The daily morning oasis., 1919-02-18
IMPORTANT TOPICS CONSIDERED
BY AMERICAN MINING INSTITUTE

NEW IOhA, rep. 1S-M1n1ng engl
neers of the United States and Canada
rolled up their sleeves and sat together
today to urge uniform mining law
for the continent of North America
The occasion is the 10th meeting OF
the American Institute of Mining Engi
neers and the gathering is distinguished
by the presence of leaders in mining
from many sections of the continent
More than one hundred members of the
Canadian Mining Institute represented
their organization at the meeting to-
day.
For long time, it is said, the con-
fusion in mining laws in Canada and
the United States has led to a duplica-
ton of effort and has sometimes Gre
ated a barrier to international COOP
Grafton in mining. A general belief
is prevalent now that plan can be
devised which will remove wasted eff
fort in the mining world throughout
the continent. This was the principal
subject of today's sessions, which also
dealt with technical subjects related
to the production Of iron and steel.
Horace V. Winchell of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, was Today elected presi-
dent of the American Institute for the
coming year. Other officers elected
were as follows: Vice presidents: Ed
win Ludlow, Lansford, Pa; A. r. Lee
doux, New York, N. Y. Directors:
j. V. W. Reynders, New York, N. Y;
George d. Barron, Rye, N. Y; Charles
F. Rand, New York, N. Y; Louis S.
Gates, Ray, Arizona; Stanley A. Easton,
Kellogg, Idaho.
Some of the features of the ladies
entertainment today, following a meet
ing of the Woman IS Auxiliary, were
a visit to Senator Clark IS art galleries,
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art;
an evening entertainment and dance
in the Engineering Societies Building.
During the evening George Miller
Dyott for three years with the Royal
Naval Air Service and later a student
of the possibilities of the aerial trans
portation of mining machinery in re-
mote regions, gave a motion picture
lecture on his travels through mining
ulstncts in Northern Peru and the Up
per Amazon.
The pride of the Institute for its
members who fell in service during the
war was expressed at a memorial meet
ing held during the afternoon. The
number of those who served in the
Army or Navy totals some eight hun
dred, and information has been received
of the death of twenty five of these.
The technical subjects presented tos
day were as follows:
Does Forging Increase Specific Den
sity of Steel? By H. E. Doerr.
Flaky and Woody Structures in
Nickel Steel Gun Forgings. By c. Y.
Clayton, f. B. Foley and F. B. Laney.
Static, Dynamic and Notch Tough
ness. By Samuel l.. Hoyt.
Development of Grain Boundaries in
Heat-ttreated Alloy Steels. By R. S.
Archer.
Water-cooled Equipment for Open
hearth Steel Furnaces. By W. c. Cot
fin.
Prevention of Columnar Crystalliza-
ton by Rotation During qualification.
By H. M. Howe and E. G. Groesbeck.
Basic Refractories for Open Hearth.
By j. SPOTS Mcdowell and R. M.
Howe.
The Sinner Case-Hardening Process
By j. w. Richards.
Metallographic Investigation of
Transverse-fissure Rails with Special
Reference to High-phosphorus Streaks
By G. F. Comstock.
Effect of Rate of Temperature
Change on Transformation in an Alloy
Steel. By H. Scott.