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Caption: Course Catalog - 1886-1887
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56 University of Illinois. chemistry. In the third year geology and Mining Engineering, with assaying and metallurgy, take the places of special technical studies in the other engineering courses. In the fourth year, with the exception of two terms of Prime Movers taken with the students in Mechanical Engineering, and some studies of general character, the work is strictly technical. TECHNICAL STUDIES. Mine Surveying and Reconnoitering.—History, uses, and adjustments of instruments; solar compass and various solar attachments; practical problems involving the running of surface lines and lines under ground; connecting of surface and underground surveys; practice of U. S. deputy surveyors. Details of mine surveys, setting of bench works; lines through shafts, drifts, slopes, etc.; keeping of records, plans, etc. Surveys required to determine best locations for test borings, shafts, adits, etc.; methods of reconnoitering. Mining Engineering.—1 Attack.—Tools, implements, machinery, and explosives, with principles governing their use. Methods of boring, sinking, and driving through hard, soft, wet. dry, loose, or compact material. 2. Timbering.—Objects, methods, etc.; framing, fitting, bracing. 3. Transportation.—Underground haulage, hoisting, use of chutes; apparatus and appliances, cars, tracks, switches, cables, cages, motive power, connections; haulage in inclines, •'man-engines," etc. 4. Drainage.—Pumps, pumping, sumps, ditches; drainage of working shafts and inclines. 5. Ventilation.—Means and appliances. Importance of subject; laws of various states and countries. Discussion of fundamental principles and practical applications, with results. 6. Buildings and Machinery.—Hoisting apparatus, air compressors, power drills, etc. 7. Exploration.—To determine general character and extent of deposits in advance of development; methods and aims. 8. Development.—Blocking out of deposits to prove values of partly explored ground, and to prepare for further exploration.
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