THE SCHOOL OF MINES. [FROM THE THAMES STAR]

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 95, 28 March 1885, Page 7

THE SCHOOL OF MINES. [FROM THE THAMES STAR]

The following course of studies, taken from the University Calendar for 18#3, will show the eviilent value of instruction in some of the brandies to miners, should a School of Mines be located on this goldfield :—: — Mining Geoligy (Prof. ITlrich.) 1. Modes of occurrence of useful miner Tals ; description of the various kjiujs of deposits of useful minerals ; lodes, or mineral veins ; bedded deposits-— seania, /or layers ; irreguhCr massive deposjfcijr?*.'stocks anil stock works \ impregnatjpna, etc.; theory of faults or iieuvea, anilrulfs for searching for the faulty "or | lost portion of a deposit j review^ lot 4 cei*tVin tlid^ries unJ JiyyVji;{iea>i3 r&vA'i ilia the' ■ iitoU«f of foVmuUdu' of limonU

boitn^, fib^nvictisui witu rat U "or ro£kej ' various aparatus and various kinds of ' cutting and olearing implements ; the drill. ' ,

Mining. • 1. The. breaking down- of rocks and nsefnl minerals ; tools employed- in hard and soft ground, in metal uudcotd mines; various mofciiods of bl astinj?, tools and explosives employed ; boring and outting 1 machines ; fire sett in-. , 2. Opening of mineral deposits, shafts and adits, 3. Exploitation of the working awa % ; of mineral deposits* <L. Modes of securing excavations by timbering, masonry, and tubbing; construction of underground dams. 5. Transportion of minerals and rocks along the underground roads; and Jioisting or winding them up the shafts ; machinery, appliances, safety cages, parachute^ etc. C. Modes of gaining access to underground workings. 7. Lightning of underground workings ; description of the most approved safety lumps. 8. Draining the mines of water j adits, i pumps, pumping engines, water pressure engines. | 9. Ventilation of mines, its principles and modes of achievement ; natural ventilation, artificial ventilation, various approvod ventilators, distribution of air through the workings* 10. The mechumVai preparation or diessing of ores ; machines and appliances. I Scientific Use ob the Blowpipe and Dktehminative Mineralogy. Instructions of the use of the blowpipe, reactions of elments, oxides and acids, determination of artificial inorganic compounds, to be succeeded Uy that of important metallic and earthly minerals, by the aid of their crystalline form uud physical properties. Experienced studentb on providing themselves with the necessary apparatus, will also receive instrution in executing assays of gold, silver, lea<l, copper nickel, cobalt, etc., by means of blowpipe.

Pktkogkaphv. Description of the characters of the rocks composing the earth's crust. Discussion of the different systems, classification proposed for tbe igneous, aqueous, and metamorphic rocks. Various methods for the determination of the chemical and iniuernlogical constitution and minute structure of rocks, with special consideration and illustration of the use of the microscope in the examination of their sections. Preparation and uounting of thin section*,. These lectures are illustrated by specimens intended for close inspection.