Accident-Severity Rates For Certain Metal Mines (open access)

Accident-Severity Rates For Certain Metal Mines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the severity of accidents in the metal-mine industry. 34 metal-mines documented the number and severity of all accidents over the course if one calendar year. This report includes tables.
Date: September 1926
Creator: Adams, William Waugh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments in the Use of Back Pressures on Oil Wells (open access)

Experiments in the Use of Back Pressures on Oil Wells

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over experiments conducted on the back pressure of oil wells. The results of the experiments are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: September 1924
Creator: Swigart, T. E. & Bopp, C. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Change Houses in the Lake Superior Region (open access)

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
The Recovery of Unburned Fuel from Boiler Furnace Refuse (open access)

The Recovery of Unburned Fuel from Boiler Furnace Refuse

Report on recovering unburned fuel from boiler furnace refuse, based on processes used in Europe and tests in the United States.
Date: September 1921
Creator: Fraser, Thomas & Yancey, H. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library