The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-11
ENGINEERS WILL RECEIVE A MOST
 CORDIAL WELCOME
100 Members Lake Superior Mining Institute to Arrive Tuesday for Three
 Day Session

Birmingham will entertain for three days more than hundred mining engi- ncers and directors oe great operations when the Lake Superior Mining Insti- tute will arrive Tuesday morning for a tour of the Birmingham district. Plans for their entertainment have just been announced by the local committee in charge composed of Edwin Ball chair man. c. T. Fairbairn, Will J. Penhallegon and C. E. Abbott
 A neat booklet "A Little Journey in che Birmingham District With the Lake Superior Mining Institute has been is- sued for the occasion by the committee, in which a schedule for the three days work planned for the engineers is given in concise form for the convenience of visitors and others interested in the event. It is well illustrated, containing photographs of large industrial plants and maps of the Birmingham district
 Among the plants to be visited are the Ensey steel plant and furnaces, the Thomas furnaces of the Republic Steel and Iron company, the American Steel and Wire companys mill at Fairfield, the Bayview mine of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company.
 The first business meeting will be held at $50 clock Tuesday night at the Hotel Tutwiler ballroom. The programme for the meeting is follows:
 Mining Methods on the Menominee Iron Range" by c. l. Baxter, Rudolph Ericsson and M. E. Richards, committee.
 Methods of Mining at the Chapin Mine" by W. c. Gordon, Iron Mountain, Mich.
 'lrhe Block Caving System Used at the 'Pewabic- Mine" by A. J. Myers, Iron Mountain, Mich. <
 Mining Methods Used at the Loretto Mine.'' by c. II. Baxter, Loretto, Mich.
 Mining Methods in the Iron River Dis trict of Michigan" by Rudolph Ericson, Iron River, Mich
 "The Methods of Opening and Mining the Davidson No , Mine" by Rudolph Ercson, Iron River. Mich
 The Sub-Stopping Method of Mining as Used at the Chatham Mine" by |. J. smith, Iron River Mich.
 Mining Methods in the Crystal Falls, Amasa and Florence Districts, by M. E. Richards, Crystal Falls, Mich.
 Sub Stopping at the Anasa-Porter Mine' by M. R. Richards, Crystal Falls, Mich.
 TO TOUR DISTRICT
 On Tuesday morning the visitors and members of the local committee will leave the Louisville and Nashville station at 9:15 o'clock on a special Birmingham Southern train for a trip over a part of the industrial district. Ishkooda, We nonah, Muscoda, Bessemer and Bayview will be among the first stops At 1:3( in the afternoon barbecue will be served at Bayview. At 2:15 o'clock the special is scheduled to leave Bayview and will proceed to the great Edgewater mine, and the Tennessee Coal and Iron company by-product plant, and the American Steel and Wire mill at Fairfield. The party is scheduled to reach Birmingham by 5:4 on the return trip.
 A second industrial trip is planned fol Wednesday. The special will leave th Louisville and Nashville station at 9:1 a. m. Among the places to be visited or this trip will be the Thomas furnace: and the Esnsey steel plant and furnaces The special is scheduled to arrive in Bir mingham at 1:10 p. nl., in time for the party to prepare for the business ses- sion, to take place at o'clock at the Tutwiler.
 A pleasant entertainment programme has been planned, and the visiting engi- neers will be cordially welcomed on every hand. Clubs, including the Southern, vii be thrown open to the visitors, and the hospitality of the. city will be extended without stint to it's distinguished guests.