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
Mining and Milling of Lead and Zinc Ores in the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Zinc District (open access)

Mining and Milling of Lead and Zinc Ores in the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Zinc District

From Introduction: "This report of investigations carried on by the Bureau of Mines gives the methods used in mining and milling and indicates in some detail the conditions that affect the efficiency of those methods; it does not attempt to discuss the geology of the district, except incidentally, as this has been described in numerous reports by several geologists."
Date: 1918
Creator: Wright, Clarence A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Innovations in the Metallurgy of Lead (open access)

Innovations in the Metallurgy of Lead

From Introduction: "The data reported in this bulletin are largely the result of experiments conducted by the Salt Lake City station of the Bureau of Mines in cooperation with the department of metallurgical research of the University of Utah. The work on the lead is the only one of the phases of the investigations carried on at that station during the years 1914 to 1916."
Date: 1918
Creator: Lyon, Dorsey A. & Ralston, Oliver C.
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
California Mining Statutes Annotated (open access)

California Mining Statutes Annotated

From Preface: "The purpose of such publication is to point out the laws and regulations best adapted to increase safety and efficiency in the mineral industry of the United States and to aid legislative bodies in framing uniform mining laws. The State of California, by reason of its historic interest in mining and by reason of its great extent of mineral land and its vast mineral deposits, has been selected for the first bulletin of the of the State series. This bulletin is submitted to the miners and operators and all persons interested in the mining exterprises in California and in those of other States in the hope that it will be accorded the same generous reception as was given Bulletin 94."
Date: 1918
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temperature-Viscosity Relations in the Ternary System CaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ (open access)

Temperature-Viscosity Relations in the Ternary System CaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on the relations of temperature-viscosity. The "observations on the temperature-viscosity relations of silicates" (p. 5) are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: April 1918
Creator: Feild, Alexander L. & Royster, P. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods of Shutting Off Water in Oil and Gas Wells (open access)

Methods of Shutting Off Water in Oil and Gas Wells

Report discussing methods of shutting off water in oil and gas wells in California, the Midwest, and the Gulf. Emphasis is on the methods used in California and suggestions for modifying California methods to make them applicable in other localities.
Date: October 1918
Creator: Tough, F. B.
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
Notes on the Black Sand Deposits of Southern Oregon and Northern California (open access)

Notes on the Black Sand Deposits of Southern Oregon and Northern California

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the black sands of Oregon and California. The history, and character of the deposits are presented. This paper includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1918
Creator: Hornor, R. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library