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Mineral Resources of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Corridor (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Corridor

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing known mineral deposits along the proposed Trans-Alaska Pipe line. As stated in the introduction, "reports of deposits of metallic minerals, nonmetallic minerals and mineral fuels on or near the proposed Trans-Alaska Pipeline route from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez were investigated" (p. 1). This report includes maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1974
Creator: Mulligan, John J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal Mining Techniques in the Federal Republic of Germany - 1971 (open access)

Coal Mining Techniques in the Federal Republic of Germany - 1971

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing studies conducted on coal mining techniques used in Germany. The study of roof support evaluation techniques is emphasized. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1974
Creator: Curth, Ernest A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Flathead Tunnel: A Geologic, Operations, and Ground Support Study, Burlington Northern Railroad, Salish Mountains, Montana (open access)

The Flathead Tunnel: A Geologic, Operations, and Ground Support Study, Burlington Northern Railroad, Salish Mountains, Montana

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the Flathead Tunnel in Montana. As stated in the introduction, "this information circular is a Bureau of Mines review of tunneling practices typical of the late 1960's. The report provides reference to all pertinent data related to the geology, mining operations, and ground support practices for the Flathead Tunnel" (p. 2). This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1974
Creator: Skinner, Eugene H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tin Reconnaissance of the Kanuti and Hodzana Rivers Uplands, Central Alaska (open access)

Tin Reconnaissance of the Kanuti and Hodzana Rivers Uplands, Central Alaska

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mineral development potentials of Central Alaska. Investigations on location, geology, and sampling methods are presented. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1986
Creator: Barker, James C. & Foley, Jeffrey Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Company Towns Versus Company Camps in Developing Alaska's Mineral Resources (open access)

Company Towns Versus Company Camps in Developing Alaska's Mineral Resources

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing comparisons between company camps and company towns in Alaska's mineral properties. The cost differences between operating towns, camps, and commuting options are presented. This report includes maps, tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1986
Creator: Bottge, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fire Doors for Noncoal Mines (open access)

Fire Doors for Noncoal Mines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the development and use of fire doors in non-coal mines. As stated in the abstract, "this report discusses current fire-door technology in the context of the underground mine environment and the design, fabrication, lab testing, and in-mine field testing of a mine-worthy fire door" (p. 1). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1987
Creator: Bickel, Kenneth L. & Pomroy, William H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cold-Mold Arc Melting and Casting (open access)

Cold-Mold Arc Melting and Casting

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines providing updates and additional information related to cold-mold arc melting and casting. Abstract: "This bulletin reviews the historical background of the cold-mold arc-melting technology, with specific references to the development that led to homogeneous zirconium ingots. Descriptions are given of modern production arc-furnaces for vacuum melting of both exotic and conventional metals. Besides zirconium, specific data are given for production of chromium, thorium, and copper. The development of the skull-casting technique for titanium is detailed, and the application of the technique to such refractory metals as molybdenum and tungsten is described. Factors of operation of the apparatus and furnace design are considered" (p. 1).
Date: 1968
Creator: Beall, Robert A. & Hedges, Joseph Harold
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Report on Oklahoma City Oil Field, Oklahoma (open access)

Engineering Report on Oklahoma City Oil Field, Oklahoma

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the engineering and production methods of the Oklahoma City oil wells. Characteristics and properties of the wells, and methods and practices of well engineering are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: January 1937
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn; Rawlins, E. L. & Bopp, C. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Explosives Division, Fiscal Year 1936 (open access)

Annual Report of the Explosives Division, Fiscal Year 1936

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the U.S. Explosives Division, and the chemical and physical testing conducted. The properties of the studies conducted during 1936 are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 1937
Creator: Huff, Wilbert James
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flow Characteristics, Composition, and Some Liquid-Phase Properties of Hydrocarbon Fluids From a "Combination" Well (open access)

Flow Characteristics, Composition, and Some Liquid-Phase Properties of Hydrocarbon Fluids From a "Combination" Well

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the properties of fluids produced from combination wells. The characteristics of test results of these fluids are described and presented. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1938
Creator: Eilerts, C. K. & Schellhardt, M. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Oil Production in the Near-Depleted Mexia-Powell Fault-Line Fields of Texas (open access)

Analysis of Oil Production in the Near-Depleted Mexia-Powell Fault-Line Fields of Texas

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oil fields located near the Mexia-Powell fault line in Texas. Properties of the oil fields, including geology and oil production, are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn & Guthrie, R. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Study of the Rodessa Oil Field in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas (open access)

Engineering Study of the Rodessa Oil Field in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over drilling operations in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Results of the operations are discussed. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn & Guthrie, R. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Byproduct Coke-Oven Tests of Washington Coals (open access)

Byproduct Coke-Oven Tests of Washington Coals

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coking-coal testing done on Washington coal. Descriptions of the testing, and properties of the coals tested are presented. This report includes tables, and photographs.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Yancey, H. F.; Daniels, Joseph; McMillan, E. R. & Geer, M. R.
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
Magnolia Oil Field, Columbia County, Arkansas: Part 1. Petroleum-Engineering Study; Part 2. Derivation and Application of Material-Balance Equations (open access)

Magnolia Oil Field, Columbia County, Arkansas: Part 1. Petroleum-Engineering Study; Part 2. Derivation and Application of Material-Balance Equations

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on studies conducted at the Magnolia oil fields in Columbia County, Arkansas. History, geology, and methods are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: September 1943
Creator: Carpenter, Charles B.; Schroeder, H. J. & Cook, Alton B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Safety Competition of 1942 (open access)

National Safety Competition of 1942

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on its annual safety contest between mine workers. Different types of mines enrolled in the competition and the winners and honorable mentions for 1942 are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Lawrence, T. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Water Flooding of Oil Sands in Oklahoma (open access)

History of Water Flooding of Oil Sands in Oklahoma

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oil production from water injection methods. As noted in the introduction, "it is the purpose of this report to present data such as volume of oil produced monthly, volume of water injected monthly, spacing of wells, number of injection wells and oil wells, and other such pertinent information" (p. 5). This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Taliaferro, David Benjamin & Logan, David M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Desulfurization on the Lead Susceptibility of Distillates From Some Crude Oils From Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma (open access)

Effects of Desulfurization on the Lead Susceptibility of Distillates From Some Crude Oils From Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on experiments conducted regarding the desulfurization of distillates from crude oil. Characteristics and desulfurization processes are presented. This report includes tables, and a chart.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Guthrie, Boyd & Simmons, M. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coke from Low-Ash Appalachian Coals for Carbon Electrodes in Aluminum Industry with a Chapter on Comparison of Results Obtained by Trent Process for Cleaning Coal with Those by Float-and-Sink Methods (open access)

Coke from Low-Ash Appalachian Coals for Carbon Electrodes in Aluminum Industry with a Chapter on Comparison of Results Obtained by Trent Process for Cleaning Coal with Those by Float-and-Sink Methods

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on testing conducted on coking coal samples for carbon electrode use in aluminum production. The testing methods, and results are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Selvig, W. A.; Ode, W. H.; Gibson, F. H. & Davis, Joseph D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Studies on Explosives and Explosions, Fiscal Year 1943 (open access)

Studies on Explosives and Explosions, Fiscal Year 1943

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the documented explosives testing during 1943. Properties of explosives tested are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: February 1944
Creator: Huff, Wilbert James
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Temperature Distillation Yields of Primary Tar and Light Oil From Coals of Various Ranks and Types (open access)

Low-Temperature Distillation Yields of Primary Tar and Light Oil From Coals of Various Ranks and Types

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on studies of the yields of primary tar and light oil. The combustion and carbonization of these yields are presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: March 1944
Creator: Ode, W. H. & Selvig, W. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal Carbonization: Carbonizing Properties of Medium-Volatile Coals of Different Types (open access)

Coal Carbonization: Carbonizing Properties of Medium-Volatile Coals of Different Types

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the characteristics of different coal varieties after carbonization. The properties of these different coals are presented. This report includes tables, and photographs.
Date: April 1944
Creator: Reynolds, D. A. & Davies, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum-Engineering Study of the New Hope Oil Field, Franklin County, Texas (open access)

Petroleum-Engineering Study of the New Hope Oil Field, Franklin County, Texas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines regarding studies on the modern petroleum engineering techniques used in Franklin County, Texas. Drilling methods, and analysis of the core samples are presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Carpenter, Charles B.; Anderson, Kenneth F. & Cook, Alton B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Huber-Rydalch Manganese Deposits, Tooele County, Utah (open access)

Investigation of the Huber-Rydalch Manganese Deposits, Tooele County, Utah

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on the manganese deposits in Tooele County, Utah. The physical features, geology, and descriptions of the deposit samples are listed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Fry, Eugene & Wilson, Stephen R.
System: The UNT Digital Library