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
Carbon Dioxide Content of Mine-Fire Atmospheres as an Aid when Fighting Metal-Mine Fires (open access)

Carbon Dioxide Content of Mine-Fire Atmospheres as an Aid when Fighting Metal-Mine Fires

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mine fires, and methods for controlling and extinguishing them. As stated in the purpose, "the purpose of this report is to show briefly how to utilize the trend of the carbon dioxide content of the mine-fire atmospheres to fight metal-mine fires" (p. 4). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: December 1950
Creator: Ash, S. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Mercury Deposits in Nevada and in Malheur County, Oregon (open access)

Investigation of Mercury Deposits in Nevada and in Malheur County, Oregon

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of mercury deposits in Nevada, and Oregon. History, physical features, and geology of the deposits are presented. This report includes maps, and illustrations.
Date: December 1956
Creator: Benson, Willmar T.
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
National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Summer 1948 (open access)

National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Summer 1948

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on motor fuels sold during the summer of 1948. The properties of the fuel samples are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and a map.
Date: December 1948
Creator: Blade, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Summer 1949 (open access)

National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Summer 1949

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over motor-fuels sold during the summer of 1949. The properties of the fuels sampled are presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Blade, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Summer 1950 (open access)

National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Summer 1950

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the motor fuels sold in the U. S. during the summer of 1950. Properties and trend characteristics of the fuel samples collected are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and a map.
Date: December 1950
Creator: Blade, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of Petroleum and Natural-Gas Division: Fiscal Year 1947 (open access)

Report of Petroleum and Natural-Gas Division: Fiscal Year 1947

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the work completed by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Division during 1947. Petroleum engineering studies and natural gas field studies are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 1948
Creator: Cattell, Roscoe Arnold
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Legendary "White Metal" and its "Ore" (open access)

The Legendary "White Metal" and its "Ore"

Report concerning stories about claims of a "white metal" extracted from an "ore" found packed around pieces of iron or steel. It includes information about various tests conducted about the validity of these claims and their findings.
Date: December 1925
Creator: Davis, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Destructive Distillation of Mixtures of Oil and Coal (open access)

Destructive Distillation of Mixtures of Oil and Coal

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the characteristics and behavior of oil and coal distillation processes. The effectiveness of the distillation processes and the properties of the oil and coal mixtures are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: December 1921
Creator: Davis, Joseph D.; Place, Palmer B. & Scott, G. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Haulage and Hoisting Hazards in Western Mines (open access)

Some Haulage and Hoisting Hazards in Western Mines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing safety hazards in western mines. Mine hoisting and haulage accidents are presented. Accident prevention is also discussed. This report includes tables.
Date: December 1942
Creator: Denny, E. H. & Humphrey, H. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Indiana County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the known deposits of coking coal in Indiana County. The properties and characteristics of the coal and coal blends sampled are presented. The report includes tables and maps.
Date: December 1950
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Turnbull, Louis A.; Toenges, Albert L.; Cooper, H. M.; Abernethy, R. F.; Reynolds, D. A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1915 (open access)

Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1915

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the quarry accidents during the year of 1915 in the U.S. The locations and types of quarry accidents are presented. This paper includes tables.
Date: December 1916
Creator: Fay, Albert H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Colorado: Volume 1 - Text (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Colorado: Volume 1 - Text

Report documenting the suitability of Colorado for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials such as coal, oil shale, natural gas, and oil-impregnated strippable deposits.
Date: December 14, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Colorado: Volume 2 - Exhibits and Appendices (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Colorado: Volume 2 - Exhibits and Appendices

Volume of supplementary data, illustrations, and other information related to a study of the suitability of areas in Colorado for developing coal, natural gas, oil shale, and other deposits into synthetic liquid fuels.
Date: December 14, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Kentucky (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Kentucky

Report documenting the suitability of Kentucky for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: December 14, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Nevada (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Nevada

Report documenting the suitability of Nevada for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Utah (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Utah

Report documenting the suitability of Utah for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: December 31, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Huber-Rydalch Manganese Deposits, Tooele County, Utah (open access)

Investigation of the Huber-Rydalch Manganese Deposits, Tooele County, Utah

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on the manganese deposits in Tooele County, Utah. The physical features, geology, and descriptions of the deposit samples are listed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Fry, Eugene & Wilson, Stephen R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Schedules for Gold and Silver Ores and Concentrates at Western Custom Smelters (open access)

Open Schedules for Gold and Silver Ores and Concentrates at Western Custom Smelters

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the smelting schedules for the operators of silver and gold mines. As stated in the introduction, "the paper discusses smelting schedules, general smelting practices that have a bearing on rates, and the reasons for penalties or credits for certain constituents of ores" (p. 1). This report includes tables.
Date: December 1936
Creator: Gardner, E. D. & Allsman, Paul T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Yellow Pine Zinc-Lead Mine, Clark County, Nevada (open access)

Investigation of the Yellow Pine Zinc-Lead Mine, Clark County, Nevada

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines regarding studies conducted on zinc-lead mines in Clark County, Nevada. Physical qualities of the mine, equipment used, and methods of sampling are presented. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Geehan, Robert W. & Benson, Willmar T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grounding Electrical Equipment In and About Coal Mines (open access)

Grounding Electrical Equipment In and About Coal Mines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the safety measures used in keeping mining equipment grounded. Methods and instrumentation used in testing grounding equipment are presented. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: December 1943
Creator: Griffith, Franklin E. & Gleim, E. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Explosives Division, Fiscal Year 1942 (open access)

Annual Report of the Explosives Division, Fiscal Year 1942

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the annual report of work conducted by the Explosives Division during the fiscal year of 1942. Descriptions of testing projects and operations are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 1942
Creator: Huff, Wilbert James
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stemming in Metal Mines. Progress Report 5: Comparison of Dust and Gases Produced from Blasting Charges of Dynamite in Drill Holes, in Bombs, and in Mud-Cap Shots (open access)

Stemming in Metal Mines. Progress Report 5: Comparison of Dust and Gases Produced from Blasting Charges of Dynamite in Drill Holes, in Bombs, and in Mud-Cap Shots

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the experiments conducted on stemming in metal-mines. As stated in the introduction, "its purpose is to compare the amount of dust and gases produced as a result of blasting charges of dynamite (1) in drill holes, (2) in bombs, and (3) in mud-cap or adobe shots" (p. 1). Dust and gas concentrations gathered from the experiments are listed. This report includes tables.
Date: December 1942
Creator: Johnson, John A. & Agnew, Wing G.
System: The UNT Digital Library