Surface-Water Seepage into Anthracite Mines in the Southern Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Surface-Water Seepage into Anthracite Mines in the Southern Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

Scope of Report: "This report summarizes the engineering study conducted during 1953 by engineers of the Federal Bureau of Mines on seepage of surface water into mine workings underlying the Southern field drainage area."
Date: 1954
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889; Link, H. B. & Romischer, W. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: Progress Report for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1947 (open access)

Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: Progress Report for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1947

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the progress made on flood prevention in anthracite mines. As stated in the report, "the broad objective of the investigative work was to obtain factual data on: 1. anthracite reserves of Pennsylvania, 2. underground water pools, 3. barrier pillars, 4. the "buried valley" of the Susquehanna River, and 5. infiltration of surface water into underground mine workings" (p. 4). This report includes tables, graphs, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: April 1948
Creator: Ash, S. H.; Cassap, W. E.; Eaton, W. L.; Hughes, Karl; Romischer, W. M. & Westfield, James
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: Progress Report for 1945 (open access)

Flood-Prevention Projects at Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines: Progress Report for 1945

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on flood-prevention developed for mine systems. A history of flood prevention procedures as well as updated flood-prevention is presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Ash, S. H.; Cassap, W. E.; Westfield, James; Eaton, W. L.; Romischer, W. M.; Podgorski, E. J. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosive and Erosive Effects of Acid Mine Waters on Metals and Alloys for Mine Pumping Equipment and Drainage Facilities: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Corrosive and Erosive Effects of Acid Mine Waters on Metals and Alloys for Mine Pumping Equipment and Drainage Facilities: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

From Summary: "This report presents data on the corrosive and erosive effects of acid mine waters in the anthracite region on metals and alloys for pumping equipment and drainage facilities necessary to remove or control this water. This report is based on field tests conducted cooperatively by the Armco Steel Corp. and the Federal Bureau of Mines from January 1953 to June 1954 to determine the most suitable materials for constructing pumping equipment designed to handle these acid mine waters."
Date: 1955
Creator: Ash, S. H.; Dierks, H. A.; Felegy, E. W.; Huston, K. M.; Kennedy, D. O.; Miller, P. S. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Pools in Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines (open access)

Water Pools in Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing water pools that accumulate in Pennsylvania anthracite mines. Factors that lead to underground water pools, and methods for water drainage are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1949
Creator: Ash, S. H.; Eaton, W. L.; Hughes, Karl; Romischer, W. M. & Westfield, J.
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
Mining of Thin Coal Beds in the Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania (open access)

Mining of Thin Coal Beds in the Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on thin coal beds of the anthracite region in Pennsylvania. Results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1927
Creator: Ashmead, Dever C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Manufacture of Gasolene. (open access)

Manufacture of Gasolene.

Patent for the manufacture of gasoline. The product is used as a fuel for internal combustion engines.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Bacon, Raymond F.; Brooks, Benjamin T. & Clark, Clinton W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Mined Sulfur. (open access)

Treatment of Mined Sulfur.

Patent for a method to improve the free burning properties of mined sulfur by carbonizing the oil and eliminating carbon.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Bacon, Raymond Foss, 1880-1954.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Mined Sulfur. (open access)

Treatment of Mined Sulfur.

Patent for heating sulfur under appropriate conditions in order to carbonized oil contained within, allowing stationary sulfur to burn without difficulty or interference from carbon.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Bacon, Raymond Foss, 1880-1954.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farmers' Reading Courses (open access)

Farmers' Reading Courses

Report discussing the main features of the farmers' reading courses that have become popular in several states through agricultural colleges and experiment stations. The reading courses are designed to provide farmers with a systematic approach to their work through the study of a scientifically sound and accessible textbook curriculum.
Date: 1900
Creator: Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey (open access)

Scranton Quadrangle, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey

Discussing the evaluation made of the Scranton Quadrangle for environments favorable for uranium
Date: November 1980
Creator: Baillieul, Thomas A.; Indelicato, Gregory J. & Penley, H. Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Power for Pittsburgh : Final Report of Walter Kidde Nuclear Laboratories, Inc. on Duquesne-Kidde Nuclear Power Study (open access)

Nuclear Power for Pittsburgh : Final Report of Walter Kidde Nuclear Laboratories, Inc. on Duquesne-Kidde Nuclear Power Study

From foreword: The objective of this study is to determine the practical and economic use of nuclear for the production of electric power in the Pittsburgh district.
Date: November 10, 1955
Creator: Barker, James J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bacterial Water-Quality of Tulpehocken Creek Basin, Berks and Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania (open access)

Bacterial Water-Quality of Tulpehocken Creek Basin, Berks and Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania

This report presents the findings of a four month study designed to determine "the bacterial quality of the water in the Tulpehocken Creek basin." It includes maps and tables.
Date: April 1978
Creator: Barker, James L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water-Quality Assessment of Francis E. Walter Reservoir, Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania (open access)

Water-Quality Assessment of Francis E. Walter Reservoir, Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania

Objectives and scope: The principal objectives of this study were to assess the past and current water quality of the impoundment, its major tributaries, and its discharge, and to address the environmental impact of raised pool levels. Data collection was directed toward documenting the temporal and spatial variations in physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the water, to estimate annual nutrient and suspended sediment loading, and to determine the algal biomass, dominant genera, algal growth potential, and limiting nutrient.
Date: June 1983
Creator: Barker, James L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water-Quality Study of Tulpehocken Creek, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Prior to Impoundment of Blue Marsh Lake (open access)

Water-Quality Study of Tulpehocken Creek, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Prior to Impoundment of Blue Marsh Lake

From introduction: This report is limited to the presentation and discussion of chemical, physical, and bacteriological data collected within Tulpehocken Creek basin before April 1975.
Date: September 1977
Creator: Barker, James L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Limnological Survey of Sacony Creek Basin, Berks County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Limnological Survey of Sacony Creek Basin, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Samples of water, fish, and benthic macroinvertebrates collected at 10 sampling stations over a 10-month period indicate that Sacony Creek and its major tributaries possess water of good to excellent quality. No excessive quantities of dissolved nutrients, oxidizable matter, or fecal coliform bacteria were detected. Fish inhabitants include a sizable wild trout population in the upper Sacony basin and a diverse warm-water population, dominated by white suckers (Catostomus commersoni), in the lower basin. A population of 590 trout or 119 pounds per acre (133 kilograms per square hectometer) was estimated for good habitat in the upper basin. A maximum standing crop of 558 pounds per acre (626 kilograms per square hectometer) was measured at' one of the more productive reaches. Benthic macroinvertebrate collections tended to support the water chemistry and fish population studies. Diversity (d) and Redundancy (r) ranged from 2.44 to 3.46 and 0.14 to 0.38, respectively. Such diversity and redundancy values indicate good quality water at all stations.
Date: August 1976
Creator: Barker, James L. & Kulp, Kenneth P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ancient Volcanic Rocks of South Mountain, Pennsylvania (open access)

The Ancient Volcanic Rocks of South Mountain, Pennsylvania

From introduction: In December, 1892, as the result of field work on the part of Dr. G. H. Williams in the northern and of the writer in the southern portion of South Mountain, there appeared a preliminary description of two of the rock types, in which their identification as ancient volcanics was announced. In this bulletin it is proposed to substantiate that identification with more detailed proof. It is further proposed to show that these ancient igneous rocks were, at the time of their consolidation, identical in character with their recent volcanic analogues, and that their present differences are due to subsequent changes, chief among which has been devitrification. It is also proposed to recognize these facts in the nomenclature.
Date: 1896
Creator: Bascom, Florence
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pennsylvania Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized (open access)

Pennsylvania Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and three territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. This report focuses on the state of Pennsylvania.
Date: March 23, 2004
Creator: Bea, Keith; Runyon, L. Cheryl & Warnock, Kae M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stream Reconnaissance for Nutrients and Other Water-Quality Parameters, Greater Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania (open access)

Stream Reconnaissance for Nutrients and Other Water-Quality Parameters, Greater Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania

Abstract: Eighty-five stream sites in and near the six-county Greater Pittsburgh Region were sampled in mid-June 1971 and again in mid-October 1972. Concentrations of inorganic nitrogen, organic carbon, or phosphorus were high enough to indicate potential problems at about a quarter of the sampling sites. Temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pH values indicated a generally favorable capacity for recovery from degradation, although a number of streams east of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers are marginal or lacking. Regionally, sulfate is the dominant ion and was observed in concentrations of 40 milligrams per liter or more at 90 percent of the sites. Bicarbonate exceeded 100 milligrams per liter at 22 sites. A moderate to high degree of mineralization is indicated by conductance readings of more than 500 micromhos per centimeter at half of the sampling sites.
Date: February 1975
Creator: Beall, Robert M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metallurgical Coke (open access)

Metallurgical Coke

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on metallurgical coke. As stated in the introduction, "in this paper the attempt is made to summarize the history of coke making in the United States, to indicate the development of different methods and the modern types of ovens, and to point out the composition and physical properties of the metallurgical cokes produced in this country" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: September 1913
Creator: Belden, A. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: Wilmington National Topographic Map, Delaware/Maryland/New Jersey/Pennsylvania (open access)

Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: Wilmington National Topographic Map, Delaware/Maryland/New Jersey/Pennsylvania

From abstract: "The results of analyses of the airborne gamma radiation and total magnetic field survey flown for the region identified as the Wilmington National Topographic Maps, numbered NJ18-2 is presented in this report."
Date: 1980
Creator: Bendix Field Engineering Corporation
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Wilmington Quadrangle: Average Record Data Listings]

Average record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Wilmington Quadrangle in New England.
Date: 1980
Creator: Bendix Field Engineering Corporation
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Wilmington Quadrangle: Single Record Data Listings]

Single record data listings taken during aerial gamma-ray and magnetic surveys of the Wilmington Quadrangle in New England.
Date: 1980
Creator: Bendix Field Engineering Corporation
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library