Show WESTERN METAL CONGRESS DETAILS FOR JANUARY GATHERING ANNOUNCED SPECIAL TO THE MINING REVIEW los angeles december 26 almost all details of the american institute of mining and metallurgical engineers scecil session at the western metal congress january 14 to 18 in the shrine auditori auditorium tini and biltmore hotel at los angeles have been completed by glen robertson and R R boyd co chairmen of program arrangements As arranged the program is a highly comprehensive one dealing largely with heat treatment rock drills various mining tools and other items of interest to the mining profession the afternoon of wednesday banfi january ary 16 in shrine auditorium has been set aside as the institutes sector of the widely varying and comprehensive program planned for the congress dr kotaro honda of the research institute for iron and steel imperial university japan is scheduled to deliver one of the most interests inte interesting resti ng papers entitled the double diagram of the iron carbon system proposed metallurgical control for small heat treating plants will be discussed by dr walton crook professor of metallurgy stanford university heat treatment will vill be the topic of AT H phillips of pittsburgh vice president of the molybdenum corporation of america A fourth speaker will be assigned to discuss various uses of copper in mining machinery five thousand delegates from all parts of the country are expected to attend many of these according to W H eisenman secretary of the american society for steel treating will be mining men who will stay in los angeles for every session of the intensive meeting numerous other programs than that of wednesday afternoon he pointed out will be rich in topics of interest to the mining engineer an enlightening of heat treatment of tools is programmed to be conducted at the opening session on the morning of january 14 in the biltmore hotel by F A brooks of the johnson gear company berkeley california and jordan korp of leeds and northrup company philadelphia J H gumz industrial engineer of the pacific gas and electric corporation san francisco is programmed for the morning of january 17 his topic being heat treating furnace design existing heat treating installations will come in for analysis by E M dereamer industrial engineer southern california gas company los angeles and another talk on what gas companies are doing for industrial heating will be given by C M grow of the same company an immense exposition of mining and metallurgical machinery will be conducted in shrine auditorium throughout the days of the congress organizations participating in the event are american institute of mining and metallurgical engineers american society of mechanical engineers california division american petroleum institute institute of metals american welding society society of automotive engineers pacific coast electrical association pacific coast gas association institute of marine engineers metal trades and manufacturers association chamber of mines and oils american welding society national purchasing A agents ants association hand and american society for steel treating during the days of the huge congress period visitors will be given an opportunity to ramble through the forest of oil well derricks in the world worl d famous signal hill petroleum field as one of the entertainment features |