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
Cost Accounting for Oil Producers (open access)

Cost Accounting for Oil Producers

From Introduction: "The Bureau of Mines publishes this report in recognition of a distinct need for a simple treatise on accounting methods adapted to the peculiarities of the petroleum industry."
Date: 1917
Creator: Smith, Clarence G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining and Concentration of Carnotite Ores (open access)

Mining and Concentration of Carnotite Ores

From Preface: "Hence the authors have given detailed information in regard to many operations that might have given detailed information in regard to many operations that might receive little notice in an account of the mining of most metals, but the presentation of these facts in regard to carnotite is necessary because of their bearing on profitable mining and concentration, the utilization of low-grade ore, and the preservation of waste."
Date: 1917
Creator: Kithil, Karl L. & Davis, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: September to December, 1916 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: September to December, 1916

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: 1917
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods for Increasing the Recovery from Oil Sands (open access)

Methods for Increasing the Recovery from Oil Sands

From Introduction: "In this publication are considered the principles involved in increasing recovery and methods of extracting more oil from the oil-bearing formations than by usual ways of producing. These methods are: The use of gas or vacuum pumps. forcing compressed air or gas through the oil-bearing formations, displacing the oil by water, and better utilization of the natural pressures in the oil-bearing formations."
Date: 1917
Creator: Lewis, J. O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: January to April, 1917 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: January to April, 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: 1917
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: May to August, 1916 (open access)

Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: May to August, 1916

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: 1917
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sandstone Quarrying in the United States (open access)

Sandstone Quarrying in the United States

From Preface: "It is the aim of this bulletin to point out in a general way the location of workable sandstone deposits in the United States, and to outline the most efficient and economical methods of quarrying and preparing the rock for structural and other purposes."
Date: 1917
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extraction of Gasoline from Natural Gas by Absorption Methods (open access)

Extraction of Gasoline from Natural Gas by Absorption Methods

From Introduction: "This report deals with a method of extracting gasoline from natural gas by absorbing the gasoline in oil and subsequently separating it from the oil by distillation."
Date: 1917
Creator: Burrell, George A.; Biddison, P. M. & Oberfell, G. G.
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

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mining decisions made between May and August of 1917. Details of the decisions are presented and discussed.
Date: December 1917
Creator: Thompson, Joseph Wesley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Approved Electric Lamps for Miners (open access)

Approved Electric Lamps for Miners

From introduction: "The Bureau of Mines calls attention to the dangers of open-flame lamps in any coal mine."
Date: July 1917
Creator: Clark, H. H. & Ilsley, L. C.
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