Comparative Yields of Light Oil, Tar, and Constituents from Carbonization Tests at 800 Degrees, 900 Degrees, and 1,000 Degrees Celsius (open access)

Comparative Yields of Light Oil, Tar, and Constituents from Carbonization Tests at 800 Degrees, 900 Degrees, and 1,000 Degrees Celsius

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on testing done on a variety of American coals collected from 32 coal beds across the country. The carbonizing properties of samples tested at 3 different temperatures are presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Holmes, C. R.; Wilson, J. E. & Davis, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Raleigh County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Raleigh County, West Virginia

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to evaluate the known estimates of coking coal in Raleigh County, West Virginia. The investigation discusses the properties of coal and coal blends found in this region. This report contains tables, and maps.
Date: June 1952
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Toenges, Albert L.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum-Engineering Study of Gas Injection in the Cabin Creek Field, Kanawha and Boone Counties, West Virginia (open access)

Petroleum-Engineering Study of Gas Injection in the Cabin Creek Field, Kanawha and Boone Counties, West Virginia

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the study of oil recovery through gas-injection techniques. The report discusses these secondary oil recovery methods in Cabin Creek field in West Virginia. This report contains maps and tables.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Magee, Joe N. & Taylor, Sam S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Mingo County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Mingo County, West Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Mingo County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Tavenner, William H.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Mercer County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Mercer County, West Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Mercer County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: September 1954
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Tavenner, William H.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Brooke County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Brooke County, West Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Brooke County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Travis, Raymond G.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Ohio County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Ohio County, West Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Ohio County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Marshall County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Marshall County, West Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Marshall County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: April 1956
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Monongalia County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Monongalia County, West Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Monongalia County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Travis, Raymond G.; Dowd, James J.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of West Virginia (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of West Virginia

Report documenting the suitability of West Virginia for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: January 31, 1952
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Explosive Mine Gases and Dusts: With Special Reference to Explosions in the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi Coal Mines (open access)

Notes on Explosive Mine Gases and Dusts: With Special Reference to Explosions in the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi Coal Mines

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing coal mining gas and dust explosions, specifically those at the Monongah, Darr, and Naomi mines of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Studies on mine explosions, as well as methods and analyses are presented. This report includes tables, and an illustration.
Date: 1911
Creator: Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Temperature Carbonization Assays of North American Coals (open access)

Low-Temperature Carbonization Assays of North American Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on low-temperature carbonization of coal. Methods and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1957
Creator: Selvig, W. A. & Ode, W. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in McDowell County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in McDowell County, West Virginia

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to evaluate the reserves of known coking coal in McDowell County, West Virginia. The study analyzes the properties of coal and coal blends from the area. This report includes tables and maps.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Tavenner, William H.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Wyoming County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Wyoming County, West Virginia

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines evaluating the reserves of coking coal in Wyoming County, West Virginia. The report also lists properties of coal and coal blends from the area. This report includes maps and tables.
Date: April 1953
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Tavenner, William H.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lithology and Reservoir Properties of the Big Lime, Keener, Big Injun, Weir, and Berea Horizons, Spruce Creek Oilfield, Ritchie County, West Virginia (open access)

Lithology and Reservoir Properties of the Big Lime, Keener, Big Injun, Weir, and Berea Horizons, Spruce Creek Oilfield, Ritchie County, West Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on the lithology of oilfields in Ritchie County, West Virginia. The different properties and characteristics of the core samples found in Ritchie County are presented, and compared. This report includes tables, and a map.
Date: 1963
Creator: McCord, Wallace R. & Eckard, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Logan County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Logan County, West Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Logan County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: September 1956
Creator: Tavenner, William H.; Dowd, James J.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Marion County, West Virginia (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Marion County, West Virginia

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Marion County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: October 1956
Creator: Provost, John M.; Dowd, James J.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Permissible Explosives (open access)

The Use of Permissible Explosives

From Preface: "The present bulletin is printed as a supplement to Bulletin 17 and is intended primarily for coal miners, especially for those working in fields where inflammable gas or coal dust may cause disastrous mine explosions. The bulletin is issued by the Bureau of Mines in the hope that it may prove helpful in lessening accidents due to the use of explosives, and in particular may aid in preventing mine explosions, many of which have been caused by the use of improper explosives."
Date: 1912
Creator: Rutledge, J. J. & Hall, Clarence
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Washing Investigations: Methods and Tests (open access)

Coal-Washing Investigations: Methods and Tests

From Introduction: "The investigations described in this bulletin are confined to a study of the washing characteristics of bituminous coals. The washing characteristics of coals from many of the most important coal-producing fields of the Eastern and Central States were examined."
Date: 1929
Creator: Yancey, H. F. & Fraser, Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbonizing Properties of West Virginia Coals and Blends of Coals From the Alma, Cedar Grove, Dorothy Powellton A, Eagle, Pocahontas and Beckley Beds (open access)

Carbonizing Properties of West Virginia Coals and Blends of Coals From the Alma, Cedar Grove, Dorothy Powellton A, Eagle, Pocahontas and Beckley Beds

From Introduction: "The composition and carbonizing properties of 33 coals previously tested have been given in technical papers of the Bureau of Mines and in short reports published for the most part in the Proceedings of the American Gas Association. A complete list of publications on the work previous to 1937 is appended to this report. The present report gives the composition and carbonizing properties of seven additional coals from West Virginia. The data include results of blending test in which Beckley bed low-volatile coal was used with all the high-volatile coals except the Alma coal, with which Pocahontas No. 4 coal was used."
Date: 1938
Creator: Fieldner, A. C.; Davis, J. D.; Selvig, W. A.; Thiessen, R.; Reynolds, D. A.; Holmes, C. R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Sulfur Pittsburgh Coal: Upgrading in Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia (open access)

High-Sulfur Pittsburgh Coal: Upgrading in Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia

From Summary and Conclusions: "This report deals with upgrading to metal-lurgical standards of large reserves of high-sulfur Pittsburgh coal remaining in southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia."
Date: 1950
Creator: Fraser, Thomas; Crentz, W. L. & Bailey, A. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Tipple and Delivered Samples of Coal: (Collected During the Fiscal Years 1948 to 1950 Inclusive) (open access)

Analyses of Tipple and Delivered Samples of Coal: (Collected During the Fiscal Years 1948 to 1950 Inclusive)

From Forward: "This bulletin is the first of a new series, which includes analyses of only tipple and delivered coal. It covers samples collected throughout the United States from July 1, 1947 to June 30, 1950 (fiscal years 1948-50). It is planned that future publications of this series will cover a period of one fiscal year only and be issued as soon as possible after June 30 of each year."
Date: 1953
Creator: Snyder, N. H. & Aresco, S. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbonizing Properties: West Virginia Coals from the Pittsburgh Bed Jamison Number 9 Mine, Marion County, and Upper Freeport Bed Bull Run Number 1 Mine, Preston County (open access)

Carbonizing Properties: West Virginia Coals from the Pittsburgh Bed Jamison Number 9 Mine, Marion County, and Upper Freeport Bed Bull Run Number 1 Mine, Preston County

From Introduction and Summary: "This report gives results of investigation of the carbonizing properties of coals from Pittsburgh bed, Jamison No. 9 mine, Marion County, W. Va., and from Upper Free-port bed, Bull Run No.1 mine, Preston County, W. Va.
Date: 1952
Creator: Davis, J. D.; Reynolds, D. A.; Brewer, R. A.; Wolfson, D. E.; Naugle, B. W. & Birge, G. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Injury Experience in the Coking Industry, 1951 (open access)

Injury Experience in the Coking Industry, 1951

From Introduction and Summary: "Reports from operating companies showed that 25,715 men worked at coke ovens in 1951, about 6 percent more than were employed in 1950 and, except in 1943, the largest work force since 1930, when 28,139 men were employed. The work time for all employees was 70,190,493 man-hours. The returns indicated an average of 344 work days per man as compared with 341 days in the previous year. Accidents at the ovens resulted in the death of 10 and injury to 768 workers, both of these figures representing fewer injuries than in 1950."
Date: 1954
Creator: Reese, Seth T.; Kearney, Naomi W. & Miller, Elizabeth A.
System: The UNT Digital Library