(Associate Professor Dunkin,
Ir.
Nevill)A course of three lectures per week, with practical work, throughout the year.
SYLLABUS. Group I. Mining Principles and Practice.
A course of about 35 lectures.
A continuation of the study of mining principles and practice started in Mining Part I. Modern prospecting methods. Recent trends in stoping and their influence on development. Working alluvial deposits : underground methods, dredging, hydraulic mining. Mining of bedded deposits, including coal. Quarrying,'
open cut and strip mining ; black and brown coal. Stability and support of mine excavations. Deep level mining. Dust and gases in mine air.
Group II. Mine Engineering.
A course of about 35 lectures with practical work.
Mine ventilation and air conditioning. Compressed air, electric power and water supply. Drainage. Drilling, shaft sinking, tunnelling, . underground and
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surface loading and transport ; tracks, roadways. Hoisting, winders, headframes.
Underground and surface structures. Surface shops and equipment. Maintenance.
Pклcтгcлt Wоaк. About two hours per week.
Candidates may be required to visit mines and other places associated with mining at times to be arranged during the year.
A charge of f1 will be made for the supply of materials.
FINAL HONOURs. Students who elect to take Final Honours must consult with the Head of the Department at the beginning of the academic year. These students may be set additional work during the year.
Воокs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Leith, C. К.-Mineral Valuations of the Future. (A.I.M.E.)
Marriott—Men, Money and Mines. (A.I.M.E.) . Tyler, P. McI. From the Ground Up. (McGraw-Hill.) . Rickard, T. A.—A History of American Mining. (A.М.I.E., McGraw-Hill.) Jeppe, C. W. B.—Gold Mining in South Africa. (Todd.)
Jones, W. R. Minerals in Industry. (Pelican.) (b) Prescribed text-books
Penman, D., and J. S. Мine Ventilation. (Griffin.) Quality of Mine Air. (Transvaal Chamber of Mines.)
Isaacson, E. D. St. Q.—Rock Pressure in Mines. (Mining Publ. Ltd.) Pede, R—Mining Engineer's Handbook. (3rd
ed.,
Wiley.)(c) Recommended_ for reference:
Spalding, J.—Deep Mining. (Mining Publications.) ' Metal Mining Practice. (U.S. Bur. Mines Bull. No. 419.)
Mining Methods in Australia and Adjacent Territories. (Fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress (1953) Publications, Vol. II.)
Australian Mining and Metallurgy—Miscellaneous Features and Practices.
(Fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress (1953) Publications, Vol. V.)
Elford, H. S., and McKeown, M. R—Coal Mining in Australia. (Tait.) Coal Mining: Report of the Technical Advisory Committee: Ministry of Fuel
and Power. (H.M.S.O.)
Mason, E. Practical Coal Mining for Miners, Vols. I and II. (2nd
ed.,
Virtue, 1951.)Statham, I. C. F.—Coal Mining Practice, 4 vols. (Caxton, 1958.) Coal Miner's Pocket Book. (McGraw-Hill.)
Coal in Australia. (Fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress (1953) Publications, Vol. VI.)
Nelson, A. Methods of Working. (Thos. Wall, 1958.)
Richardson, H. W., and Mayo, R. S. Practical Tunnel Driving. (McGraw- Hill.)
Engineering Factors in the Ventilation of Metal Mines. (U.S. Bur. Mines Bull. No. 385.)
Given, I. A. Mechanical Loading of Coal Underground. (McGraw-Hill.) Harrison, H. L. H. Boring and Valuation of Alluvial Deposits. (Mining
Pub.)
Dobrin—Introduction to Geophysical Prospecting. (McGraw-Hill.)
Silicosis Pneumoconiosis and Dust Suppression in Mines. (Inst. Min.
Eng.
and
Inst.
Mining and Met.)Reference should also be made to the journals of Mining and Metallurgical Societies in Australia, England, U.S.A., Canada and South Africa, and also to mining periodicals published in these countries.
ЕХАІ'rNAТЮN. Two 3-hour written papers. Additional tests may be set throughout the year.
Practical work done during the course will be assessed as part of the Annual Examination. Reports of assignments in practical work and excursions should be indexed and suitably bound in a folder and retained for resubmission on the last day of examination in Mining Part II if required. -
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MINING DESIGN (Mr. Nevi11)
A course of about four hours per week throughout the year, involving compu- tations, study of mine plans, design and layout of workings and plant, discussion of practice.
Smarms. The layout of mine workings in relation to the strength of rock, the shape, size and grade of orebody. The basis of selection ai'd design of electrical, mechanical and structural equipment for mines.
PRACTICAL Wокк. Calculations, designs and drawing, with specifications and estimates are to be completed by the student and submitted for examination at such times during the year as may be notified.
FINAL HoNouas. Students who elect to take Final Honours must consult with the Head of the Department at the beginning of the academic year. These students may be set additional work during the year.
Boos. Recommended for referer'ce :
Staley, W. W. Mine Plant Design. (McGraw-Hill.)
Eaton, L. Practical Mine Development and Equipment. (McGraw-Hill.) Thomae, F. A. W.—Power Plants on legal Mines. (Mining Publications.) Broughton, H. H.—Electric Winders. (Benn.)
Peele, R.—Miпiпg Engineer's Handbook. • (3rd ed., Wiley.) •
Given, I. A.—Mechanical Loading of Coal Underground. (McGraw-Hí11.) Richardson, H. W., and Mayo, R. S.—Practical Tunnel Driving. (McGraw-
Ill.)
Ti1lsQn, В. F.-Mine Plant. (A.LM.E.)
Symposium on Shafts and Shaft Sinking. (Chem. Met. Min. Soc. S. Africa., Wire Ropes in Mines—Proceedings of a Conference held in September, 1950.
(Inst.. Min. and Met., 1951.)
ЕхАМINАТЮN. There is no formal examination. Candidates are judged on the work presented during the course.. Reports of assignments in practical work should be indexed and suitably bound in a folder and retainěd for resubmission on the last day of examination in Mining Part II if required.
MINING GEOLOGY
A course of about 40 lectures, together with laboratory and field work.
SYLLABUS. The character and distribution of mineral, coal and oil deposits.
The principles governing their formation illustrated by examples from mining fields. Applications of Geophysics to mineral location.
LABORATORY Worn. Three hours per week throughout the year. The practica!
work may be assessed in the deciding of the examination results.
FIELD ExcuRsioN. One excursion of two or more days at a time to be arranged.
FINAL Нoxouns. Students who elect to take Final Honours must consult with the Head of the Department at the beginning of the academic year. These students may be set additional work during the year.
Booкs. (a) Preliminary reading:
Jones, W. R.—Minerals in Industry. (Pelican.) (b) Prescribed text-books
Emmons, W. 1.—Principles of Economic Geology. (McGraw-Hill.) Hills, E. S.—Outlines of Structural Geology. (Methuen.)
(c) Recommended for reference:
Raistrick and Marshall. Nature and Origin of Coal and Coal Seams. (Eng.
Univ. Press.)
Lindgren, W.—Mineral Deposits. (McGraw-Hill.) Niggli, P.—Ore Deposits of Magmatic Origin. (Murby.) Edwards, A. В.—Textures of the Ore Minerals. (Aus. I.M.M.)
Edwards, A. В. (ed.): Geology of Australian Ore Deposits. (Aus. I.M.M.) Eve, A. S., and Keys, O. A. Applied Geophysics. (C.U.P.)
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Hobson, G. D.—Some Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology. (O.U.P.) Levorsen, A. L—Geology of Petroleum. (Freeman.)
Phillips, F. C.—The Use of Stereogrа¢hic Projection in Structural Geology.
(Arnold.)
Studentś should make full use of the library in the Geology Department for reference purposes, and help will be given by members of the Staff in the selection of suitable literature.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour written paper; one 3-hour practical paper (an additional paper may be set for Final Honours candidates).