The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Oregon (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Oregon

Report documenting the suitability of Oregon for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: May 28, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Maryland (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Maryland

Report documenting the suitability of Maryland for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: May 7, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Kansas (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Kansas

Report documenting the suitability of Kansas for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: May 14, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Illinois, Volume 2 - Exhibits and Appendices (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Illinois, Volume 2 - Exhibits and Appendices

The second volume of a report documenting the suitability of Illinois for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials.
Date: May 28, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Illinois, Volume 1 - Text (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Illinois, Volume 1 - Text

Report documenting the suitability of Illinois for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials such as coal, natural gas, and oil shales.
Date: May 28, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Arkansas (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Arkansas

Report documenting the suitability of Arkansas for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials such as coal, natural gas, oil shale, and oil-impregnated strippable deposits.
Date: May 21, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ocher and Ochery Earths (open access)

Ocher and Ochery Earths

Report about ocher or ochery earth, "a natural mineral pigment composed largely of clay permeated with hydrated iron (ferric oxide)" (p. 2). It includes information about the uses of choer, substitutes, artificial ocher, mining and local deposits, import and export of ocher, and related information.
Date: May 1929
Creator: Santmyers, R. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leaching Nonsulphide Copper Ores with Sulphur Dioxide (open access)

Leaching Nonsulphide Copper Ores with Sulphur Dioxide

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the sulfurous acid leaching of the Southwest experiment station. Operations and analyses of the experiment station are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1923
Creator: Van Barneveld, Charles E. & Leaver, Edmund S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accident Experience: Iron-Ore Mines, Lake Superior District, 1940-43 (open access)

Accident Experience: Iron-Ore Mines, Lake Superior District, 1940-43

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the iron-ore mining accident experience in the Lake Superior District. Frequency and severity rates of accidents between 1940 and 1943 are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Cash, Frank E. & Larsen, Reuben D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona: Supplement to Information Circular 7706 (open access)

Chrysotile-Asbestos Deposits of Arizona: Supplement to Information Circular 7706

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing asbestos mining and production in Arizona. As a supplement to a previous report, 18 additional Arizona mining districts are presented and described. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Stewart, Lincoln A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining and Water-Control Methods at the Chief Lead-Zinc Mine, Chief Consolidated Mining Co., Juab County, Utah (open access)

Mining and Water-Control Methods at the Chief Lead-Zinc Mine, Chief Consolidated Mining Co., Juab County, Utah

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing water-control issues at the Chief Mine in Juab County, Utah. Unique methods for water control are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Young, W. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Names and Definitions of Regions, Districts, and Subdistricts in Alaska: Used by the Bureau of Mines in Statistical and Economic Studies Covering the Mineral Industry of the Territory (open access)

Names and Definitions of Regions, Districts, and Subdistricts in Alaska: Used by the Bureau of Mines in Statistical and Economic Studies Covering the Mineral Industry of the Territory

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the development of a naming system for Alaskan regions and districts. The structure of the naming system and a description of each district are presented. This report includes maps.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Ransome, Alfred L. & Kerns, William H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedure of the Purchasing and Supply Departments of the Miami Copper Company, Miami, Arizona (open access)

Procedure of the Purchasing and Supply Departments of the Miami Copper Company, Miami, Arizona

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the purchasing procedures documented by the Miami Copper Company in Arizona. Supplies, invoices, discounts, and accounting procedures are described in detail. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: May 1932
Creator: Bishop, Fred L. & Keller, Albert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Study of the Seminole Area, Seminole and Pottawatomie Counties, Oklahoma (open access)

Engineering Study of the Seminole Area, Seminole and Pottawatomie Counties, Oklahoma

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over engineering studies conducted on Oklahoma oil fields. The results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1930
Creator: Brandenthaler, R. R.; Morris, W. S. & Bopp, C. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Early Operations of the Hydrogenation Demonstration Plant, Using Rock Springs, Wyoming Coal (open access)

Early Operations of the Hydrogenation Demonstration Plant, Using Rock Springs, Wyoming Coal

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on a coal-hydrogenation demonstration plant. The early operations of the demonstration plant are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Clarke, Edwin A.; Chaffee, C. C. & Hirst, L. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safe Mechanical Equipment for Use in Shaft Sinking (open access)

Safe Mechanical Equipment for Use in Shaft Sinking

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over shaft sinking safety. Safe mechanical equipment and procedures are discussed. This paper includes illustrations.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Kudlich, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suggestions for Improved Methods of Mining Coal on Indian Lands in Oklahoma (open access)

Suggestions for Improved Methods of Mining Coal on Indian Lands in Oklahoma

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of Oklahoma coal mines. As stated in the introduction, "this report describes the systems of mining used, points out their defects, and presents suggestions for improved methods, more especially as regards the applicability of different modifications of the panel system to mining coal in Oklahoma" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: May 1918
Creator: Rutledge, J. J. & Harrington, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Motor Gasoline Properties, Laboratory Methods of Testing, and Practical Specifications (open access)

Motor Gasoline Properties, Laboratory Methods of Testing, and Practical Specifications

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on motor gasoline. The methods, properties, and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables and an illustration.
Date: May 1917
Creator: Dean, E. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields (open access)

Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of waste in oil and gas fields in the mid-continent area. As stated in the introduction, this report "describes the general amounts and kinds of waste, and attempts to show the importance of conserving these natural resources" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1914
Creator: Blatchley, Raymond S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applicability of Radio to Emergency Mine Communications: Progress Report, September 1946 to November 1947 (open access)

Applicability of Radio to Emergency Mine Communications: Progress Report, September 1946 to November 1947

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the progress made in emergency mine communications. The results of testing done on low-frequency radio communication are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1948
Creator: Felegy, E. W. & Coggeshall, E. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves and the Preparation and Carbonizing Properties of Coking Coal in Overton County, Tennessee (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves and the Preparation and Carbonizing Properties of Coking Coal in Overton County, Tennessee

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking coal reserves of Overton County, Tennessee. Testing to determine suitability for producing metallurgical coke is also presented. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Williams, Lloyd; Abernethy, R. F.; Gandrud, B. W.; Reynolds, D. A. & Wolfson, D. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Developments in Water Flooding in Nowata County, Oklahoma: Oil Fields, 1954-55 (open access)

Recent Developments in Water Flooding in Nowata County, Oklahoma: Oil Fields, 1954-55

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over development of systematic flooding in oil field reservoirs. As stated in the introduction, "this report presents a discussion of four full-scale water-flooding projects in the Delaware-Childers field and 1 pilot project in the Curl Creek field" (p. 1). This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Eakin, J. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laboratory and Full-Scale Sulfur Elimination Tests on Coal from Pratt Bed, Alabama (open access)

Laboratory and Full-Scale Sulfur Elimination Tests on Coal from Pratt Bed, Alabama

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the Pratt coal bed in Alabama. The report details "washability studies of coal from beds in Alabama and other southern states in which commercially important deposits occur" (p. 1). This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Perry, R. E.; Gandrud, B. W.; Riley, H. L.; Gayle, J. B. & Eddy, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secondary-Recovery Potentialities of the Buckrange Reservoir, Stephens Oilfield, Columbia, Nevada, and Ouachita Counties, Arkansas (open access)

Secondary-Recovery Potentialities of the Buckrange Reservoir, Stephens Oilfield, Columbia, Nevada, and Ouachita Counties, Arkansas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies conducted on Stephens Oilfield in Arkansas. The production history, and geology of the oilfield are discussed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Meadows, Paul & Hawkins, Murphy E.
System: The UNT Digital Library