Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium and Vanadium from Carnotite (open access)

Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium and Vanadium from Carnotite

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing extraction and recovery of different ores from carnotite. Equipment and methods for extraction are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1915
Creator: Parsons, Charles L.; Moore, R. B.; Lind, S. C. & Schaefer, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Methods of Utilizing Western Lignites (open access)

Economic Methods of Utilizing Western Lignites

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over western lignite. The economic use of these lignite deposits is discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1915
Creator: Babcock, E. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Morefield Pegmatite Mine, Amelia County, Virginia (open access)

Morefield Pegmatite Mine, Amelia County, Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the pegmatite mine in Amelia County, Virginia. The physicality, geology, and mining methods are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: November 1953
Creator: Geehan, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maple Mountain-Hovey Mountain Manganese Project, Central District, Aroostook County, Maine (open access)

Maple Mountain-Hovey Mountain Manganese Project, Central District, Aroostook County, Maine

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on manganese deposits in the Maple Mountain and Hovey Mountain area. The history, character, and physical descriptions of the deposits are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Eilertsen, N. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in McDowell County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in McDowell County, West Virginia

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to evaluate the reserves of known coking coal in McDowell County, West Virginia. The study analyzes the properties of coal and coal blends from the area. This report includes tables and maps.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Tavenner, William H.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description and Operation of the N-T-U Retort on Colorado Oil Shale (open access)

Description and Operation of the N-T-U Retort on Colorado Oil Shale

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on Colorado oil-shale. Description of the N-T-U retort is presented. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: November 1956
Creator: Ruark, J. R.; Berry, K. L. & Guthrie, Boyd
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Oil Production in Oklahoma By Water Flooding: Part 1. Nowata, Rogers, and Craig Counties (open access)

A Survey of Oil Production in Oklahoma By Water Flooding: Part 1. Nowata, Rogers, and Craig Counties

A report of investigations from the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the use of water-flooding in oil production. This is the first part of the two-part report, and covers the areas of Nowata, Rogers, and Craig counties in Oklahoma. This report includes maps, tables, and graphs.
Date: November 1951
Creator: Powell, John P. & Johnston, Kenneth H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Field Tests for the United States Atomic Energy Commission on the Use of the Seismic Geophysical Method for Tracing "Buried Channels" in the Monument Valley Area, Arizona (open access)

Field Tests for the United States Atomic Energy Commission on the Use of the Seismic Geophysical Method for Tracing "Buried Channels" in the Monument Valley Area, Arizona

From introduction: This report contains the results of field tests for the U.S. AEC on the use of the seismic geophysical method for tracing "buried channels" in the Monument Valley area, Arizona.
Date: November 15, 1952
Creator: Wantland, Dart & Casey, Robert D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Future Timber Supply for Coal Mines: What One Company is Doing (open access)

Future Timber Supply for Coal Mines: What One Company is Doing

Report discussing a case study of a coal company in Western Pennsylvania to show how mining companies might decrease their timber bills.
Date: November 1926
Creator: Tracy, L. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology of Salt Making in the United States (open access)

Technology of Salt Making in the United States

Report discussing technology for the production of salt in the United States and also the more important sources of salt in the United States.
Date: November 1917
Creator: Phalen, W. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941 (open access)

Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the annual report over the research and technology of coal during 1941. As stated in the foreword, "these investigations increase our fund of exact knowledge on the properties and composition of American coals and lead to better methods in mining, preparing, storing, and utilizing coal" (p. 4). This report includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl & Schmidt, L. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Developments in Fuel Supply and Demand (open access)

Recent Developments in Fuel Supply and Demand

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the recent supply and demand of fuels. As stated by the author, "my purpose in this address is to review the changes in fuel supply and demand since 1937 and to give you my views on the outlook for the future" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical and Chemical Properties of Gasolines Sold Throughout the United States During the Calendar Year 1915 (open access)

Physical and Chemical Properties of Gasolines Sold Throughout the United States During the Calendar Year 1915

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the properties of gasoline sold during the year of 1915 in the U.S. The physical and chemical properties of the samples collected are discussed. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: November 1916
Creator: Rittman, W. F.; Jacobs, W. A. & Dean, E. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of New York (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of New York

Report documenting the suitability of New York for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: November 10, 1950
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Florida (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Florida

Report documenting the suitability of Florida for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials; however, it was concluded that there were no reserves of natural gas, and one producing oil field.
Date: November 10, 1950
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Air from Burning Buildings (open access)

Analyses of Air from Burning Buildings

This report provides results of analyses and pertinent fata regarding eleven samples taken from the composition of the air in burning buildings.
Date: November 1920
Creator: Katz, S. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library