MINING WORKS. 39 



WOIR/IKIS 

 SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE FOSTER, D.Sc., F.R.S. 



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ORE & STONE MINING. 



BY SIR C. LE NEVE FOSTER, D.Sc., F.R.S., 



LATE PROFESSOR OH MINING. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE. 



REVISED, AND BROUGHT UP-TO-DATE 

 BY PROF. S. H. COX, Assoc.R.S.M., 



PROFESSOR OF MINING, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. Mode of Occurrence of Minerals. Prospecting. Boring. 

 Breaking Ground. Supporting Excavations. Exploitation. Haulage or 

 Transport. Hoisting or Winding. Drainage. Ventilation. Lighting. 

 Descent and Ascent. Dressing Principles of Employment of Mining Labour. 

 Legislation affecting Mines and Quarries. Condition of the Miner. 

 Aeeidents. Index 



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THE ELEMENTS OF MINING AND QUARRYING. 



An Introductory Text-Booh for Mining Students. 

 BY SIR C. LE NEVE FOSTER, D.Sc., F.R.S., 



Late Professor of Mining at the Royal College of Science. 

 Revised by Prof. S. H. Cox, A.R.S.M., &c. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Occurrence of Minerals. Pro- 

 specting. Boring. Breaking Ground. Supporting Excavations. Exploita- 

 tion. Haulage or Transport. Hoisting or Winding. Drainage. Ventilation. 

 Lighting. Descent and Ascent. Dressing, &c. INDEX. 



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THE INVESTIGATION OF MINE AIR: 



An Account by Several Authors of the Nature, Significance, and Practical 



Methods of Measurement of the Impurities met with in the 



Air of Collieries and Metalliferous Mines. 



EDITED BY 



SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE FOSTER, D.Sc., F.R.S., 

 AND J. S. HALDANE, M.D., F.R S. 



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