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Design and Operation of a Four-Ton-Per-Hour Gold and Silver Ore-Sampling Plant (open access)

Design and Operation of a Four-Ton-Per-Hour Gold and Silver Ore-Sampling Plant

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the operations of silver and gold ore-sampling plants. The facility designs and operation methods are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: June 1936
Creator: Gardner, E. D. & Leddell, W. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shaft-Sinking Practices and Costs (open access)

Shaft-Sinking Practices and Costs

From Introduction: "This paper describing the methods of sinking shafts is one of a series of mining practices and costs being prepared by the United States Bureau of Mines. The best methods of performing all phases of shaft sinking are discussed herein, with particular to the practices at metal mines."
Date: 1932
Creator: Gardner, E. D. & Johnson, J. Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stoping Methods and Costs (open access)

Stoping Methods and Costs

Report presenting a study of stoping methods and costs and summarizing the data obtained in earlier publications and those obtained during investigations in the field that apply particularly to stoping.
Date: 1936
Creator: Jackson, Charles Freeman & Gardner, E. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Schedules for Gold and Silver Ores and Concentrates at Western Custom Smelters (open access)

Open Schedules for Gold and Silver Ores and Concentrates at Western Custom Smelters

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the smelting schedules for the operators of silver and gold mines. As stated in the introduction, "the paper discusses smelting schedules, general smelting practices that have a bearing on rates, and the reasons for penalties or credits for certain constituents of ores" (p. 1). This report includes tables.
Date: December 1936
Creator: Gardner, E. D. & Allsman, Paul T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Copper Mining in North America (open access)

Copper Mining in North America

From introduction: "In this paper are assembled and summarized many subjects relating to the copper industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry, geology, of the principal deposits, and mining methods and costs are discussed."
Date: 1938
Creator: Gardner, E. D.; Johnson, C. H. & Butler, B. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method and Cost of Dredging Sand and Gravel by the Ohio River Sand Co., Louisville, Kentucky (open access)

Method and Cost of Dredging Sand and Gravel by the Ohio River Sand Co., Louisville, Kentucky

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing dredging methods of used by the Ohio River Sand Company. The different methods and costs used to recover gravel and sand are described. This report includes tables and illustrations.
Date: January 1931
Creator: Duffy, J. Hamilton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods and Costs of Stripping and Mining at the United Verde Open-Pit Mine, Jerome, Arizona (open access)

Methods and Costs of Stripping and Mining at the United Verde Open-Pit Mine, Jerome, Arizona

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mining practices and expenses of the United Verde open-pit mine west of Jerome, Arizona. As stated in the introduction, "the purpose of this paper is to present the methods used in developing and operating the mine, and to discuss the problems encountered" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1930
Creator: Alenius, E. M. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of Literature on Effects of Breathing Dusts with Special Reference to Silicosis (open access)

Review of Literature on Effects of Breathing Dusts with Special Reference to Silicosis

From Introduction: "This bulletin is an attempt to assemble information in convenient form on effects of breathing dusts, largely in the mining and allied industries. The literature on this subject is so extensive that no attempt has been made to include all published material or all types of dust disease but only to assemble some of the more outstanding data on several aspects of the subject, especially with reference to silicosis."
Date: 1937
Creator: Harrington, D. & Davenport, Sara J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eastland County, Texas: Records of wells, driller's logs, water level measurements, analyses of water from wells, streams, and lakes, and map showing locations (open access)

Eastland County, Texas: Records of wells, driller's logs, water level measurements, analyses of water from wells, streams, and lakes, and map showing locations

Data complied regarding wells and other water resources, including water quality analysis, measurements, and other relevant information.
Date: December 15, 1937
Creator: United States. Work Projects Administration.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mineral Industries Survey of the United States: California, Calaveras County, Mother Lode District (South). Mines of the Southern Mother Lode Region. Part 1 -- Calaveras County (open access)

Mineral Industries Survey of the United States: California, Calaveras County, Mother Lode District (South). Mines of the Southern Mother Lode Region. Part 1 -- Calaveras County

From Introduction: "The present paper discusses regional resources, chiefly of gold, the existence of which has long been demonstrated by substantial production but which are so nearly marginal in value that their mining has been protracted and will probably continue indefinitely for many decades."
Date: 1938
Creator: Julihn, C. E. & Horton, F. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sampling Mine Gases and Use of the Bureau of Mines Portable Orsat Apparatus in Their Analysis (open access)

Sampling Mine Gases and Use of the Bureau of Mines Portable Orsat Apparatus in Their Analysis

Report describing the sampling of mine gases an the use of the Bureau of Mines Portable Orsat Apparatus in order to keep people safe during mine disasters.
Date: 1936
Creator: Yant, W. P. & Berger, L. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal-Mining Practice (open access)

Metal-Mining Practice

Report discussing mining practices of a large number of metal mines in the United States and foreign countries and the adaptation of mining methods best suited to the various natural conditions in mines and their comparative costs. This bulletin is concerned primarily with mining or ore production and discusses milling and marketing only in brief.
Date: 1939
Creator: Jackson, Charles F. & Hedges, J. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Structure and Occurrence of Gas in Part of Southwestern New York: Part 1. Structure and Gas Possibilities of the Oriskany Sandstone in Steuben, Yates, and Parts of the Adjacent Counties (open access)

Geologic Structure and Occurrence of Gas in Part of Southwestern New York: Part 1. Structure and Gas Possibilities of the Oriskany Sandstone in Steuben, Yates, and Parts of the Adjacent Counties

From introduction: Since the discovery of the Wayne-Dundee gas field in 1930 and the more recent discovery of large quantities of gas in the Oriskany sandstone about 2 miles north of the village of Greenwood the search for similar favorable structural features has been greatly stimulated in the Finger Lakes region and southwestward to the Pennsylvania line. To aid those interested in the area to gain a clearer understanding of the regional structure and its relation to the subsurface structure, parties in charge of the senior author were assigned during the field seasons of 1934 and 1935 to make a geologic study of Steuben County and parts of the adjacent counties.
Date: 1938
Creator: Bradley, Wilmot H. & Pepper, J. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Smelting Ores in the Electric Furnace (open access)

Smelting Ores in the Electric Furnace

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the electric smelting of nonferrous ores. As stated in the introduction, "it is the purpose of the present paper to survey the technical and economic changes that have taken place and to determine whether electric smelting of nonferrous ores offers any more promise today than 20 years ago" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: October 1937
Creator: Dean, Reginald S. & von Bernewitz, M. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1929 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1929

Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatalities in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1931
Creator: Adams, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1930 (open access)

Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1930

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date: 1932
Creator: Adams, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1929 (open access)

Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1929

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date: 1931
Creator: Adams, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1928 (open access)

Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1928

Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines which is a compilation of accidents in quarries located in the United States with data regarding the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (e.g., number of men employed, kinds of quarries, amount of work performed, etc.).
Date: 1930
Creator: Adams, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1929 (open access)

Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1929

Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines which is a compilation of accidents in quarries located in the United States with data regarding the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (e.g., number of men employed, kinds of quarries, amount of work performed, etc.).
Date: 1931
Creator: Adams, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1928 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1928

Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatalities in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1930
Creator: Adams, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rock-Strata Gases of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado and Their Effect on Mining (open access)

Rock-Strata Gases of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado and Their Effect on Mining

From Introduction: "The presence in the Cripple Creek district, Colo., of irrespirable gas or gases, generally known to consist mainly of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, has been recognized by members of the mining industry in that region almost since underground mining was begun there; the occurrence origin, and possible control of these gases have been discussed in several articles cited at various places in this report. Similar gases have also been studied in other metal-mining districts, as later discussed."
Date: 1930
Creator: Denny, E. H.; Marshall, K. L.; Fieldner, A. C.; Emery, A. H.; Yant, W. P. & Selvig, W. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clinker Formation as Related to the Fusibility of Coal Ash (open access)

Clinker Formation as Related to the Fusibility of Coal Ash

From Introduction Arrangement of Report: "The results of this investigation are presented in two main divisions. The first part covers the chemical and physical tests on average samples of the coals used-chemical analysis, float-and-sink tests to determine distribution of the ash, determination of the forms of sulphur, chemical analyses of the ash, and ash-fusabilibity determinations. The second part covers the clinkering studies and the comparisons of the results with the ash-fusibilty and other tests."
Date: 1932
Creator: Nicholls, P. & Selvig, W. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iron Oxide Mineral Pigments of the United States (open access)

Iron Oxide Mineral Pigments of the United States

From Summary: "This report reviews the occurrence of mineral pigments and allied iron ores and the nomenclature and common methods of classifying and testing many commercial mineral pigments used in this country."
Date: 1933
Creator: Wilson, Hewitt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mechanical Equipment Used in the Drilling and Production of Oil and Gas Wells in the Oklahoma City Field (open access)

Mechanical Equipment Used in the Drilling and Production of Oil and Gas Wells in the Oklahoma City Field

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the mechanical equipment used in oil and gas wells of the Oklahoma City field. As stated in the introduction, "this paper presents the results of a study devoted chiefly to new equipment that has been developed to meet the requirements of drilling and producing operations in the Oklahoma City field and that has been accepted by drilling contractors and operators" (p. 1). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1934
Creator: Wade, Gustav, 1885-
System: The UNT Digital Library