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Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1928

Description: 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: 1930
Creator: Adams, William W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Commercial Possibilities of the Texas-New Mexico Potash Deposits

Description: From Introduction Results of Test: "Among the domestic potash resources which were brought to the attention of the country during and after the war but were not utilized as a source of potash, although they indicated that they might furnish the cheap potash desired, were the potash deposits occurring with the think rock-salt formations of western Texas and southeastern New Mexico."
Date: 1930
Creator: Wroth, James S.
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Effect of Vacuum on Oil Wells

Description: From Introduction: "Because of the above reasons, because there is a dearth of published information relating to the effect of vacuum oil wells, and because misapplication of vacuum may result in a greatly decreased ultimate recovery of oil, whereas the correct application may have the opposite effect, the Bureau of Mines has authorized this investigation."
Date: 1930
Creator: Lindsly, Ben E. & Berwald, W. B.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gas-Lift Method of Flowing Oil Wells: (California Practice)

Description: From Introduction: "In this report the author has presented data of actual gas-lift operations in the oil fields of California. Wherever theoretical hypotheses and conclusions are given an attempt has been made to support them by field data gathered during consultation with engineers and operators. The impossibility of drawing conclusions that will apply to all wells or even to one well throughout its life is appreciated by everyone who has studied the subject, and the reader is cautioned not t… more
Date: 1930
Creator: Miller, H. C.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Greensand Bibliography to 1930 (Annotated): with a Chapter on Zeolite Water Softeners

Description: From Introduction: "The references given herein to the literature of greensand or glauconite are believed to be complete up to about the end of 1929. The aim in this bibliography has been to include with each important reference a short synopsis, generally checked against the original article. These synopses are believed to be sufficiently complete to present a general view of the original article, and in many items specific parts of the article are included."
Date: 1930
Creator: Shreve, R. Norris
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Innovations in Copper Leaching Employing Ferric Sulphate-Sulphuric Acid

Description: From Introduction: "The Bureau of Mines has attempted to develop a cheap and efficient solvent that would especially meet the requirements of smaller plants. (See Bibliography). A method of producing this solution from sulphurous products and waste liquors was developed by the bureau and tried successfully on a test-plant scale at the Southwest Experiment Station in cooperation with the department of mining and metallurgy, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Ariz."
Date: 1930
Creator: Keyes, Harmon E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1928

Description: 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: 1930
Creator: Adams, William W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods and Costs of Stripping and Mining at the United Verde Open-Pit Mine, Jerome, Arizona

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mining practices and expenses of the United Verde open-pit mine west of Jerome, Arizona. As stated in the introduction, "the purpose of this paper is to present the methods used in developing and operating the mine, and to discuss the problems encountered" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1930
Creator: Alenius, E. M. J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The National Safety Competition of 1929

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the fifth annual national safety competition. The states represented in the competition are listed. Accident-frequency rates are presented as well. This report includes tables.
Date: May 1930
Creator: Adams, William Waugh
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Permissible Electric Mine Lamps

Description: From Introduction: "This paper gives a brief account of the introduction of electric lighting in mines, reviews some of the preliminary and approval work on electric mine lamps up to July, 1917, when a previous bulletin on electric lamps was issued, and describes the lamp-approval work from that date of July, 1930."
Date: 1930
Creator: Ilsley, L. C. & Hooker, A. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Permissible Methane Detectors

Description: From Function of Methane Detectors: "The object of this paper is to present to the mining public the results of the permissibility tests of the detectors that have been approved, also to give the results of a series of tests conducted to determine their practicability."
Date: 1930
Creator: Hooker, A. B.; Fene, W. J. & Currie, R. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Potash Bibliography to 1928 (Annotated): Review and Compilation of Technical Literature on Potash Salts (including the Alunites) and Their Foreign Occurrences

Description: From Scope and Arrangement of Review: "This review is confined to the technical literature of the origin, history, and foreign occurrences of saline potassium minerals, their mining, description, treatment, and physical-chemical relations. The literature on alunite, jarosite, and related minerals has also been included. The literature on potash minerals associated with the nitrate deposits and on the silicate minerals has been omitted as well as that on analytical methods, statistics, political… more
Date: 1930
Creator: Berliner, J. F. T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1928

Description: 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: 1930
Creator: Adams, William W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Refining of Light Petroleum Distillates

Description: From Scope of Report: "The first part of this report deals with the principal methods of refining light petroleum products, the equipment used, and the effects of the different refining agents. The second part of the report deals with a study of the value of fractionation as an aid to the refining of pressure distillates."
Date: 1930
Creator: Rue, H. P. & Espach, Ralph H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rock-Strata Gases of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado and Their Effect on Mining

Description: From Introduction: "The presence in the Cripple Creek district, Colo., of irrespirable gas or gases, generally known to consist mainly of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, has been recognized by members of the mining industry in that region almost since underground mining was begun there; the occurrence origin, and possible control of these gases have been discussed in several articles cited at various places in this report. Similar gases have also been studied in other metal-mining districts, as la… more
Date: 1930
Creator: Denny, E. H.; Marshall, K. L.; Fieldner, A. C.; Emery, A. H.; Yant, W. P. & Selvig, W. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ventilation of the Large Copper Mines of Arizona

Description: Introduction: "This bulletin discusses ventilation methods, practices, and costs at 11 large copper mines in Arizona, as obtained by brief personal studies and from supplementary information furnished by the mine managements. These mines were visited from December, 1928, to November, 1929, and the methods and practices in use when visited are described in some detail."
Date: 1930
Creator: McElroy, G. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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