Lanterna Rally

Author: Herbert A. Megraw

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781332438518

Excerpt from Details of Cyanide Practice The chapters presented in this book are the record of an investigative tour of the principal cyaniding mills of North America, taken with the idea of presenting detailed facts about the present state of the process to the readers of the Engineering and Mining Journal, in which periodical they have already appeared. Actual description has been considered of less importance than discussion and correlation of facts gathered from widely different places, the intention having been to present facts and personal opinions, clearly indicated as such, in a form calculated to inform the profession in general and to promote discussion respecting details involving diverging practice. Some pages of the discussion elicited have been included as illuminating the subjects. One article, that constituting Chapter II, has been included that I did not write. Although I had visited and studied the plant discussed, and had formulated a paper treating of its interesting points, the description and explanation submitted by Mr. R. B. Watson, manager of the Nipissing Mining Co, was used, a manager being more thoroughly familiar with his own plant than anyone else could be. Some points which particularly attract the attention of the outsider, however, were mentioned in my discussion of the subject, and these are to be found constituting Chapter III. Those points thoroughly, covered by Mr. Watson have been removed from my article, which makes it somewhat disjointed, but anyone reading the two chapters will be at no trouble to understand the references The original itinerary of this technical journey included a visit to the important plants of Mexico, but the condition of affairs in that country when the trip was undertaken, made it necessary for that part to be postponed until such time as there will be more to study and greater safety in traveling. Any benefit which the profession may derive from the matter presented is to be credited to Mr. Walter Renton Ingalls, Editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal, to whose energy and progressive spirit the undertaking is due. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.