Show CHICAGO MEETING A 1 M M E plans for the meeting of the american institute of mining and metallurgical engineers at chicago next september are assuming definite form and the committee in charge announces the following schedule of events september 22 the opening on monday day the morning will be devoted to registration at the convention of members and guests headquarters the congress hotel session for presentation monday afternoon the first sion of technical papers en and discus discussion will be held and in the evening a smoker all traces at which the committee guarantees of will be dissipated to make an ex it is planned on tuesday cursione in by a boat chartered for the occasion across the south end of the lake to gary tor for a trip through the famous steel mills wednesday will be devoted to technical sessions morning and afternoon and in the evening the banquet will be held at the congress hotel at which all members of the institute and their wives will be the guests of chicago on thursday a special train will convey the members and guests to la salle and depue illinois where the zinc smelt eries coal mines and cement works will be visited for those to whom these industrial operations erat ions are not of particular interest this may include many of the ladies there will be a trip by automobile to starved rock and other points of historical interest in the vicinity of la salle for friday the several optional excursions cur have been planned to local industrial plants one trip will take in the lead refineries at east chicago and the standard oil refinery at whiting another excursion will be to milwaukee to the plants of the allis chalmers mfg mag company and the power and mining machinery company this trip will also include the metallurgical works at north chicago of the fansteel products company where their novel electro thermal processes in the production of metallic tungsten molybdenum cerium and tantalum will be demonstrated for those interested in coal mining it is planned to have an excursion to the fields in franklin and mccolpin Mc Coupin counties leaving chicago late friday evening and spending saturday at the mines |