The object of this thesis is to establish the necessary design criteria for a number of special feedback networks which were required to allow the final development of the Strip Mining Industry's first Automatic Crowd-Hoist Regulator. The introduction considers the purpose and needs for such a regulator by briefly outlining the present manual dipper loading operation. Section IV and Appendix 1 presents the analytical system requirements which are basically determined from an analysis of the system's inherent mechanical oscillatory frequency. Section VA is concerned with the development of the hoist and crowd motion transfer functions which are necessary to accomplish the stability analysis of the system. A general determinantal solution is obtained based on linear analysis to allow expression of the motion transfer functions as a factored polynomial. In section VB, the development of the necessary Crowd-Hoist feedback circuits is accomplished in terms of the system parameters defined from the analysis of the oscillatory mechanical system. Section VIA outlines the procedures to be followed in going from the basic mechanical system parameters to the specific control system hardware. The general requirements for a Bode analysis of the system GR is defined in section VIB, including the general procedures to follow in the utilization of the two lead compensation circuits provided. / M.S.