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
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
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
Energy Uses and Supplies, 1939, 1947, 1965 (open access)

Energy Uses and Supplies, 1939, 1947, 1965

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing specific energy uses during the years of 1939, 1947, and 1965. As stated in the subject, "this is a summary of preliminary results of an exploratory study if energy uses and supplies in the United States" (p. 2). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Barnett, Harold J.
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