The Council of the Mining Institute, having taken up on March 31, 1908, the issue of honoring the coming 50th anniversary of the activities of Ivan Avgustovich Tim, in the foreground, recognized the need to devote a special issue of the Institute’s Notes to this activity. For this purpose, they decided not to limit themselves to the participation of specialists from the Institute, but also to address the specialists working outside the Institute, who, through their works and their activities, are closely familiar with the activities of the hero of the day.
