Application of Buckley-Leverett Techniques in Oil-Reservoir Analysis (open access)

Application of Buckley-Leverett Techniques in Oil-Reservoir Analysis

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over new techniques of oil-reservoir analysis. The methods used are presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: 1960
Creator: Higgins, R. V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applications of a Small Electronic Digital Computer to Pyrometallurgical Research (open access)

Applications of a Small Electronic Digital Computer to Pyrometallurgical Research

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the use of small digital computers for problem solving during pyrometallurgical research. As stated in the field of research, "the scope of research varies from the development of new processes to the evaluation of raw materials for existing processes. The types of calculations required range all the way from those involving attempts to determine complex mathematical relationships between physical quantities to those concerned with simple summaries and analyses of daily furnace production" (p. 2-3). This report includes tables, illustrations, and a photograph.
Date: 1960
Creator: Leary, R. J.; Smith, R. W., Jr. & Mitchel, B. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of Recorded Exploration Drilling and Mine Workings, Tri-State Zinc-Lead District--Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma (open access)

Catalog of Recorded Exploration Drilling and Mine Workings, Tri-State Zinc-Lead District--Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mining practices conducted in the tri-state district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. As stated in the introduction, "the catalog preserves the records of accomplished explorations and mine developments in the district and provides a readily available source of information for individuals and firms interested in planning mineral explorations, Government agencies estimating of reserves of mineral resources, and the mining industry for general use" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations
Date: 1960
Creator: Brichta, Louis Chanborn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contributions to the Data on Theoretical Metallurgy: [Part] 13. High-Temperature Heat-Content, Heat-Capacity, and Entropy Data for the Elements and Inorganic Compounds (open access)

Contributions to the Data on Theoretical Metallurgy: [Part] 13. High-Temperature Heat-Content, Heat-Capacity, and Entropy Data for the Elements and Inorganic Compounds

From Introduction: "This publication as its title indicates, contains high-temperature heat-content, heat-capacity, and entropy data for the elements and inorganic compounds. The available experimental and calculated values were compiled and intercompared, and a selection of "best" values was made. The heat-content data are given in tabular form for use by those who make thermodynamic computations by means of tables, and in algebraic form for use by those who prefer equations."
Date: 1960
Creator: Kelley, K. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Control of Fires in Inactive Coal Formations in the United States (open access)

Control of Fires in Inactive Coal Formations in the United States

From Introduction: "The purpose of this Bulletin, in addition to presenting a history and description of Bureau activities in controlling these fires, is to provide the mining industry and the public with information concerning methods of controlling fires in inactive coal formation. The Bulletin is intended to serve as a guide to the public and more specifically to mining supervisory personnel and engineers who may be called upon to extinguish such fires."
Date: 1960
Creator: Griffith, F. E.; Magnuson, M. O. & Toothman, G. J. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design of Underground Openings in Competent Rock (open access)

Design of Underground Openings in Competent Rock

From Summary: "This report presents methods and principles useful in designing underground mine openings and pillars in competent rock formations. Two types of formations are considered: (1) Massive formations, in which openings are generally mined with an arched roof, and (2) bedded formations, in which openings are generally mined with a flat roof."
Date: 1960
Creator: Obert, Leonard; Duvall, Wilbur I. & Merrill, Robert H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Glossary of the Diamond-Drilling Industry (open access)

A Glossary of the Diamond-Drilling Industry

From Introduction: "This Glossary is published by the Bureau of Mines as a contribution to the mining literature to fill a long-felt need for a compilation of the terms used by the diamond-drilling industry." From Scope of Glossary: "This glossary attempts to present by definition the meaning of terms as used by the diamond-drilling industry and to furnish descriptive information regarding the use of diamond-drilling equipment and processes in garnering physical data needed by mining, civil, petroleum, and other professional engineering groups."
Date: 1960
Creator: Long, Albert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical Summary of Coal-Mine Explosions in the United States, 1810-1958 (open access)

Historical Summary of Coal-Mine Explosions in the United States, 1810-1958

Purpose of Review: "The purpose of this review is to relate the growth of explosion hazards to the increased number and size of the coal mines and the changes in mining methods. The causes of explosions during each period of years are discussed to show progress or its lack in controlling or eliminating different causes."
Date: 1960
Creator: Humphrey, H. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hyatt Rach Pegmatite, Larimer County, Colorado (open access)

Hyatt Rach Pegmatite, Larimer County, Colorado

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on Larimer County pegmatite deposits. Descriptions of the deposits are presented. This report includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1960
Creator: Gilkey, Millard M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Index of Selected Gasification Patents (In Three Parts): [Part] 1. United States Patents (open access)

Index of Selected Gasification Patents (In Three Parts): [Part] 1. United States Patents

From Introduction: "The material will be presented in three parts, as follows: I. United States Patents. II. United Kingdom Patents. III. Other Foreign Patents. The domestic patents for this bulletin were collected between 1953 and 1955."
Date: 1960
Creator: Klosky, Simon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to Mine Ventilating Principles and Practices (open access)

Introduction to Mine Ventilating Principles and Practices

From Introduction: "This bulletin is written to explain in layman language the basic laws and fundamentals of mine airflow and their application to the solution of common ventilating problems."
Date: 1960
Creator: Kingery, D. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Facts and Problems: 1960 Edition (open access)

Mineral Facts and Problems: 1960 Edition

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mineral characteristics, uses, and problems. Descriptions of common minerals and their uses are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1960
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining Methods and Costs at Crystal-Victory and Minerva Number 1 Fluorspar Mines of Minerva Oil Company, Hardin County, Illinois (open access)

Mining Methods and Costs at Crystal-Victory and Minerva Number 1 Fluorspar Mines of Minerva Oil Company, Hardin County, Illinois

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mining costs and methods of fluorspar mines in Hardin County, Illinois. As stated in the summary, "it describes the exploration, development, and mining practices, giving costs of each. Transportation, equipment, power, labor, and other influencing factors also are discussed" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1960
Creator: Montgomery, Gill; Daly, J. J. & Myslinski, Frank J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining Methods and Costs, Black Rock Tungsten Mine, Wah Chang Mining Corp., Mono County, California (open access)

Mining Methods and Costs, Black Rock Tungsten Mine, Wah Chang Mining Corp., Mono County, California

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mining costs and methods of the Black Rock Tungsten Mine in Mono County, California. As stated in the summary, "this report is one of a series prepared by the Bureau of Mines on exploration, development, mining methods, and costs at various mines in the United States" (p. 1). This report includes maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1960
Creator: Johnson, A. C. & Fillip, N. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum and Natural Gas Fields in Wyoming (open access)

Petroleum and Natural Gas Fields in Wyoming

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the oil and gas fields of Wyoming. As stated in the summary, "this study contains individual reports on 271 oil and gas fields in Wyoming. The location of each field is given; and, where available, maps of the fields, surface formations, and elevations" (p. 1).
Date: 1960
Creator: Biggs, Paul & Espach, Ralph H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety at Gas-Processing Plants (open access)

Safety at Gas-Processing Plants

From Summary and introduction: "This report presents up-to-date information on design, construction, operation, and maintenance of natural gasoline and gas-processing plants, with particular emphasis on procedures and practices that will promote maximum safety for workers in such installations."
Date: 1960
Creator: Kintz, G. M. & Hill, Frances C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tungsten Resources of Montana: Deposits of the Mount Torrey Batholith, Beaverhead County (open access)

Tungsten Resources of Montana: Deposits of the Mount Torrey Batholith, Beaverhead County

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the tungsten deposits on Beaverhead County, Montana. As stated in the introduction, "this report presents information obtained from July 1955 to September 1957 on tungsten deposits in and near the Mount Torrey batholith" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1960
Creator: Pattee, Eldon C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tungsten Resources of Montana: Deposits of the Philipsburg Batholith, Granite and Deer Lodge Counties (open access)

Tungsten Resources of Montana: Deposits of the Philipsburg Batholith, Granite and Deer Lodge Counties

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over tungsten deposits of Montana. Details of the different deposits throughout the region are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1960
Creator: Walker, David D.
System: The UNT Digital Library