Second Year.— Calculus, elementary and analytical mechanics, physics, industrial chem istry, theory of railroad surveying, general geology, elements of electrical engineering, quantitative analysis, descriptive geometry and drawing. In the vacation following, five weeks' field work in general surveying and four weeks' railroad surveying.
Third Year.— Analytical mechanics, eco nomic geology, properties and resistance of structural materials, masonry and timber con struction, engineering of power plants, earth and rock excavation, railroad and mine tunnels, boring and shaft-sinking, exploration, develop ment and methods of working mines, general metallurgy, and metallurgy of the non-ferrous metals, graphic statics, assaying, principles of electrical engineering, experimental mechanical engineering, optical mineralogy and petrog raphy. Vacation work: six weeks' systematic study in mines selected for the purpose, one week of mine surveying, one week's study in metallurgical works and one week of field geology.
Fourth Year.— Thermodynamics, steam en gines and boilers, heat and its applications, internal combustion engine, hydraulics, ore dressing, mine engineering, mine and equipment, mine surveying, mine administration, metallurgy of silver, gold, copper, lead, zinc, iron and steel, draughting and design of mine plant, geological examinations and surveys, mining laws, thesis or project in mining. Laboratory work is required in connection with geology, mineralogy, physics, qualitative and quantitative analysis, assaying, testing of mate rials, electrical engineering, metallurgy and ore dressing.
Admission.—The requirements for admis sion to the best American mining schools com prise elementary and certain portions of ad vanced mathematics, elementary chemistry and physics, free-hand drawing, English, history and elementary French, or Spanish. Under
certain circumstances, students may be admitted on certificate of other institutions.