Bauxite: Float-and-Sink Fractionations and Flotation Experiments (open access)

Bauxite: Float-and-Sink Fractionations and Flotation Experiments

From Introduction: "This report presents the results of an investigation of the physical properties and characteristics of bauxite, with special reference to the possibility of applying commercial methods of concentration to low-grade bauxite."
Date: 1929
Creator: Gandrud, B. W. & De Vaney, Fred D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves and the Preparation Characteristics of Coking Coal in Hamilton County, Tennessee (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves and the Preparation Characteristics of Coking Coal in Hamilton County, Tennessee

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking coal reserves of Hamilton County, Tennessee. Testing to determine suitability for producing metallurgical coke is also presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: October 1956
Creator: Hershey, Robert E.; Williams, Lloyd; Crentz, William L. & Miller, James W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cylinder for Cotton-Gins (open access)

Cylinder for Cotton-Gins

Patent for a cylinder for cotton gins that can have one disk removed for repair without taking apart the whole cylinder.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Fuller ,James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Winding Machine (open access)

Wire-Winding Machine

Patent for a wire winding machine for making well screens.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Eastham, Albert Lindsay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting Clamp for Well Casings (open access)

Lifting Clamp for Well Casings

Patent for a lifting clamp for well casings. It is designed to make the lifting of well casings easier and safer for those attaching the clamp to the lifting mechanism.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Kibele, Eugene
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Drum. (open access)

Hoisting Drum.

Patent for an invention that "relates to improvements in hoisting drums" (line 15-16). Structure, objective, and illustrations of hoisting drums are included.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Howard, Henry Fischer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Experimental Adit in the Chattanooga Shale (open access)

Experimental Adit in the Chattanooga Shale

Report discussing an Chattanooga shale adit for laboratory test samples of rock and gaining information regarding mining conditions.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Brown, Andrew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black Shale Investigations (Chattanooga) (open access)

Black Shale Investigations (Chattanooga)

Report discussing an investigation of radioactive Chattanooga black shale found in east central Tennessee.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Conant, Louis C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium in the Chattanooga Shale, Youngs Bend Area, Eastern Highland Rim, Tennessee (open access)

Uranium in the Chattanooga Shale, Youngs Bend Area, Eastern Highland Rim, Tennessee

The following report covers a diamond drilling project in December 1952 that was started in order to obtain geologic and mining information and samples of uranium-bearing Chattanooga shale in the Youngs Bend area, near Smithville, Tennessee. This report presents uranium content discovered within the mines.
Date: June 1955
Creator: Kehn, Thomas M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library