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Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: Progress Report for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1947 (open access)

Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: Progress Report for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1947

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the progress made on flood prevention in anthracite mines. As stated in the report, "the broad objective of the investigative work was to obtain factual data on: 1. anthracite reserves of Pennsylvania, 2. underground water pools, 3. barrier pillars, 4. the "buried valley" of the Susquehanna River, and 5. infiltration of surface water into underground mine workings" (p. 4). This report includes tables, graphs, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: April 1948
Creator: Ash, S. H.; Cassap, W. E.; Eaton, W. L.; Hughes, Karl; Romischer, W. M. & Westfield, James
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Cambria County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on estimates of known deposits of coking coal in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Studies on the properties of coal and coal blends from the area are presented. The report includes maps and tables.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Turnbull, Louis A.; Toenges, Albert L.; Cooper, H. M.; Abernethy, R. F.; Reynolds, D. A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Indiana County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the known deposits of coking coal in Indiana County. The properties and characteristics of the coal and coal blends sampled are presented. The report includes tables and maps.
Date: December 1950
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Turnbull, Louis A.; Toenges, Albert L.; Cooper, H. M.; Abernethy, R. F.; Reynolds, D. A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Occurrence of Gases in Coals (open access)

The Occurrence of Gases in Coals

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the different types of gases that are present in coal. Theories behind why these gases occur in coal are presented. This report includes tables and graphs.
Date: June 1934
Creator: Selden, R. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: Progress Report for 1945 (open access)

Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: Progress Report for 1945

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on flood-prevention developed for mine systems. A history of flood prevention procedures as well as updated flood-prevention is presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Ash, S. H.; Cassap, W. E.; Westfield, James; Eaton, W. L.; Romischer, W. M.; Podgorski, E. J. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Yields of Light Oil, Tar, and Constituents from Carbonization Tests at 800 Degrees, 900 Degrees, and 1,000 Degrees Celsius (open access)

Comparative Yields of Light Oil, Tar, and Constituents from Carbonization Tests at 800 Degrees, 900 Degrees, and 1,000 Degrees Celsius

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on testing done on a variety of American coals collected from 32 coal beds across the country. The carbonizing properties of samples tested at 3 different temperatures are presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Holmes, C. R.; Wilson, J. E. & Davis, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: A Preliminary Study (open access)

Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: A Preliminary Study

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over flood-prevention methods at Pennsylvania anthracite mines. The flood-prevention projects are discussed. This report includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: March 1946
Creator: Ash, S. H. & Westfield, James
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Report of investigations issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines evaluating the known reserves of coking coal in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. The properties of coal and coal blends from the area are analyzed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: January 1952
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Toenges, Albert L.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthetic Liquid Fuels: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for 1951; Part 1 - Oil from Coal (open access)

Synthetic Liquid Fuels: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for 1951; Part 1 - Oil from Coal

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over an annual study of synthetic liquid fuel production. Results of the annual study are presented and discussed. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: July 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Washington County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Washington County, Pennsylvania

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: February 1955
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Greene County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Greene County, Pennsylvania. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversion of Nicaro Nickel Oxide to Nickel Metal (open access)

Conversion of Nicaro Nickel Oxide to Nickel Metal

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over testing conducted on nickel oxide to produce nickel metal. Details of testing methods and results are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Mahan, W. M.; Melcher, N. B.; Riott, J. P. & Ostrowski, E. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Clarion County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Clarion County, Pennsylvania

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Blaylock, D. W.; Dowd, James J.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method and Cost of Mining the Thick Freeport Coal in a Second Western Pennsylvania Mine (open access)

Method and Cost of Mining the Thick Freeport Coal in a Second Western Pennsylvania Mine

From introduction: The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed description of the methods employed and the equipment used, with the results obtained in the operation of this mine in the thick Freeport bed on the northern end of the field, near the Alleghegny-Butler county line in western Pennsylvania. It may be classed as a captive mine, as the largest portion of the product is consumed at the by-product plants of the parent company
Date: July 1929
Creator: Paul, James Washington & Tomlinson, H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ocher and Ochery Earths (open access)

Ocher and Ochery Earths

Report about ocher or ochery earth, "a natural mineral pigment composed largely of clay permeated with hydrated iron (ferric oxide)" (p. 2). It includes information about the uses of choer, substitutes, artificial ocher, mining and local deposits, import and export of ocher, and related information.
Date: May 1929
Creator: Santmyers, R. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Explosive Mine Gases and Dusts: With Special Reference to Explosions in the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi Coal Mines (open access)

Notes on Explosive Mine Gases and Dusts: With Special Reference to Explosions in the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi Coal Mines

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing coal mining gas and dust explosions, specifically those at the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi mines of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Studies on mine explosions, as well as methods and analyses are presented. This report includes tables, and an illustration.
Date: 1911
Creator: Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Temperature Carbonization Assays of North American Coals (open access)

Low-Temperature Carbonization Assays of North American Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on low-temperature carbonization of coal. Methods and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1957
Creator: Selvig, W. A. & Ode, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Dust Explosion Tests in the Experimental Mine 1913-1918, Inclusive (open access)

Coal-Dust Explosion Tests in the Experimental Mine 1913-1918, Inclusive

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over experiments conducted on coal-dust explosions. The results of the experiments are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 1922
Creator: Rice, George S.; Jones, Lewis M.; Egy, Willard Leo & Greenwald, H. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining of Thin Coal Beds in the Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Mining of Thin Coal Beds in the Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on thin coal beds of the anthracite region in Pennsylvania. Results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1927
Creator: Ashmead, Dever C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Mine and Car Samples of Coal Collected in the Fiscal Years 1911 to 1913 (open access)

Analyses of Mine and Car Samples of Coal Collected in the Fiscal Years 1911 to 1913

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over analyses of coal samples collected from 1911 to 1913. The analyses and descriptions of the samples are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1914
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl; Smith, Howard I.; Fay, Albert H. & Sanford, Samuel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Somerset County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines regarding an investigation of the reserves of coking coal in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The report includes tables and maps representing different coal beds within Somerset County.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Bowsher, John A.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on the reserves of coking coal from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The results of the investigations and the different coal beds sampled are presented. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: September 1953
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Underground Combustion Oil-Recovery Experiment in the Venango First Sand, Warren County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Underground Combustion Oil-Recovery Experiment in the Venango First Sand, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Report by the Bureau of Mines over oil-recovery methods and experiments conducted in Warren County. Preparation, methods, and results of the experiments are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1963
Creator: Caspero, N. A.; Wertman, W. T. & Eckard, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preparation Characteristics of Pennsylvania Anthracite from the Bottom Red Ash Bed, Northern Field (open access)

Preparation Characteristics of Pennsylvania Anthracite from the Bottom Red Ash Bed, Northern Field

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on the anthracite coal in the Bottom Red Ash Bed in Pennsylvania. The coal samples were analyzed for thickness and geologic structure. The amount of recoverable coal was also estimated. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: July 1967
Creator: Sanner, William S.
System: The UNT Digital Library