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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

March 31, 1916.

No. 59.

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TH E COLLI ERY GUARDIAN

MONTHLY LIST OF RECENT COAL LITERATURE

I.—General.

Colliery Machinery. Lubrication. G. R. Rowland.
“Lehigh Employes’ Mag.,” Jan., p. 31.' (Paper
read before Nanticoke Min. Inst.)

A Model Mine and Camp. C. J. Fuetter. “ Coal Age,”
Feb. 12, p. 290; 6 fig. (Mines of the Main Island
Creek Coal Company, of Omar, W. Va.)

Coal: Its Nature and Characteristics. J. Samuel.
“ Journ. Mon. Coll. Off. Assoc.,” .Feb., p. 8.

The Coal Production of the United States in 1915.’
“ Min. Eng. Wld.,” Feb. 5, p. 274.

Abstracts of Current Decision on Mines and Mining,
October 1914—April 1915. J. W. Thompson. “ U.S.
Bur. Mines, Bull. 101 (Law Serial 5),” 138pp. Wash-
ington, 1915.

Difficulties of Wagon Pooling. “ Bly. Gaz.,” Mar. 3,
p. 240.

On Goldreich’s Theory of Subsidence in Coal Districts
(Zu Ing. Goldreich’s “ Theorie der, Bodensenkungen
in Kohlengebieten ”).	—. Rybak. “ Bergb. u.

Hiitte,” Nov., p. 153; Dec., p. 213; illus.

Coal Production of Nova Scotia and the Effect of
Recruiting. F. W. Gray. “ Can. Min. Journ.,”
Feb. 15, p. 91.

Co-Relationship of Factors Affecting the Cost of Power.
R. Trautschold. , “ Eng. Mag.,” Mar., p. 860;
7 charts.

Prussian State Mines in 1914 (Die unter der preussischen
Berg-, Hiitten- und Salinenverwaltung Stehenden
Staatswerke im Jahre 1914). “ Gluckauf,” Feb. 19,
p. 150.

The Supply of Coal in France. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Feb. 25, p. 361; Mar. 3,,p. 421.

Mine Accidents and Uniform Records. A. U. Fay.
“ Colliery Guard.,” Feb. 25, p. 363. (Paper read
before the Pan-American Scientific Congress, Wash-
ington.)

Humidity and its Measurement. K. G. Smith. “ Iowa
Engin.,” Feb., p.•189.

The Loomis Colliery. C. M. Young. “ Coal Age,”
Mar. 4, p. 413; 8 fig.

Search for New Coal Fields. Dr. A. Strahan. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Mar. 24, p. 569. (From lecture before the
Royal Instn.)

British Mining Industry and the War. Sir R. A. S.
Redmayne. “ Colliery Guard.,” p. 555. (Presi-
dential address to the Instn. of Mining and Metal-
lurgy.)

Inter-Relations of Pure and Applied Chemistry. F. W.
Clarke. “ Colliery Guard/,” Mar. 17, p. 518. (From
paper read before the Pan-American Scientific Con-
gress.)

Canada’s Coal Industry. “ Colliery Guard.,” Mar. 17,
p. 518. (Canadian Census Report.)

Value of Technical Societies to Mining Engineers. R.
W. Raymond. “ Colliery Guard.,” Mar. 17, p. 509.

(From paper read before the Pan-American Scientific
Congress.)

Costs and Selling Prices of Coal. G. S. Rice.
“Colliery Guard.,” Mar. 17, p. 511. (From paper
read before the Pan-American Scientific Congress.)

Estate Management and Mineral Valuations. G. T.
Brown. “ Colliery Guard.,” Mar. 10, p. 454. (Paper
read before the Surveydrs’ Instn.)

Coial in the Philippines. W. E. Pratt. “ Coal Age,”
Mar. 18, p. 491; 4 fig.

II.—Education.

The Education of Youths Before and During Their
Apprenticeship. V. ^A. Mundella.' “Trans. N.E.
Coast Inst. Engin. 'Shipb.,” vol. 32, 5, p. 194.

Mining Education. G. Hunter. “ Sci. Art. Min.”
Feb. 26, p. 348. (Paper read before Wigan Branch
Lancs. Check., Coll. •Firemen’s Assoc.)

The Need for Technical Education in the Mining
Industry. W. Stewart. “ Proc. S. Wales Inst.
Engin,” vol. 32, 1, p. 9.

III.—Geology.

The Age of the Subhercynian Brown Coal Deposits (Zur
Altersfrage der subherzynen Braunkohlenformation).
—. Von Linstow. “ Jahrb. Geol. Berlin,” v. 35,
pt. 2, No. 2, p. 382.

The Brown Coal Deposits of Livno-Podkraj and
Zupan]ac (Die Braunkohlenablagerung von Livno-
Podkraj und Zupanjac). —. Turina. “ Mont.
Rdsch,” Feb. 16, p. 85; illus. ,

Lignite Deposits at Rubicone (I Giacimenti di Lignite
dei dintorni di Sogliano al Rubicone, Romagna).

B. Galdi. “ Riv. Scient. Teen. Comm.,” Feb. 25,
p. 51.

The Fossil Coals of Bosnia and Herzgovina (Die fossilen
Kohlen Bosniens und der Herzgowina). —. Katzer.
“ Bergb. u. Hiitte,” Dec., p. 189; illus.

Some Effects of Earth Movement on the Coal Measures
of the Sheffield District (S. Yorkshire and the Neigh-
bouring Parts of W. Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and
Nottinghamshire). Part I. W. G. Fearnsides.
“ Trans. Inst. Min. Engin.,” v. 50, 3, p. 573; 13 fig.

The Cover Rock in the Sinking -Shaft Carolus Magnus I.,
at Palemberg, Gelsenkirchen (Das Deckgebirge im
Abteufschacht Carolus Magnus I. zu Palemberg, Kreis
Gelsenkirchen). W. Roelen. “ Gluckauf,” Feb. 20,
p. 161; Mar. 4, p. 189; illus.

The Campine Coal Field. P. Krusch. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Feb. 25, p. 357; Mar. 3, p. 405; Mar. *10,
p. 453; Mar. 17, p. 505; 6 fig. (From “ Gluckauf.”j

The National Lignite Deposits of Italy (Per le Ligniti
Nazionali). C. Capacci Rassegna. “ Min. Metall.

. Chimic.,” Mar. ,16, p. 41.

Rhode Island Coal. G. H. Ashley.^ “ Bull. 615, U.S.
Geol. Survey,” 62 pp.; 8 fig.

Eighth Annual Report of the Geological Survey Branch,
New Zealand, 1914. P. G. Morgan. 170 pp.; illus.
Wellington, 1915.

The Connection between the North-Western European
Coal Fields. Prof. X. Stainier. “ Trans. Inst. Min.
Engin.,” v. 51, 1, p. 99; 3 fig.

IV.—Mine Surveying.

Precise Setting-out in Underground Roadways. P. W.
Brown. “ Colliery Guard.,” Mar. 3, p. 411; 2 fig.

V.—Mining Technology.

New Points of View in Considering the Workability of
Deposits (Neue Gesichtspunkten zur Beurteilung der
Abbauwurdigkeit einer Lagerstatte).	—. Feuchter.

“ Bergb. u. Hiitte,” Nov., p. 165. (Practical appli-
cation of the formula.)

VI.—Working of Minerals.

An Automatic Slate Gate. A. Sword. “ Lehigh
Employes’ Mag.,” Jan., p. 18; 1 fig.

Mining the Mammoth Vein wTith Steam Shovels. D. C.
Helms. “ Coal Age,” Feb. 19, p. 322; 6 fig.

Permissible Coal Cutters. “ Coal Age,” Feb. 19, p.

326; 2 fig. (Sullivan “ Ironclad ” machines.)

Some Coal-Cutting Difficulties. H. T. Mackinnon.
“ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Mar. 17, p. 306. (Paper read
‘before Assoc. Min. Elect. Engin.)

Stripping the Overburden in Open Pit Mining. L. O.
Kellogg. “ Eng. Mag.,” Mar., p. 896; 19 fig.

The Most Suitable Method of Laying Out Open Cast
Workings (Ueber die zweckmassigste Streckung von
Tagebaufeldern).	—.	Herwegen. “ Braunk.,”

Feb. 4, p. 519; Feb. 11, p. 531; Feb. 18, p. 541;
illus.

Steam Shovel Coal Stripping in the Danville District.
“ Coal Age,” Mar. 11, p. 448; 6 fig.

VII.—Boring, Shaft Sinking, and Tunnelling,

The Carr Bit. “ Canad. Min. Journ.,” Feb. 15, p. 89;
4 fig.

VIII.	—Explosives, Blasting.

New Initial Explosives (Neuere Initialsprengstoffe). —.
Stettbacher. “ Z. Schiess. Sprengst.,” Feb. 1, p. 34.
(Lead and silver azides -and their preparation.)

Blasting with Liquid Air at the Brandenburg Pit
(Schiessen mit fliissiger Luft auf Brandenburg-Grube).
“ Kohle u. Erz.,” Feb. 21, p. 73; illus. (Experi-
ments in which Marsit cartridges were replaced by
paper shells filled with dry, sifted sawdust.)

IX.	—Timbering, Packing, etc.

Forestry and the War. E. P. Stebbing. “ Journ. Roy.
Soc. Arts,” March 17, p. 350.

Old Tubes as Pit Props. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Mar. 17,
p. 296; 3 fig.

Stresses in Ferro-Concrete Arches. “ Engineering,”
Mar. 17, p. 245; 16 fig.

Pit Timber and its Preservation. P. Groom. “Colliery
Guard.,” Mar. 24, p. 554. (Paper read before the
Midland Inst, of Min., Civil and Meehan. Engin.)

Forestry and the War. E. P. Stebbing. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Mar. 24, p. 571. (From paper read before
the Royal Soc. of Arts.)

Timbering Methods to Avoid. W. T. Molyneux. “ Sci.
Art. Mining,” Mar. 25, p. 398; 23 fig. (Paper read
before Lancs, and Chesh, Coll. Firemen’s Assoc.)

Present State of the Question of Impregnating Pit
Timbers (Der gegenwartige Stand der Grubenholzim-
pragnierung). •—. Willert. “Bergb.,” Feb. 17, p.
98; Feb. 24, p. 113; illus. (The Kruschkopf process,
and others.)

X.—Surface Arrangements.

Handling High Coal Outputs. H. Reisser. “ Coal Age,”
Mar. 18, p. 486; 1 fig.

XI.—Winding and Haulage.

Automatic Operation of Mine Hoists as Exemplified by
the New Electric Hoists for the Inspiration Consoli-
dated Copper Company. H. K. Burch and M. A.
Whiting. “Bull. Amer. Inst. Min. Engin.,” Mar.,
p. 583; 7 fig.

Control Equipments for Winders and Hoists. “ Elect.
Rev.,” Mar. 17, p. 325; 6 fig.

Electric Winding. D. Burns. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,”
Feb. 25, p. 205; fig. 2. (Paper read before Assoc.
Min. Elect. Engin., Nat. Assoc. Coll. Man. and Min.
Inst. Scotland.)

How to Oil Mine Cars. R. C. Merchant. “Lehigh
Employes’ Mag.,” Jan., p. 15; 2 fig.

Hydraulic Winding (Die Spiilforderung). H. Bansen.
“ Gluckauf,” Feb. 19, p. 147; 3 fig. (Raising
minerals by a flush of water.)

Rope Winding in German Mines, and its Future (Die
Schachtforderung mit Seil im deutschen Bergbau und
ihre Zukunft). —. Herbst. “ Z. B. H. S.,” v. 53,
pt. 4., p. 285; illus.

The Use of Wire Rope Guides for Pit Cages. W. Ross.
“ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Mair. 17, p. 285; 3 fig. (Paper
read before Nat. Assoc. Coll. Man.)

Safety Gatches on the Cage. N. T. Williams. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Mar. 17, p. 519; 1 fig.

Electric Winding Plant in Scotland. “ Colliery Guard.-,”
Mar. 24, p. 557; 3 fig.

Safety by an Automatic Shaft Gate. “ Min. Eng.
Wld.,” Mar. 4, p. 470; 1 fig.

Coal Face Conveyors. J. Jackson. “ Iron Coal^Tr.
Rev.,” Mar. 24, p. 339; 1 fig. (Paper read before
Nat. Assoc. Coll. Man.)

Safety Hand Lock Clevis. “ Lehigh Employes’ Mag.,”
Jan., p. 14; 3 fig.

Safety Catches on Hoists (Ueber Fangvorrichtungen an
Aufzugen).	—. Schrader. “ Z. Dampfk. Betr.,”

Feb. 18, p. 49; illus.

The Logic of Trams. J. Gibson. “ Trans. Inst. Min.
Engin.,” v. 51, 1, p. 72; 4 fig.

The Little Brass Check in the Crow’s Nest. E. B. Field.
“ Coal Age,” Miar. 18, p. 488.

XII.	—Signalling.	v

Visual Signalling. H. Green. • ‘ ‘ Trans. Inst. Min.
Engin.,” v. 50, 3, p. 472.

XIII.	—Lighting.

Notes on Miners’ Carbide Lamps. J. W. Paul.
“ Miners’ Circ. 18,” U.S. Bur. Mines; 10 pp.

Cost of Upkeep of Electric Safety Lamps. “ Coal Age,”
Mar. 11, p. 453.

The Hirsch Portable Electric Lamp. H. H. Hirsch.
“ Trans. Inst. Min. Engin.,” v. 51, 1, p. 61; 5 fig.

XIV.—Ventilation.

Erecting and Starting Up a Large Mine Fan. “ Iron
Coal Tr. Rev.,” Feb. 25, p. 212; 4 fig.

The Influence Moisture in the Air has on Mine Ventila-
tion. A. C. Whittome. “ JI. S. Afric. Inst, of
Engin.,” Feb., p. 160; 2 fig. (Reply to discussion.)
The Value of the Experimental Fan in the Mining
Laboratory. D. E. Thomas. “ Trans. Inst. Min.
Engin.,” v. 50, 3, p. 482; 3 fig.

The Jeffrey Centrifugal Fans. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Mar. 17, p. 507; 3 fig.

XV.—Mine Gases, Testing.

Inflammability of Mixtures of Gasoline Vapour and Air.

G. A. Burrell and H. T. Boyd. “ U.S. Bur. Mines,
Techn. Paper 115,” 18 pp.; 2 fig. Washington, 1915.
The Constituents of Mine Air and their Determination.

D. Brymor Morgans. “ Journ. Mon. Coll. Off.
Assoc.,” Feb., p. 1.

Pressure of Gas in Coal Beds. N. H. Darton. “ Colliery
Guard.,” Mar. 17, p. 519. (From Bull. 72, U.S.
Bureau of Mines.)

Composition of the Natural Gas Used in Twenty-five
Cities, with a Discussion of the Properties of Natural
Gas. G. A. Burrell and G. G. Oberfell. “ Techn.
Paper 109,” U.S. Bur. Mines, 22 pp.

Rapid Estimation of Oxygen and Blackdamp. H.
Briggs. “ Colliery Guard.,” Feb. 25, p. 359; “ Trans.
Inst. Min. Engin.,” v. 5.1, p. 169; 3 fig. (Paper read
before the Mining Inst, of Scotland.)

XVII.—Explosions.

Disaster at Ravensdale, Wash. “ Coal Age,” Mar. 11,
p. 459; 4 fig.

Explosion near Kempton, W. Va. “ Goal Age,” Mar. 18,
p. 498; 1 fig.	;

XVIII.—Mine Fires.

Scaling Off Mine Fires. J. Cain. “ Colliery Guard.,”
Mar. 17, p. 521; fig. 3. (From paper read before the
Kentucky Min. Inst.)