. In addition to the vast amount of excel lent information he is expected to bring back here for local good, the party &C., companied by Birmingham citizen will do quite a little good for the Blr- mingham district abroad.
 The party will have the official com mendation of. the bureau of mines and will be received with the most care ful courtesy while abroad
 An interesting feature of the trip is that visits are planned to Herr Meiss ner at Berlin. Captain Desborough of
 
 sels, the three experts composing a. party invited here to look at Yolande. Mulga and other local properties. The visitors were received with rare cor diality in this district.
 The itinerary as outlined by Inspec- tor Rice follows
 June 26, London, call on Captain Deborough and MT. Redmayne, chief in spector, obtain maps, etc; June 27, OK ford, visiting Professor. Haldane; June 2S, Cambridge, Cambridge Scientific In strument company about instruments fol experimental mine; June 29, Donasster visiting neighboring mines; June 30 tc July 1. Altofts, British testing gallery also observing application stone dust in Altofts mine; July 8 and 4, Durham, vis- iting mines in vicinity; July 5, New castle, observing tests in university laboratory or in visiting mines; July 6, Edinburgh, visiting mines in vicinity; July ', Wynss observing semi-longwal method with strong roof in pitching seam; July 10, Hamilton (near Glas- gow), observing longwall retreating method under hard roof; July II, Glas- gow to Carlisle; July 12, White Haven. White Haven mine scene of recent ex- plosion; July 13, Wigan, Wigan mine, scene of recent explosion; July IA and 15, Manchester visiting rescue station, university and mines In vicinity; July 16, Wrenham. North Wales system of mining; July 1T, Birmingham, at uni versity; July IS to 22, Cardiff and Bridgend, with W. N. Atkison, superin- tendent inspector. visiting mines in Wales, soft coal and anthracite; observ- ing different mining methods. electrical installation and spraying devices.
 Continental Trip
 July 20, leave London.
 July 26-29, Arras, France; at the Lievin Testing station and visiting neighboring mines to observe flushing system and reinforced concrete lining; July 21, Brussels, Belgium, calling on M. Watteyne and M. Breyne; August 1-2, Frankries, visiting Belgium test ing station and neighboring deep, thin seam and gassy mines; August 3-11, Cologne, Essen and Dusseldorf, visiting German testing station at Dortmund, observing flushing system In mines and Investigating Gasolene locomotives un- der ground, also visiting factory for making same at Cologne; August Il, en route to Magdeburg; August 12, Strassburg, visiting potash mines; Au- gust If, Berlin. calling upon Herr Meiss- ner with view of discussing proposed international standardization of test ing methods for coal dust explosives, etc; August IS, en route to Zwickau, observing mining methods in mines of vicinity, including flushing system; Au- gust Is, Assig, Austria, visiting mines in vicinity (per suggestion of MT, Carl Scholz) August IT, en route to Bresslau and Bothen; August 1s-21, investiga- ton flushing system in upper Silisis; August 22, Gracon, Austria; visiting salt mines; August 2S, Brunn, visiting Rositz underground testing gallery; August 24. Vienna calling upon Austin fire camp commission; August 25-26, en route to Zurich, Switzerland; August 2S29. tun- neling methods in Alps; August 30, St. Etienne, France; visiting mines in Le- Fuy district where there are eruptions of carbon dioxide, observing safety chamber methods; September 1, Paris: September 2, sail for New York.