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On Invertebrate Fossils from the Pacific Coast (open access)

On Invertebrate Fossils from the Pacific Coast

A report about fossils from the Chico-Téjon series of California. These fossils constitute additions to the already known molluscan fauna of an important series of rich strata.
Date: 1889
Creator: White, Charles A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Geological Reconnoissance in Central Washington (open access)

A Geological Reconnoissance in Central Washington

From introduction: An examination of the country described in this paper was ordered by the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey at the request of persons interested in the development of the state of Washington, for the purpose of ascertaining how far the geological structure of the arid portion of the state favored the hope of obtaining artesian water for irrigation.
Date: 1893
Creator: Russell, Israel Cook & Knowlton, Frank Hall
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disposal of Interests of Indian Minors in Real Estate in Yakima Reservation, Washington (open access)

Disposal of Interests of Indian Minors in Real Estate in Yakima Reservation, Washington

Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6135 to dispose of real estate belonging to Indian minors in Yakima Reservation, Washington. It includes House report no. 1184 in support of the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homestead Entries Upon Portion of Point Roberts Reserve, Whatcom County, Wash., Report (open access)

Homestead Entries Upon Portion of Point Roberts Reserve, Whatcom County, Wash., Report

Report of the Committee on Public Lands detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 2934 permitting homestead entries upon certain lands in Whatcom County, Washington, being a portion of the "Point Roberts Reserve". It includes a report of the Interior Department on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public lands
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Building at Everett, Wash., Report (open access)

Public Building at Everett, Wash., Report

Report of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 4242 to provide for the erection of a public building in Everett, Washington. It includes a report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Building at Walla Walla, Wash., Report (open access)

Public Building at Walla Walla, Wash., Report

Report of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 592 to construct a public building at Walla Walla, Washington. It includes a report from the Secretary of the Treasury on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rights of Way to City of Seattle Through Fort Lawton Military Reservation, Wash., Report (open access)

Rights of Way to City of Seattle Through Fort Lawton Military Reservation, Wash., Report

Report of the Committee on Military Affairs detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 5126 to grant the city of Seattle certain rights of way for sewer and street purposes through and along the military reservation of Fort Lawton, Washington. It includes correspondence between the Committee on Military Affairs, the Committee on the Coast and Insular Survey, and various government departments on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Establish a Fish-Cultural Station on the Tucannon River, in the State of Washington, Report (open access)

To Establish a Fish-Cultural Station on the Tucannon River, in the State of Washington, Report

Report of the Committee on Fisheries detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 4183 providing for the establishment of a fish-cultural station in the Tucannon River, in the State of Washington. In includes correspondence from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Fisheries
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Sell and Dispose of Surplus Unallotted Agricultural Lands of Spokane Indian Reservation, Report (open access)

To Sell and Dispose of Surplus Unallotted Agricultural Lands of Spokane Indian Reservation, Report

Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6163 to sell and dispose of surplus unallotted agricultural lands of Spokane Indian Reservation. It includes correspondence from the Secretary of the Interior on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Coke Industry of the United States as Related to the Foundry (open access)

The Coke Industry of the United States as Related to the Foundry

From Introduction: "The present bulletin, published by the Bureau of Mines because of the analyzing and testing of fuels have been transferred from the Geographical Survey to the Bureau of Mines, briefly reviews the status of the coke industry, some features of practice in the use of coke in the foundry, the probable happenings of a cupola heat, and the reasons for modifying charging practice so that a particular coke can be used to best advantage."
Date: 1910
Creator: Moldenke, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
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 1. -- Analyses (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 1. -- Analyses

From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
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
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
Contributions to Economic Geology (Short Papers and Preliminary Reports), 1913: Part 2 -- Mineral Fuels (open access)

Contributions to Economic Geology (Short Papers and Preliminary Reports), 1913: Part 2 -- Mineral Fuels

From introduction: This report determines the geographic distribution and thickness of the bituminous shale, or oil shale, or tar shale of the Green River formation of the Uinta Basin in Colorado and Utah.
Date: 1915
Creator: Campbell, Marius R. & White, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Approximate Quantitative Microscopy of Pulverized Ores, Including the Use of the Camera Lucida (open access)

Approximate Quantitative Microscopy of Pulverized Ores, Including the Use of the Camera Lucida

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over microscopy of pulverized ores. As stated in the introduction, "this paper, which deals with the study of pulverized ores and the use of the camera lucida in such work, discusses an investigation undertaken at the Seattle and the Golden mining experiment stations of the Bureau of Mines" (p. 3). This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: October 1919
Creator: Coghill, Will H. & Bonardi, J. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mining Problems in the State of Washington (open access)

Coal-Mining Problems in the State of Washington

From Introduction: "On account of extensive folding and faulting of the coal measures, mining in Washington presents many difficulties; therefore a description of the methods employed at some of the mines may be useful in planning operations in other regions, and is presented in this bulletin."
Date: 1924
Creator: Evans, George Watkin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plastic Magnesia (open access)

Plastic Magnesia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the production methods and uses of plastic magnesia. Methods, properties, and uses of plastic magnesia are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1925
Creator: Ralston, Oliver C.; Pike, Robert D. & Duschak, Lionel H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ochers and Mineral Pigments of the Pacific Northwest : Occurrence, Possible Methods of Preparation, and Testing of Ochers, Siennas, and Colored Clays (open access)

Ochers and Mineral Pigments of the Pacific Northwest : Occurrence, Possible Methods of Preparation, and Testing of Ochers, Siennas, and Colored Clays

From Introduction: "A review is given of the nomenclature, sources, imports, statistics, common methods of preparation, and testing of mineral pigments. A description of the Deer Park-Spokane colored-clay district and the laboratory methods of preparation of these colored clays, ochers, and siennas follows. The following report is merely preliminary in nature, only three months during the summer of 1927 being devoted to the laboratory investigation."
Date: 1929
Creator: Wilson, Hewitt
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of State Mine Inspector's Reports as They Relate to Accidents from Falls of Roof (open access)

Review of State Mine Inspector's Reports as They Relate to Accidents from Falls of Roof

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines over state mine inspection reports from 19 U.S. states. The information in the reports includes details of accidents, locations that specific accidents occurred, and proposed remedies for prevention of future accidents. This report includes tables.
Date: April 1929
Creator: Paul, James Washington
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accelerated Laboratory Test for Determination of Slacking Characteristics of Coal (open access)

Accelerated Laboratory Test for Determination of Slacking Characteristics of Coal

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on laboratory testing developed to measure the slacking of coals. Testing methods and results are presented. This report includes tables and graphs.
Date: November 1930
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl; Selvig, W. A. & Frederic, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agglutinating, Coking, and By-Product Tests of Coals From Pierce County, Washington (open access)

Agglutinating, Coking, and By-Product Tests of Coals From Pierce County, Washington

Report discussing testing of coals in Pierce County, Washington. The investigation had three parts: a geological survey of the coal property, washing and crushing tests of the coals, and coking and by-product tests.
Date: 1931
Creator: Marshall, S. M. & Bird, B. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jigging, Classification, Tabling, and Flotation Tests of Coals Presenting Difficult Washing Problems, with Particular Reference to Coals from Pierce County, Washington (open access)

Jigging, Classification, Tabling, and Flotation Tests of Coals Presenting Difficult Washing Problems, with Particular Reference to Coals from Pierce County, Washington

From Content and Arrangement of Report: "For the convenience of the reader the bulletin has been divided into two parts. Part I describes the investigation and summarizes the most important results. Part II gives the detailed data of the best of the washing tests by each process."
Date: 1931
Creator: Bird, B. M. & Marshall, S. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Miocene Flora From Grand Coulee, Washington (open access)

A Miocene Flora From Grand Coulee, Washington

From introduction: The fossil plants described in the present report were collected at the north end of Grand Coulee during the summer of 1927 by Messrs. T. A. Bonser, F. A. Roberts, and Walter Bruce, of Spokane, and F. W. McCann, of Coulee City. The locality is in the big bend of the Columbia River near the northern boundary of Grant County, Wash., about 85 miles west of the plant-bearing Latah sediments around Spokane. The outcrop in Grand Coulee is about the same distance east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains, about 100 miles northeast of the plant beds at Ellensburg, which are of approximately the same age, and some 200 miles west of beds in Idaho yielding a similar flora and assigned to the Payette formation by Knowlton and others.
Date: 1931
Creator: Berry, Edward Wilber
System: The UNT Digital Library