Development and Production History on the Salt Flat and Other Fault Fields of East Central Texas (open access)

Development and Production History on the Salt Flat and Other Fault Fields of East Central Texas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the Salt Flat fields in East Central Texas. As stated in the introduction, "this report deals with the development and production history of the Salt Flat field and gives comparative data on five outstanding fault fields. Two of these fields are producing from limestone and three from sandstone reservoirs" (p. 2-3). This report includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: March 1931
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn; Bauserman, E. V. H. & Carpenter, C. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in November, 1930 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in November, 1930

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the fatalities of coal miners in November, 1930. The common causes of death, and the location of the mines that the fatalities occurred in are listed. This report includes tables.
Date: December 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in December, 1930 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in December, 1930

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths during December, 1930. The number of fatalities and the causes are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: January 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in January, 1931 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in January, 1931

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths during the month of January, 1931. The number of fatalities and their causes are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: February 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in February, 1931 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in February, 1931

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths during the month of February, 1931. The number of fatalities and the causes of each are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: March 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in March, 1931 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in March, 1931

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths that occurred during the month of March, 1931. The number of fatalities and their causes are listed. This report includes tables.
Date: April 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in April, 1931 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in April, 1931

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths during the month of April, 1931. The number of fatalities and the causes are presented. This report includes tables and graphs.
Date: May 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in May, 1931 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in May, 1931

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths that occurred during the month of May, 1931. The number of fatalities and their causes are presented. This report includes tables and graphs.
Date: June 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in June, 1931 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in June, 1931

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths that occurred during the month of June, 1931. The number of fatalities and the causes of each are presented. This report includes tables and a graph.
Date: July 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Influencing Flow of Natural Gas Through High-Pressure Transmission Lines (open access)

Factors Influencing Flow of Natural Gas Through High-Pressure Transmission Lines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the effects of different operating conditions on high-pressure natural gas pipelines. Analysis of past and current studies on natural gas transmission are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and an illustration.
Date: December 1931
Creator: Berwald, W. B. & Johnson, T. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accident Experience and Cost of Accidents in Washington Coal Mines (open access)

Accident Experience and Cost of Accidents in Washington Coal Mines

Report containing tables detailing cost of mining accidents in Washington state in comparison with other states.
Date: November 1931
Creator: Ash, S. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1929 (open access)

Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1929

Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatalities in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1931
Creator: Adams, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1929 (open access)

Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1929

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date: 1931
Creator: Adams, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods and Apparatus Used in Determining the Gas, Coke, and By-Product Making Properties of American Coals: with Results on a Taggart-Bed Coal from Roda, Wise County, Virginia (open access)

Methods and Apparatus Used in Determining the Gas, Coke, and By-Product Making Properties of American Coals: with Results on a Taggart-Bed Coal from Roda, Wise County, Virginia

From Introduction: "The results of this preliminary investigation, which were reported to the association at the 1928 convention, indicated, first, that fundamental information on the mechanism of carbonization throughout the entire range from low to high temperature coking is desired and, second, that a uniform basis upon which to compare the carbonizing properties of different coals should be developed."
Date: 1931
Creator: Fieldner, A. C.; Davis, J. D.; Thiessen, R.; Kester, E. B. & Selvig, W. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concrete Stoppings in Coal Mines for Resisting Explosions: Detailed Tests of Typical Stoppings and Strength of Coal as a Buttress (open access)

Concrete Stoppings in Coal Mines for Resisting Explosions: Detailed Tests of Typical Stoppings and Strength of Coal as a Buttress

From Forward: "This paper gives the details of tests to determine the design of stoppings capable of withstanding a pressure, applied to either side, of 50 pounds per square inch, as required by section 104 (a) of the Operating Regulations to Govern Coal-Mining Methods on Leased Lands on the Public Domain, issued in 1921 and quoted on page 3."
Date: 1931
Creator: Rice, George S.; Greenwald, H. P.; Howarth, H. C. & Avins, S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical Testing of Explosives at the Bureau of Mines Explosives Experiment Station, Bruceton, Pennsylvania (open access)

Physical Testing of Explosives at the Bureau of Mines Explosives Experiment Station, Bruceton, Pennsylvania

From Introduction: "The methods of making the physical tests of explosives recorded here are based upon the results of more than 20 years of experience of the staff of the explosives division of the Bureau of Mines at the Pittsburgh testing station and at its successor, the Explosives Experiment Station, Bruceton, Pa. The methods are described in unusual detail to permit repetition that will duplicate, as nearly as possible, the precise manner in which they have been performed in the past and to reduce differences in technique to a minimum."
Date: 1931
Creator: Munroe, Charles E. & Tiffany, J. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quicksilver (open access)

Quicksilver

From Introduction: "Material for this report was gathered during the last quarter of 1928 and the first quarter of 1929, when the author visited the quick-silver-producing districts of California, Nevada, Texas, Oregon, Washington and Arizona to view the progress made in recent years and gather material for a comprehensive study of the present-day quicksilver industry of the United States."
Date: 1931
Creator: Schuette, C. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agglutinating, Coking, and By-Product Tests of Coals From Pierce County, Washington (open access)

Agglutinating, Coking, and By-Product Tests of Coals From Pierce County, Washington

Report discussing testing of coals in Pierce County, Washington. The investigation had three parts: a geological survey of the coal property, washing and crushing tests of the coals, and coking and by-product tests.
Date: 1931
Creator: Marshall, S. M. & Bird, B. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jigging, Classification, Tabling, and Flotation Tests of Coals Presenting Difficult Washing Problems, with Particular Reference to Coals from Pierce County, Washington (open access)

Jigging, Classification, Tabling, and Flotation Tests of Coals Presenting Difficult Washing Problems, with Particular Reference to Coals from Pierce County, Washington

From Content and Arrangement of Report: "For the convenience of the reader the bulletin has been divided into two parts. Part I describes the investigation and summarizes the most important results. Part II gives the detailed data of the best of the washing tests by each process."
Date: 1931
Creator: Bird, B. M. & Marshall, S. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1929 (open access)

Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1929

Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines which is a compilation of accidents in quarries located in the United States with data regarding the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (e.g., number of men employed, kinds of quarries, amount of work performed, etc.).
Date: 1931
Creator: Adams, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Explosives Accidents in the Anthracite Mines of Pennsylvania: 1923-1927 (open access)

Explosives Accidents in the Anthracite Mines of Pennsylvania: 1923-1927

From Basis and Purpose of Report: "This report constitutes a large-size sample of these causes as taken from the Pennsylvania Department of Mine records. This report should therefore be a valuable experience record for all those who seek to prevent accidents with explosives, especially to all users of explosives."
Date: 1931
Creator: Howell, S. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method and Cost of Dredging Sand and Gravel by the Ohio River Sand Co., Louisville, Kentucky (open access)

Method and Cost of Dredging Sand and Gravel by the Ohio River Sand Co., Louisville, Kentucky

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing dredging methods of used by the Ohio River Sand Company. The different methods and costs used to recover gravel and sand are described. This report includes tables and illustrations.
Date: January 1931
Creator: Duffy, J. Hamilton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines (open access)

Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mine stations and safety cars used to reach miners in distress. As stated in the report, "the purpose, equipment, personnel, and construction of its safety cars" is presented. This report includes an illustration, and a map.
Date: March 1931
Creator: Forbes, J. J. & Ankeny, M. J.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library