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Analyses of Alaska Coals (open access)

Analyses of Alaska Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the coal fields of Alaska. Analyses of the Alaskan coal fields are presented in detail. This report includes tables, and a map.
Date: 1946
Creator: Gates, George O. & Fieldner, Arno Carl
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon Coals (open access)

Analyses of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon Coals

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over analyses of coals from many western states. The characteristics of the coals found in each state are discussed in detail. This paper includes tables, and maps.
Date: 1947
Creator: Andrews, David A.; Hendricks, Thomas A. & Huddle, John W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Kentucky Coals (open access)

Analyses of Kentucky Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing analyses of the Eastern and Western coal fields in Kentucky. The two coal fields are described in detail. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1944
Creator: McFarlan, Arthur C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas Coals (open access)

Analyses of Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the lignite and bituminous coal fields of Michigan, Texas, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Analyses of the varying regional coal fields are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1948
Creator: Andrews, David A. & Huddle, John W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Pennsylvania Anthracitic Coals (open access)

Analyses of Pennsylvania Anthracitic Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania. History, geology, and mining methods of the anthracite fields are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and maps.
Date: 1944
Creator: Ashley, George H.; Toenges, Albert L.; McElroy, G. E.; Siclen, M. Van; Buch, J. W.; Snyder, N. H. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Virginia Coals (open access)

Analyses of Virginia Coals

Report containing several articles discussing coal in the state of Virginia. These articles cover geographic deposition of coal, coal production, mining methods, and analyses of coal samples. Index begins on page 71.
Date: 1926
Creator: Eby, J. Brian, (James Brian), 1896-; Campbell, Marius Robinson, 1858-1940; Paul, J. W.; Fieldner, Arno Carl, 1881-1966; Cooper, Harry Mac, 1882-; Osgood, F. D., 1888-1935 et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Washington Coals: Supplement to Technical Paper 491 (open access)

Analyses of Washington Coals: Supplement to Technical Paper 491

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the technological advances made in the mining industry between 1931 and 1941. Mechanized methods for mining operations are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and a map.
Date: 1941
Creator: Yancey, H. F. & Geer, M. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of West Virginia Coals (open access)

Analyses of West Virginia Coals

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of West Virginia coal fields. Characteristics of coals and mines are discussed. This paper includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1942
Creator: Price, Paul H.; Heck, E. T.; Fieldner, Arno Carl; Toenges, Albert L.; Anderson, R. L.; Snyder, N. H. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Approximate Quantitative Microscopy of Pulverized Ores, Including the Use of the Camera Lucida (open access)

Approximate Quantitative Microscopy of Pulverized Ores, Including the Use of the Camera Lucida

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over microscopy of pulverized ores. As stated in the introduction, "this paper, which deals with the study of pulverized ores and the use of the camera lucida in such work, discusses an investigation undertaken at the Seattle and the Golden mining experiment stations of the Bureau of Mines" (p. 3). This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: October 1919
Creator: Coghill, Will H. & Bonardi, J. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bowie-Gavin Process: Its Application to the Cracking of Tars and Heavy Oils, Also to the Recovery of Oil from Oil-Soaked Sands or Shales, or from Oil Shales (open access)

The Bowie-Gavin Process: Its Application to the Cracking of Tars and Heavy Oils, Also to the Recovery of Oil from Oil-Soaked Sands or Shales, or from Oil Shales

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the Bowie-Gavin process. As stated in the introduction, "this paper describes a process and an apparatus designed to recover oil from such deposits" (p. 1). The results of experiments conducted using this process are discussed. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1926
Creator: Bowie, C. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Carbon Monoxide Recorder and Alarm (open access)

A Carbon Monoxide Recorder and Alarm

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the development of carbon monoxide alarms and recorders. Descriptions of the recording equipment are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1926
Creator: Katz, Sidney H.; Reynolds, D. A.; Frevert, H. W. & Bloomfield, J. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Change Houses in the Lake Superior Region (open access)

Change Houses in the Lake Superior Region

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over change and wash houses in the Lake Superior area. As stated in the introduction, "this paper, with a few exceptions, presents data acquired in a survey, made by the author, of change houses in the Lake Superior region. All buildings, equipment, and practices were studied with regard for the health and welfare of the miner" (p. 1). This paper includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: September 1923
Creator: Kindall, Cleve Edwin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Constituents of Coal Soluble in Phenol (open access)

The Constituents of Coal Soluble in Phenol

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the constituents of coal. As stated in the introduction, "this paper presents some results of an investigation of the nature of the chemical compounds that go to make up the complex material known as coal" (p. 5). This report includes tables and a chart.
Date: 1912
Creator: Frazer, J. C. W. & Hoffman, E. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Construction and Operation of a Single-Tube Cracking Furnace for Making Gasoline (open access)

Construction and Operation of a Single-Tube Cracking Furnace for Making Gasoline

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the construction of cracking furnaces for gasoline production. Descriptions of the equipment used for construction are presented and discussed. This paper includes photographs.
Date: July 1915
Creator: Bowie, C. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cost Keeping for Small Metal Mines (open access)

Cost Keeping for Small Metal Mines

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the accounting for small metal mines. As stated in the introduction, "this report outlines methods of cost keeping suitable for metal mines of small or moderate size and presents various forms and cost sheets that have been found useful in actual practice" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: February 1919
Creator: Pickering, J. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crater Wells, Richland Gas Field, Louisiana (open access)

Crater Wells, Richland Gas Field, Louisiana

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over "the history of the craters in the Richland gas field. The data have been collected at various times over a period of four years. The equipment and methods of control are discussed, and photographs show the surface conditions at various intervals in the life of the craters" (p. 1). This paper includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1932
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development, Mining, and Handling of Ore in Folded and Faulted Areas, Red Iron Mines, Birmingham District, Alabama (open access)

Development, Mining, and Handling of Ore in Folded and Faulted Areas, Red Iron Mines, Birmingham District, Alabama

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over mining of red iron ores in Birmingham, Alabama. As stated in the introduction, "the present paper deals more specifically with the development and handling of ore as affected by folds and faults in the ore bed, and considers changes that may be desirable or necessary in future mining practices" (p. 2). This paper includes illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1927
Creator: Crane, W. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Directions for Sampling Coal for Shipment or Delivery (open access)

Directions for Sampling Coal for Shipment or Delivery

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines with instructions for coal sampling for shipment. As stated in the introduction, "this paper deals with the sampling of coal after it has been mined" (p. 5). This paper includes illustrations.
Date: June 1917
Creator: Pope, George S.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dust Respirators: Their Construction and Filtering Efficiency (open access)

Dust Respirators: Their Construction and Filtering Efficiency

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on dust respirators. The development and efficiency of the respirators are discussed. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1926
Creator: Katz, Sidney H.; Smith, G. W. & Meiter, E. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Efficiencies in the Use of Bituminous Coking Coal as Water-Gas Generator Fuel (open access)

Efficiencies in the Use of Bituminous Coking Coal as Water-Gas Generator Fuel

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the use of coking coal as a generator fuel. The results of using coking coal as fuel are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Odell, W. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engine Service Tests of Internal-Combustion Engine Lubricating Oils Made from California Crude Petroleum (open access)

Engine Service Tests of Internal-Combustion Engine Lubricating Oils Made from California Crude Petroleum

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over testing conducted on lubricating oils on internal-combustion engines. Results of the tests conducted are presented. This paper includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1926
Creator: Gavin, Martin Joseph & Wade, Gustav
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Report of Cotton Valley Field, Webster Parish, Louisiana (open access)

Engineering Report of Cotton Valley Field, Webster Parish, Louisiana

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over an engineering study of the Cotton Valley oil field. The history, geology, development, and production of the field are discussed. This paper includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1931
Creator: Ross, J. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments in the Use of Back Pressures on Oil Wells (open access)

Experiments in the Use of Back Pressures on Oil Wells

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over experiments conducted on the back pressure of oil wells. The results of the experiments are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: September 1924
Creator: Swigart, T. E. & Bopp, C. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiments in Underground Communication Through Earth Strata (open access)

Experiments in Underground Communication Through Earth Strata

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies in mine safety and communication. The methods and equipment used in the studies are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1928
Creator: Ilsley, L. C.; Freeman, H. B. & Zellers, D. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library