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
Smelting Ores in the Electric Furnace (open access)

Smelting Ores in the Electric Furnace

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the electric smelting of nonferrous ores. As stated in the introduction, "it is the purpose of the present paper to survey the technical and economic changes that have taken place and to determine whether electric smelting of nonferrous ores offers any more promise today than 20 years ago" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: October 1937
Creator: Dean, Reginald S. & von Bernewitz, M. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Arkansas River Drainage Area in Western Kansas (open access)

Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Arkansas River Drainage Area in Western Kansas

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the disposal methods of oil-field brine. The study focuses on the Arkansas River area of western Kansas. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and maps.
Date: October 1936
Creator: Wilhelm, C. J.; Thorne, H. M. & Pryor, M. 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
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
Laboratory Testing of the Inflammability of Coal and other Dusts Conducted by the Bureau of Mines (open access)

Laboratory Testing of the Inflammability of Coal and other Dusts Conducted by the Bureau of Mines

From Introduction: "This paper endeavors to collect and describe all of the work in proper order, as briefly as is consistent with a good understanding thereof, and attempts to evaluate it in the light of present-day knowledge derived from large and small scale experiments in the United States and foreign countries."
Date: October 1931
Creator: Greenwald, H. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library