· b 50 THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.
I . · of large photographs, framed, showing coal mining operations, have that
· · been presented to the College by Prof. R. D. Quickel, fuel agent for of tr
. . - the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. time
` · The metallurgical laboratory is provided with several gasoline assay
furnaces; a plant of gas assay furnaces; two coke (or charcoal) assay that
furnaces; two laboratory electric furnaces; crushing, grinding and sam. need
_ _ pling apparatus; apparatus for "barrel" chlorination; an Abbe double ,
` . Trojan ball mill; apparatus for studying the cyanide and amalgamation adv,
processes; furnaces for the study of smelting processes and of the heat app,
· treatment of iron and steel; apparatus for the study of wet processes for
the extraction of non—ferrous metals; of pyrometry; and of metallog. WO,]
raphy. Calorimeters for the study of fuels; and a special furnace for ture
testing clays are also at the command of the College. me,
It is intended that the mining laboratory shall not only serve the has
purpose of instruction, but that it shall prove helpful, as a testing mm
laboratory, to those engaged in the coal, lead, zinc, and spar districts of rece
the State. The present equipment includes, among other things, a ext,
standard, full-sized Wililey concentrating table; an Allis-Chalmers Com- the
pany three-stamp mill; a Hallet hand jig; a Jarvis jig; a Vezin jig; a
Munroe laboratory slime table; a Munroe laboratory classifier; apparatus Gmc
for instruction in flotation processes of ore separation; a Dings electro- ,00,
magnetic separator; a Blake-Morscher electro-static separator; various
types of mine car wheels; a Wood rock drill; a Hardscog hammer drill; has
a Nixon rachet coal drill; a Harrison coal-cutting machine, for use in Sm
demonstrating the use of compressed air in mining operations; several lab,
sets of steel mine timbers (Carnegie Steel Co.) including lining sufficient Sho]
to illustrate an entry protected according to advanced methods; a Dayton (5
automatic mine door complete; a 6-ton mine locomotive, placed on pre,
deposit by the General Electric Company, which is used in the study of mot
the construction of such electric motors; a Campbell coal-washer; B Wm
complete model of the St. Bernard Mining Company’s coal vvashery; and mo
a complete Ventilating fan and fan house. The fan has been so installed
that various problems relating to mine ventilation may readily be mc,
studies. ' vid.
The College owns a Flues "Proto" apparatus. In addition, two SMS tus
of Draeger apparatus, provided for the State Mine Inspectors, have been mc
placed in one of the basement rooms of the main building. The lattéf cap
sets include four oxygen helmets and accessories complete, chargillg rhe
· pumps, a mouth-breathing apparatus, electric lamps and charging
devices, a water gauge, and a pulmotor for administering oxygen in Au
cases of suffocation and gas-poisoning. The room has been fitted up 50 seg