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Extent and Availability of Natural Gas Reserves in Michigan "Stray" Sandstone Horizon of Central Michigan
Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on studies of the known natural gas reserves in central Michigan sandstone deposits. The geology and methods used to estimate the reserves are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and maps.
Date:
July 1936
Creator:
Rawlins, E. L. & Schellhardt, M. A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Subsidence and Ground Movement in the Copper and Iron Mines of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the ground movement and support failure of Michigan mines. Factors involved in surface subsidence in the mines are discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
1929
Creator:
Crane, Walter R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Magnetic Base Stations in Lake Superior Iron Districts
Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the magnetic base stations located in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The report evaluates the usefulness of the stations for calibration of certain instruments. This report contains tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date:
September 1951
Creator:
Bath, Gordon D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Microscopic Structure and Concentratability of the Important Iron Ores of the United States
Outline of Problem: "This paper covers a survey of 19 ores collected from seven of the more important iron-ore districts of the United States and is a contribution by the ore-dressing section of the United States Bureau of Mines to general research program on iron and steel being conducted by the Bureau."
Date:
1936
Creator:
Cooke, S. R. B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mining Methods and Practice in the Michigan Copper Mines
From Introduction: "The mining methods described and discussed in this report have been considered historically-that is, from early to present practice. The data for this report were collected during 1927."
Date:
1929
Creator:
Crane, W. R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rock Bursts in the Lake Superior Copper Mines, Keweenaw Point, Michigan
From Introduction: "The effect of rock pressure may be general and continuous disintegration and reduction in size of pillars of ore and rock left for the support of the workings, resulting in the collapse of hanging wall and the closing of stopes, drifts, and shafts, or the action may be sudden and violent and aside from seriously affecting the workings may present a real hazard to the operation of mines. The object in the preparation of this report is to add to the accumulated information and from the facts presented to make suggestions for protective measures to be taken when possible."
Date:
1929
Creator:
Crane, W. R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Copper Mining in North America
From introduction: "In this paper are assembled and summarized many subjects relating to the copper industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry, geology, of the principal deposits, and mining methods and costs are discussed."
Date:
1938
Creator:
Gardner, E. D.; Johnson, C. H. & Butler, B. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Injury Experience in the Coking Industry, 1951
From Introduction and Summary: "Reports from operating companies showed that 25,715 men worked at coke ovens in 1951, about 6 percent more than were employed in 1950 and, except in 1943, the largest work force since 1930, when 28,139 men were employed. The work time for all employees was 70,190,493 man-hours. The returns indicated an average of 344 work days per man as compared with 341 days in the previous year. Accidents at the ovens resulted in the death of 10 and injury to 768 workers, both of these figures representing fewer injuries than in 1950."
Date:
1954
Creator:
Reese, Seth T.; Kearney, Naomi W. & Miller, Elizabeth A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
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
Accident Experience: Iron-Ore Mines, Lake Superior District, 1940-43
Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the iron-ore mining accident experience in the Lake Superior District. Frequency and severity rates of accidents between 1940 and 1943 are presented. This report includes tables.
Date:
May 1945
Creator:
Cash, Frank E. & Larsen, Reuben D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas Coals
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the lignite and bituminous coal fields of Michigan, Texas, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Analyses of the varying regional coal fields are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Andrews, David A. & Huddle, John W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Methods and Costs of Mining and Preparing Sand and Gravel at the Plant of the Ward Sand and Gravel Co., Oxford, Michigan
Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the operation and production of the Ward Sand and Gravel Company in Oxford, Michigan. The methods and costs employed by the company are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date:
January 1932
Creator:
Ward, Frederick L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Change Houses in the Lake Superior Region
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over change and wash houses in the Lake Superior area. As stated in the introduction, "this paper, with a few exceptions, presents data acquired in a survey, made by the author, of change houses in the Lake Superior region. All buildings, equipment, and practices were studied with regard for the health and welfare of the miner" (p. 1). This paper includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date:
September 1923
Creator:
Kindall, Cleve Edwin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Experiments in Underground Communication Through Earth Strata
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies in mine safety and communication. The methods and equipment used in the studies are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
1928
Creator:
Ilsley, L. C.; Freeman, H. B. & Zellers, D. H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Gas Masks for Gases Met in Fighting Fires
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the development of gas masks designed for fighting fires. The characteristics of the different types of masks in development are presented. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
August 1921
Creator:
Fieldner, Arno Carl; Katz, Sidney H. & Kinney, Selwyne P.
System:
The UNT Digital Library