Conditioning Water for Secondary-Recovery in Midcontinent Oil Fields (open access)

Conditioning Water for Secondary-Recovery in Midcontinent Oil Fields

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on results from a study of water-injection plants in the mid-continent oil producing area. The report lists the field methods used, and the analysis of available water for injection. This report includes maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 1952
Creator: Watkins, J. Wade; Willett, F. R., Jr. & Arthur, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gypsum Products: Their Preparation and Uses (open access)

Gypsum Products: Their Preparation and Uses

Technical report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the different uses of gypsum. The sources and uses of gypsum are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: July 1917
Creator: Stone, Ralph W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Wells through Workable Coal Beds: Papers and Discussions (open access)

Oil and Gas Wells through Workable Coal Beds: Papers and Discussions

From Preface: "In carrying out such a policy with reference to the subject under consideration, the Bureau of Mines invited the State geologists, mine inspectors, and a number of coal operators and oil and gas well drillers from the States interested to meet representatives of the Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh, Pa., for a discussion of the subject during February 7 and February 8, 1913. This adjourned meeting of the conference will be held at an early date and its report will be printed in a later edition of this bulletin, with such additional suggestions as may be received by the Bureau of Mines. The bureau will be glad, therefore, to receive at the earliest practicable date any additional suggestions or any additional information throwing light on the matters discussed in this bulletin."
Date: 1913
Creator: Rice, George S. & Hood, O. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Decline and Ultimate Production of Oil Wells, with Notes on the Valuation of Oil Properties (open access)

The Decline and Ultimate Production of Oil Wells, with Notes on the Valuation of Oil Properties

From General Statement Purpose of the Report: "The present investigation was undertaken for the purpose of supplying some of the material so badly needed in the valuation and more efficient operation of oil properties. Because of the lack of time for further studies, the amount of data already accumulated and the policy of the Bureau of Mines of publishing as soon as possible any information that may be of use to an industry, the bulletin is issued now."
Date: 1919
Creator: Beal, Carl H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of Recorded Exploration Drilling and Mine Workings, Tri-State Zinc-Lead District--Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma (open access)

Catalog of Recorded Exploration Drilling and Mine Workings, Tri-State Zinc-Lead District--Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mining practices conducted in the tri-state district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. As stated in the introduction, "the catalog preserves the records of accomplished explorations and mine developments in the district and provides a readily available source of information for individuals and firms interested in planning mineral explorations, Government agencies estimating of reserves of mineral resources, and the mining industry for general use" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations
Date: 1960
Creator: Brichta, Louis Chanborn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of Brine in a Kansas Field for Secondary Recovery of Oil (open access)

Use of Brine in a Kansas Field for Secondary Recovery of Oil

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the use of oil field brine in secondary recovery methods. Characteristics of the brine, and methods used in recovery processes are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Wilhelm, C. J.; Taylor, Sam S.; Holliman, W. C. & Owens, E. O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on the Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Ritz-Canton Oil Field, McPherson County, Kansas (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Ritz-Canton Oil Field, McPherson County, Kansas

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the issues of disposal of crude oil and natural gas brine. Disposal methods are studied and presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: December 1935
Creator: Wilhelm, C. J. & Schmidt, Ludwig
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Arkansas River Drainage Area in Western Kansas (open access)

Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Arkansas River Drainage Area in Western Kansas

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the disposal methods of oil-field brine. The study focuses on the Arkansas River area of western Kansas. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and maps.
Date: October 1936
Creator: Wilhelm, C. J.; Thorne, H. M. & Pryor, M. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields (open access)

Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of waste in oil and gas fields in the mid-continent area. As stated in the introduction, this report "describes the general amounts and kinds of waste, and attempts to show the importance of conserving these natural resources" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1914
Creator: Blatchley, Raymond S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Kansas (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Kansas

Report documenting the suitability of Kansas for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: May 14, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Subsurface Brine-Disposal Systems in Western Kansas Oil Fields (open access)

Survey of Subsurface Brine-Disposal Systems in Western Kansas Oil Fields

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the disposal of brine from oil field injections. Information on handling and disposing of brine and injection equipment is presented. This report includes tables, and a map.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Grandone, Peter & Schmidt, Ludwig
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum-Engineering Study of the Hall-Gurney Oilfield, Russell County, Kansas (open access)

Petroleum-Engineering Study of the Hall-Gurney Oilfield, Russell County, Kansas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies on the Hall-Gurney oilfield. As stated in the introduction, "this report describes the development, oil recovery, and potentialities of productive formations in the Hall-Gurney field, Russell County, Kansas" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1963
Creator: Riggs, C. H.; Heath, Larman J.; Ward, Don C. & Huff, Ray V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining and Milling of Lead and Zinc Ores in the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Zinc District (open access)

Mining and Milling of Lead and Zinc Ores in the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Zinc District

From Introduction: "This report of investigations carried on by the Bureau of Mines gives the methods used in mining and milling and indicates in some detail the conditions that affect the efficiency of those methods; it does not attempt to discuss the geology of the district, except incidentally, as this has been described in numerous reports by several geologists."
Date: 1918
Creator: Wright, Clarence A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries

From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that have ever been published."
Date: 1913
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Practical Evaluation of Electrical-Resistivity Surveys as a Guide to Zinc-Lead Exploratory Drilling, Badger-Peacock Camp and Vicinity, Cherokee County, Kansas (open access)

Practical Evaluation of Electrical-Resistivity Surveys as a Guide to Zinc-Lead Exploratory Drilling, Badger-Peacock Camp and Vicinity, Cherokee County, Kansas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on geophysical surveys for exploratory drilling. Electrical-resistivity techniques are discussed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1958
Creator: Brichta, Louis Chanborn & Ryan, J. Patrick
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Zinc-Lead Deposits on Extensions of the Miami Trough, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, and Cherokee County, Kansas (open access)

Investigation of Zinc-Lead Deposits on Extensions of the Miami Trough, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, and Cherokee County, Kansas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on zinc-lead fields of Oklahoma and Kansas. Properties of the physical features, geology, and drilling are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Knox, Clinton C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Silicosis and Tuberculosis Among Miners of the Tri-State District of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri--[Part] 1: For the Year Ended June 30, 1928 (open access)

Silicosis and Tuberculosis Among Miners of the Tri-State District of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri--[Part] 1: For the Year Ended June 30, 1928

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the occurrence of tuberculosis and silicosis among mine workers of the Tri-State district including Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. Past history of the diseases are presented, as well as the standard means of examination of miners. This report includes a map, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1933
Creator: Sayers, R. R.; Meriwether, F. V.; Lanza, A. J. & Adams, W. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library