[i] NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING …

1 [i] NORTH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF MINING AND mechanical ENGINEERS. TRANSACTIONS VOL. XL. 1890-91. Edited by M. WALTON BROWN, Secretary. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Published by the INSTITUTE . Printed by Andrew Reid, Sons & Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1892. [All rights of publication or translation are reserved.] [ii] ADVERTIZEMENT. The INSTITUTE is not responsible, as a body, for the statements, facts, and opinions advanced in any of its publications. [iii] CONTENTS OF VOL. XL. PAGE. Advertizement.

2 Ii. Contents .. iii. GENERAL MEETINGS. 1890. PAGE. Oct. 11. General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) .. 1 Representatives on the Council of the Federated Institution of MINING Engineers ..1 " Experiments with Explosives used in Mines." By Mr. M. Walton Brown..3 .. 10 Discussion on Mr. John Taylor's Paper on " Elsom's Improved Method of Lighting Miners' Safety-lamps while Locked".

3 15 Dec. 13. General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) .. 17 " On the Bending of Beds near Veins." By Mr. David Burns .. 18 Discussion .. 21 " Some Banket Deposits of the Gold Coast, West Africa." By Mr. Edward .. 23 " Experiments with Carbonite." By Messrs. M. Walton Brown and William 39 Discussion .. 41 Electric MINING Safety-lamp .. 46 1891. Jan. 21. General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ..47 " The Steam Loop and Separator." By Prof.

4 J. H. Merivale .. 48 .. 49 Discussion on Mr. Albion T. Snell's Paper on "The Distribution of Electrical Energy over Extended Areas in Mines" .. 51 Dinner .. 66 Conversazione .. 71 Excursions .. 71 Feb. 14. General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) .. 73 " The Waddle Patent (1890) Fan." By Mr. M. Walton Brown .. 75 .. 77 (iv) 1891. PAGE.

5 April 11. General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) .. 81 Presidential .. 83 " Notes on the Present Position of the Question of Transmission of Power." By Mr. A. L. Steavenson .. 93 .. 105 " Memoir of Edward Fenwick Boyd." By his son, Mr. Hugh Fenwick .. 106 June 13. General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) .. 111 Secretary and Treasurer .. 111 " Pumping Appliances at Eltringham Colliery." By Mr. J. Kenneth Guthrie.

6 113 .. 120 Discussion upon "An Investigation as to whether the Fumes produced from the use of Roburite and Tonite in Coal-mines are injurious to Health " .. 123 " Fire-damp Detector." By Mr. T. J. Murday .. 125 Aug. 1. Annual General Meeting (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) .. 126 Awards for Papers .. 127 Annual Report of the Council .. 129 Finance .. 131 Accounts .. 132 Discussion.

7 137 Representatives on the Council of the Federated Institution of MINING Engineers .. 138 " On a Duplex Arrangement of Centrifugal Ventilating Machines." By Mr. W. Cochrane 139 .. 142 Discussion on Mr. M. Walton Brown's Paper on '' Experiments with Explosives used in Mines," and on Messrs. M. Walton Brown and W. Foggin's Paper on " Experiments with Carbonite" .. 144 Election of Officers .. 119 APPENDICES. I. Barometer, Thermometer, etc.

8 , Readings, for the Year 1890. By Mr. M. Walton Brown . 151 II. Notes of Papers on the Working of Mines, Metallurgy, etc., from the Transactions of Foreign Societies and Foreign Publications .. 158 " Coal- MINING in Novia Scotia." By Mr. E. Gilpin, Jun.. 158 " A New Method of MINING Anthracite." By Mr. W. S. Gresley .. 158 " Coal-measures in the Argentine Republic." By Dr. C Berg .. 159 " A Gold-field in the Southern Urals." By Mr. R.. 159 " Brine and Natural Gas in Sze-Chuan.

9 " By Father Louis Coldre .. 160 " Report on the Coal Outcrops in the Sharigh Valley, Baluchistan." By Mr. W. King .. 161 (v) PAGE. "The Cherra Poonjee Coal-field in the Khasia Hills (India)." By Mr. Tom D. La .. 161 " The Lakadong Coal-field, Jaintia Hills (India)." By Mr. Tom D. La Touche .. 161 " The Coal-fields of Lairungao, Maosandram, and Maobelarkar, in the Khasi Hills (India)." By Mr. Tom D. La .. 161 " Coal in New Caledonia.

10 " By Mr.. 162 " The Annina Coal-field in Southern Hungary " .. 163 " The Fire-damp Explosion at Campagnac." By Mr. Bernard .. 163 "The Explosion at La Machine Colliery (Nievre)." By Mr.. 164 " The Colliery Explosion at Polnisch-Ostrau." By Mr. Joh. Meyer .. 165 " The Berlin (1889) MINING Exhibition." By Mr. Maurice Bellom .. 166 " Determination of the Flashing Point of Fire-damp." By Mr. H. Le .. 167 " Report of French Commission on the Inflammability of Firedamp by Sparks produced by Steel Tools, and on the Employment of Electric Lamps.