Notes on Explosive Mine Gases and Dusts: With Special Reference to Explosions in the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi Coal Mines (open access)

Notes on Explosive Mine Gases and Dusts: With Special Reference to Explosions in the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi Coal Mines

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing coal mining gas and dust explosions, specifically those at the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi mines of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Studies on mine explosions, as well as methods and analyses are presented. This report includes tables, and an illustration.
Date: 1911
Creator: Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: May to August, 1917 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: May to August, 1917

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: December 1917
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium and Vanadium from Carnotite (open access)

Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium and Vanadium from Carnotite

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing extraction and recovery of different ores from carnotite. Equipment and methods for extraction are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1915
Creator: Parsons, Charles L.; Moore, R. B.; Lind, S. C. & Schaefer, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Mining Statutes Annotated: Part 2- Miscellaneous Mining Subjects (open access)

United States Mining Statutes Annotated: Part 2- Miscellaneous Mining Subjects

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mining statutes in the United States. Different laws are presented and discussed according to the state in which they apply.
Date: 1915
Creator: Thompson, Joseph Wesley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rock Quarrying for Cement Manufacture (open access)

Rock Quarrying for Cement Manufacture

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over rock quarries in the United States. As stated in the introduction, "the bulk of the report deals with quarrying methods and equipment, and gives special attention to drilling and blasting; a chapter on rock mining and one on prospecting are included" (p. 1). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 1918
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Stations of the Bureau of Mines (open access)

Experiment Stations of the Bureau of Mines

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the eleven experiment stations established near important mining fields. The work done by the stations are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1919
Creator: Manning, Van. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: January to May 1919 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: January to May 1919

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1919
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Minerals, Nitrogen Fixation and Sodium Cyanide (open access)

War Minerals, Nitrogen Fixation and Sodium Cyanide

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations conducted on common war minerals. Descriptions of the minerals and their uses are presented.
Date: 1919
Creator: Manning, Van. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Mine and Car Samples of Coal Collected in the Fiscal Years 1911 to 1913 (open access)

Analyses of Mine and Car Samples of Coal Collected in the Fiscal Years 1911 to 1913

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over analyses of coal samples collected from 1911 to 1913. The analyses and descriptions of the samples are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1914
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl; Smith, Howard I.; Fay, Albert H. & Sanford, Samuel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Methods of Utilizing Western Lignites (open access)

Economic Methods of Utilizing Western Lignites

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over western lignite. The economic use of these lignite deposits is discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1915
Creator: Babcock, E. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Mining Statutes Annotated: Part 1 - Sections and Statutes Relating to Metalliferous and Coal Mining (open access)

United States Mining Statutes Annotated: Part 1 - Sections and Statutes Relating to Metalliferous and Coal Mining

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the mining statutes for metalliferous and coal mining. The statutes are presented and discussed in detail.
Date: 1915
Creator: Thompson, Joseph Wesley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steaming Tests of Coals and Related Investigations: September 1, 1904, to December 31, 1908 (open access)

Steaming Tests of Coals and Related Investigations: September 1, 1904, to December 31, 1908

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on fuel-testing plants. The results of steaming tests on coals are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1912
Creator: Breckenridge, L. P.; Kreisinger, Henry & Ray, Walter T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydraulic Mine Filling: Its Use in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Fields, A Preliminary Report (open access)

Hydraulic Mine Filling: Its Use in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Fields, A Preliminary Report

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on hydraulic mine filling. The different uses of this type of mine filling are discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: April 1913
Creator: Enzian, Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: October, 1912 to March, 1913 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: October, 1912 to March, 1913

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. From the Preface: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (p. 9).
Date: 1913
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining and Treatment of Feldspar and Kaolin in the Southern Appalachian Region (open access)

Mining and Treatment of Feldspar and Kaolin in the Southern Appalachian Region

From Introduction: "The investigation here reported has to do only with the dikes of the southern Appalachian region, in which abundance of each mineral is as in the order given above."
Date: 1913
Creator: Watts, A. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: December, 1913, to September, 1914 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: December, 1913, to September, 1914

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1915
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: March to December, 1913 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: March to December, 1913

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1914
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Wells through Workable Coal Beds: Papers and Discussions (open access)

Oil and Gas Wells through Workable Coal Beds: Papers and Discussions

From Preface: "In carrying out such a policy with reference to the subject under consideration, the Bureau of Mines invited the State geologists, mine inspectors, and a number of coal operators and oil and gas well drillers from the States interested to meet representatives of the Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh, Pa., for a discussion of the subject during February 7 and February 8, 1913. This adjourned meeting of the conference will be held at an early date and its report will be printed in a later edition of this bulletin, with such additional suggestions as may be received by the Bureau of Mines. The bureau will be glad, therefore, to receive at the earliest practicable date any additional suggestions or any additional information throwing light on the matters discussed in this bulletin."
Date: 1913
Creator: Rice, George S. & Hood, O. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States (open access)

The Feldspars of the New England and North Appalachian States

From Introduction: "The investigations presented in this bulletin have been undertaken by the bureau with a view to a better understanding of the conditions which confront the producer of commercial feldspar and also with the object of determining wherein the various deposits of feldspar differ."
Date: 1916
Creator: Watts, A. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Decline and Ultimate Production of Oil Wells, with Notes on the Valuation of Oil Properties (open access)

The Decline and Ultimate Production of Oil Wells, with Notes on the Valuation of Oil Properties

From General Statement Purpose of the Report: "The present investigation was undertaken for the purpose of supplying some of the material so badly needed in the valuation and more efficient operation of oil properties. Because of the lack of time for further studies, the amount of data already accumulated and the policy of the Bureau of Mines of publishing as soon as possible any information that may be of use to an industry, the bulletin is issued now."
Date: 1919
Creator: Beal, Carl H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: September to December, 1918 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: September to December, 1918

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1919
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: September to December, 1917 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: September to December, 1917

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1918
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Illinois Mining Statutes Annotated (open access)

Illinois Mining Statutes Annotated

Report discussing Illinois mining statutes.
Date: 1919
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: May to September, 1918 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: May to September, 1918

Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1919
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library