Resource Type

Accepted Limit Values of Air Pollutants (open access)

Accepted Limit Values of Air Pollutants

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing, as stated in the introduction, the "accepted maximum permissible concentrations of air pollutants from the standpoints of health, damage to vegetation, damage to property, and requirements of industrial processes" (p. 1). This report includes tables.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Barkley, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acid-Mine-Drainage Problems: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Acid-Mine-Drainage Problems: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

Report from the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the anthracite region of Pennsylvania and the efforts to prevent coal-mine drainage into nearby streams. According to the introduction, "The purpose of this report is not to develop a practicable or feasible method or process of treating acid mine water but rather to present available factual and deduced data that may be useful in showing pH range over which the treatment is to take place and the sludge products most likely to be handled" (p. 2).
Date: 1951
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889; Felegy, E. W.; Kennedy, D. O. & Miller, P. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agglomeration Studies in the Low-Pressure Hydrogenation of Coal in a Fluidized Bed (open access)

Agglomeration Studies in the Low-Pressure Hydrogenation of Coal in a Fluidized Bed

Report discussing hydrogenation of coal at a low-pressure displaying results of the experiments.
Date: 1959
Creator: Kawa, Walter; Hiteshue, Raymond W.; Budd, William A.; Friedman, Sam & Anderson, Robert B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Pollution: A Bibliography (open access)

Air Pollution: A Bibliography

Report displays a bibliography of numerous literature affirms air pollution has been a problem through the centuries.
Date: 1954
Creator: Davenport, S. J. & Morgis, G. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Lignites: Geological Occurrence, Petrographic Composition, And Extractable Waxes (open access)

American Lignites: Geological Occurrence, Petrographic Composition, And Extractable Waxes

Report discussing experiments done on expandable waxes of lignites to determine yields and properties from certain place in the United States.
Date: 1950
Creator: Selvig, W. A.; Ode, W. H.; Parks, B. C. & O'Donnell, H. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Standard Recommended Practice for Drainage of Coal Mines (M6.1-1955, UDC 622.5) (open access)

American Standard Recommended Practice for Drainage of Coal Mines (M6.1-1955, UDC 622.5)

Report discussing standardizations when dealing with pumps for draining and storing water in coal mines.
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Standard Safety Code for Installing and Using Electrical Equipment in and About Coal Mines (M2.1) (open access)

American Standard Safety Code for Installing and Using Electrical Equipment in and About Coal Mines (M2.1)

Report discussing steps required when using, installing, inspection of electrical equipment in coal mines in order in order to minimize hazards.
Date: 1952
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Ash from United States Coals (open access)

Analyses of Ash from United States Coals

Report summarizing analyses done on ash of coal from the United States.
Date: 1956
Creator: Selvig, W. A. & Gibson, F. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Foreign Coals (open access)

Analyses of Foreign Coals

Report summarizing analyses through tables and maps of foreign coals.
Date: 1952
Creator: Morgan, R. E. & Barkley, J. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Ohio Coals (open access)

Analyses of Ohio Coals

Report discussing an analyses of the data for Ohio coals, which the Bureau of Mines providing an analysis of every coal-mining State.
Date: 1952
Creator: Fieldner, A. C.; Taylor, Dorothy Ann; Toenges, Albert L.; Crentz, William L.; Fraser, Thomas; Young, W. H. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Tipple and Delivered Samples of Coal: (Collected During the Fiscal Years 1948 to 1950 Inclusive) (open access)

Analyses of Tipple and Delivered Samples of Coal: (Collected During the Fiscal Years 1948 to 1950 Inclusive)

From Forward: "This bulletin is the first of a new series, which includes analyses of only tipple and delivered coal. It covers samples collected throughout the United States from July 1, 1947 to June 30, 1950 (fiscal years 1948-50). It is planned that future publications of this series will cover a period of one fiscal year only and be issued as soon as possible after June 30 of each year."
Date: 1953
Creator: Snyder, N. H. & Aresco, S. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Washington Coals: Supplement to Technical Papers 491 and 618 (open access)

Analyses of Washington Coals: Supplement to Technical Papers 491 and 618

From Washington Coalfields: The geographical distribution of the principal coal areas of Washington is shown in figure 1. Detailed information concerning these fields is given in Bureau of Mines Technical Paper 491. Further information on the minor coal areas is given in two bulletins of the Washington Division of Mines and Geology. Analyses, plastic properties, free-swelling indexes, and agglutinating values of the separate coals, together with data on yields of carbonization products and properties of the cokes produced in laboratory tests and under operating conditions."
Date: 1958
Creator: Daniels, Joseph; Yancey, H. F.; Geer, M. R.; Abernethy, R. F.; Aresco, S. J. & Hartner, F. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for 1949: Synthetic Liquid Fuels, Part 3. - Liquid Fuels from Agricultural Residues (open access)

Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for 1949: Synthetic Liquid Fuels, Part 3. - Liquid Fuels from Agricultural Residues

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the development and production of synthetic liquid fuels derived from agricultural products. The amount of synthetic fuels developed from corn is presented. The report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Electrical-Resistivity Surveys to Exploration for Zinc-Lead Deposits, Racine-Spurgeon Area, Newton County, Missouri (open access)

Application of Electrical-Resistivity Surveys to Exploration for Zinc-Lead Deposits, Racine-Spurgeon Area, Newton County, Missouri

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over surveys conducted on zinc-lead deposits of Newton County, Missouri. Results of the surveys are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1959
Creator: Chester, John William
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Asbestos: A Materials Survey (open access)

Asbestos: A Materials Survey

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing asbestos mining. As stated in the introduction, "this report gives primary consideration to the types and grades of asbestos that are of greatest importance in the program of military preparedness-namely, the spinning grades of chrysotile, both foreign and domestic, and the amosite and crocidolite obtained only from foreign sources" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Asbestos Industry (open access)

The Asbestos Industry

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the production and use of asbestos. Descriptions of the different types of asbestos are discussed. Its applications are also discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1955
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aviation Gasoline and its Component Hydrocarbons: Wartime Research (1940-45) (open access)

Aviation Gasoline and its Component Hydrocarbons: Wartime Research (1940-45)

From Scope and Plan: "As the table of contents indicates, the present report summarizes the important data obtained from the research on aviation gasoline during the period 1940-45, exclusive of the data on jet-propulsion fuels. The report is divided into an introduction giving the historical background for the work, two chapters, and an appendix. The first chapter presents the data in a series of 15 tables carefully cross-indexed and supplemented by 19 charts showing the composition of as many straight-run naphthas. The second chapter discusses in general the equipment, procedures, and methods used in the experimental work and is supplemented by illustrations when necessary."
Date: 1951
Creator: Smith, H. M.; Kraemer, A. J. & Thorne, H. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barrier Pillars in Lackawanna Basin, Northern Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Barrier Pillars in Lackawanna Basin, Northern Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

From Introduction: "The purpose of this report is to furnish data on the barrier pillars that enter into the water problem of the Lackawanna Basin; this will be helpful in solving the anthracite-mine-water problem of the Northern field."
Date: 1952
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889; Davies, B. S.; Jenkins, H. E. & Romischer, W. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barrier Pillars in the Southern Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Barrier Pillars in the Southern Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

From Introduction: "The investigation of barrier pillars in the Southern field is part of the comprehensive study of the mine-water problem in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania by the Federal Bureau of Mines (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18).
Date: 1953
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889 & Kynor, H. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barrier Pillars in the Western Middle Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Barrier Pillars in the Western Middle Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

From Summary: "The investigation of barrier pillars in the Western Middle field is part of the comprehensive study of mine-water problem in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania by the Federal Bureau of Mines (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16)." From Introduction: "The purpose of this report is to give factual data on barrier pillars that will be helpful in solving the mine-water problem."
Date: 1953
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889; Kennedy, D. O.; Link, H. B. & Romischer, W. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barrier Pillars in Wyoming Basin, Northern Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Barrier Pillars in Wyoming Basin, Northern Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

From Introduction: "The purpose of this report is to furnish factual data on barrier pillars that enter into the water problem of the Wyoming Basin; these data will, in turn, be helpful in solving the anthracite-mine-water problem of the Northern field."
Date: 1954
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beneficiation of Iron-Copper Ores from Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (open access)

Beneficiation of Iron-Copper Ores from Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the beneficiation of iron-copper ores. As stated in the summary, "this report summarizes the results of laboratory testing of copper-bearing magnetite ore from the Poorman, Rush and Brown, and Copper Center deposits, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1957
Creator: Wells, R. R.; Erspamer, E. G. & Sterling, F. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beryl Resources of the Black Hills of South Dakota (open access)

Beryl Resources of the Black Hills of South Dakota

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the beryl deposits in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota. The properties and quantity of the beryl samples were evaluated. Maps, illustrations, and tables are included in the report.
Date: March 1952
Creator: Tullis, Edward L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bibliography of Bureau of Mines Health and Safety Publications: January 1947-June 1955 (open access)

Bibliography of Bureau of Mines Health and Safety Publications: January 1947-June 1955

From Introduction: "While the basic purpose of this bulletin is to describe health and safety reports for the period January 1947 through 1955, a selected number of earlier publications that are believed pertinent for reference purposes are included."
Date: 1956
Creator: Humphrey, H. B. & Stratton, Hazel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library