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
National Annual Diesel-Fuel Survey, 1951 (open access)

National Annual Diesel-Fuel Survey, 1951

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the use of diesel fuel in the United States during 1951. 303 samples of diesel fuel are analyzed and recorded. This report includes tables and maps.
Date: October 1951
Creator: Blade, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Treatment of the Tungsten Ores of Boulder County, Colo. (open access)

Treatment of the Tungsten Ores of Boulder County, Colo.

Report discussing the the development of milling practice in Boulder County, the ore-dressing methods in use, and the local manufacture of ferrotungsten and tungstic oxide. Figures giving the production of tungsten concentrates in the Boulder district, in the United States, and in the world; data on the buying of tungsten ores; costs of production; and the normal tungsten requirements in this country are presented.
Date: October 1921
Creator: Bonardi, J. P. & Williams, J. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Innovations in Equipment For Scaling High Roofs and Mine Walls (open access)

Some Innovations in Equipment For Scaling High Roofs and Mine Walls

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines describing the methods and equipment developed at the oil-shale mine near Rifle, Colorado. This report includes photographs and illustrations documenting this equipment.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Brown, Brinton C.; Wright, Fred D. & Ballinger, Homer J.
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
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Ohio County, West Virginia (open access)

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

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Ohio County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: October 1955
Creator: 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 Brooke County, West Virginia (open access)

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

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Brooke County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Travis, Raymond G.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
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
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Alaska survey area (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Alaska survey area

Report documenting the suitability of Alaska for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials such as coal and natural gas.
Date: October 31, 1950
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Louisiana (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Louisiana

Report documenting the suitability of Louisiana for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: October 8, 1961
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Montana (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Montana

Report documenting the suitability of Montana for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest
Date: October 31, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of New Mexico (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of New Mexico

Report documenting the suitability of New Mexico for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest
Date: October 31, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recovery of Gold from Black Sand Tailings (open access)

Recovery of Gold from Black Sand Tailings

Report on the recovery of gold from black sand tailings, based on tests conducted at the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Alaska Station.
Date: October 1920
Creator: Gross, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Studies and Results of Acid Treatment of Wells, Zwolle Oil Field, Sabine Parish, Louisiana (open access)

Engineering Studies and Results of Acid Treatment of Wells, Zwolle Oil Field, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the studies done on the Zwolle oil field wells. History of the oil field, and the results of acid treatment to the wells are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: October 1934
Creator: Heithecker, R. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves and the Preparation Characteristics of Coking Coal in Hamilton County, Tennessee (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves and the Preparation Characteristics of Coking Coal in Hamilton County, Tennessee

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking coal reserves of Hamilton County, Tennessee. Testing to determine suitability for producing metallurgical coke is also presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: October 1956
Creator: Hershey, Robert E.; Williams, Lloyd; Crentz, William L. & Miller, James W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Mining Division, Fiscal Year 1942 (open access)

Annual Report of the Mining Division, Fiscal Year 1942

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the annual work conducted by the Mining Division during 1942. Descriptions of projects and operations during the fiscal year are listed. This report contains tables, and photographs.
Date: October 1942
Creator: Jackson, Charles F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Reports - Metallurgical Division: 13. Electrometallurgical Investigations (open access)

Progress Reports - Metallurgical Division: 13. Electrometallurgical Investigations

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the progress made on projects in the Metallurgical Division. Descriptions of progress in the different projects and operations conducted are listed. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: October 1936
Creator: Koster, J.; Shelton, S. M. & Knickerbocker, R. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Talc Mining in New York (open access)

Talc Mining in New York

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the talc deposits in New York state. The report includes details on the geology of the deposits, and the mining and milling of the talc. This report contains illustrations.
Date: October 1920
Creator: Ladoo, Raymond B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Manganese Deposits in the Philipsburg Mining District, Granite County, Montana (open access)

Investigation of Manganese Deposits in the Philipsburg Mining District, Granite County, Montana

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the manganese deposits near Granite County, Montana. It reviews the mining history and geology of the Philipsburg district. The report includes maps and tables.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Lorain, S. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Production, Consumption, and Use of Fuels and Electric Energy in the United States in 1929, 1939 and 1947 (open access)

Production, Consumption, and Use of Fuels and Electric Energy in the United States in 1929, 1939 and 1947

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the production and use of various fuel and electrical energy types used in the U.S. during three census years: 1929, 1939, and 1947. The data is presented in multiple tables.
Date: October 1951
Creator: Lyon, William H. & Colby, D. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Efficiencies in the Use of Bituminous Coking Coal as Water-Gas Generator Fuel (open access)

Efficiencies in the Use of Bituminous Coking Coal as Water-Gas Generator Fuel

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the use of coking coal as a generator fuel. The results of using coking coal as fuel are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Odell, W. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Explosions in Ohio: 1874-1936 (open access)

Coal-Mine Explosions in Ohio: 1874-1936

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing coal mine explosions in Ohio between 1874 and 1936. The number of explosions and fatalities are presented. The causes of mine explosions are discussed as well. This report includes tables.
Date: October 1937
Creator: Owings, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine Potential Dust Exposure in Connection with Intermittent Rock Drilling in Coal Mines (open access)

A Study to Determine Potential Dust Exposure in Connection with Intermittent Rock Drilling in Coal Mines

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the dust exposure to mine workers. Contents of dust produced from drilling are noted. Health hazards of drilling dust is also presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: October 1953
Creator: Owings, C. W. & Johnson, Leslie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Marion County, West Virginia (open access)

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

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Marion County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: October 1956
Creator: Provost, John M.; Dowd, James J.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library