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Lead and Zinc Mining and Milling in the United States: Current Practices and Costs

Description: From Object and Scope of Bulletin: "The purpose of this paper to combine in a single volume discussions of the winning of lead and zinc ores from the mines and of the milling of the ores with descriptions of practices at typical properties in the United States."
Date: 1935
Creator: Jackson, Charles F.; Knaebel, John B. & Wright, C. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1933

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: 1935
Creator: Adams, William W. & Erwin, Virginia E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1933

Description: Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatal and non-fatal accidents 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: 1935
Creator: Adams, W. W. & Geyer, L. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Manufacture of Paraffin Wax from Petroleum

Description: From Introduction: "The primary purpose of this bulletin is to describe the metallurgical treatment and properties of the alloys as developed in research at the laboratories of the Bureau of Mines at Rolla, Mo., and to present a substantial amount of unpublished data."
Date: 1935
Creator: Espach, Ralph H.
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.
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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1930

Description: Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatal and non-fatal accidents 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: 1932
Creator: Adams, W. W.; Geyer, L. E. & Chenoweth, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Shaft-Sinking Practices and Costs

Description: From Introduction: "This paper describing the methods of sinking shafts is one of a series of mining practices and costs being prepared by the United States Bureau of Mines. The best methods of performing all phases of shaft sinking are discussed herein, with particular to the practices at metal mines."
Date: 1932
Creator: Gardner, E. D. & Johnson, J. Fred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rubber-Sheathed Trailing Cables

Description: From Introduction: "This paper records activities of the United States Bureau of Mines covering several years and reflects its endeavor to be of service to the coal-mining industry in procuring safer trailing cables for use on permissible machines."
Date: 1932
Creator: Ilsley, L. C.; Hooker, A. B. & Coggeshall, E. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Permissible Electric Cap Lamps and Ventilation in Certain California Mines and Water-Tunnel Construction

Description: From Introduction: "As a result of the recommendations of this committee, special studies have been made of the methane hazards incident to mining and tunneling operations in the Coast Range Mountains. These studies have resulted in the adoption of numerous safety precautionary measures; among them the use of permissible types of mining equipment, electric cap lamps, with which this deals with primarily."
Date: 1932
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889 & Rankin, J. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gases that Occur in Metal Mines

Description: From Conclusions: "Many gases are harmful to man are widely prevalent in metal mines. They influence the safety, health and efficiency of miners; workers and officials should therefore become much more familiar with there occurrence, detection, and handling. The principal means of combating these gases are proper ventilation of all parts of a mine and the adoption of measures to minimize fire hazards and to control a mine fire promptly should it occur."
Date: 1931
Creator: Harrington, D. & Denny, E. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid-Oxygen Explosives

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this bulletin is to examine the advantages and disadvantages of L. O. X., both in the light of experimental investigations by the Bureau of Mines and the results in actual blasting, and to discuss the probable future fields of usefulness for this novel type of explosive."
Date: 1932
Creator: Perrott, G. St. J. & Tolch, N. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Paraffin and Congealing-Oil Problems

Description: From Scope of Report: "This report is in two parts-the major or first part is a discussion of the results obtained from field studies of the factors responsible for the deposition of paraffin and the congealing of oil and of practical methods of combating these problems. The second part of the report deals with the analyses of crude waxes or paraffin obtained from different representatives crude oils."
Date: 1932
Creator: Reistle, C. E., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contributions to the Data on Theoretical Metallurgy: [Part] 1. The Entropies of Inorganic Substances

Description: From Introduction: "The present work is an attempt to collect all the available data referring to one important thermodynamic property and to supply sufficient discussion to make the results readily usable by metallurgists. In the study of chemical or metallurgical reactions two factors have predominant importance-the free energy of reaction and the speed of reaction. The subject of this publication is so closely allied to the former that may be well to consider briefly some of the uses to whic… more
Date: 1932
Creator: Kelley, K. K.
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Mining Petroleum by Underground Methods: A study of Methods used in France and Germany and Possible Application to Depleted Oil Fields under American Conditions

Description: From Introduction: "That the percentages of extraction of petroleum from the ground may and undoubtedly will be greatly increased in the future by underground mining methods where natural conditions will permit seems logical. The limitations imposed by depth, temperature, and flow of water under high pressure through the sands will be discussed later."
Date: 1932
Creator: Rice, George S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Safety Practices in California Gold Dredging

Description: From Introduction Purpose of Report: "The importance of safety work in connection with the operations of gold dredges assumed such proportions at one time that the State of California deemed it necessary to issue a special bulletin on this subject."
Date: 1932
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tests of Rock-Dust Barriers in the Experimental Mine

Description: From Introduction: "The results summarized above are discussed in appropriate sections of this paper. One section is also devoted to barrier installations in commercial mines and gives the experience and opinion of the authors on the matter. The final sections deal with theoretical considerations involved in barrier operation."
Date: 1932
Creator: Rice, George S.; Greenwald, H. P. & Howarth, H. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Ignition of Fire Damp by Explosives: A Study of the Process of Ignition by the Schlieren Method

Description: From Introduction: "The rupture of this paper by the explosion provided by the explosion provided rapid release for the pressure developed. The charge of explosive was placed in the bore of a cannon communicating with the gallery through a central hole in the steel plate. The apparatus is shown in Figures 1 and 2, which are reproduced from Perrott and Gawthrop's paper. In the event of a nonignition the flame from the explosive only was recorded."
Date: 1932
Creator: Shepherd, W. C. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1929

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: 1931
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1929

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: 1931
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Permissible Coal-Handling Equipment: Approved from January, 1926, to December, 1930, Inclusive

Description: From Description of Permissible Loaders and Conveyors: "The following descriptions of permissible loading machines and conveyors now included in the bureau's list of approved equipment are given to indicate to mine operators not only the types available but also show to some extent the special features employed in designing machines that minimize the hazard of gas and dust ignitions. Furthermore, the authors hope that the descriptions will have some value to manufactures who may contemplate ent… more
Date: 1931
Creator: Ilsley, L. C.; Gleim, E. J. & Brunot, H. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods and Apparatus Used in Determining the Gas, Coke, and By-Product Making Properties of American Coals: with Results on a Taggart-Bed Coal from Roda, Wise County, Virginia

Description: From Introduction: "The results of this preliminary investigation, which were reported to the association at the 1928 convention, indicated, first, that fundamental information on the mechanism of carbonization throughout the entire range from low to high temperature coking is desired and, second, that a uniform basis upon which to compare the carbonizing properties of different coals should be developed."
Date: 1931
Creator: Fieldner, A. C.; Davis, J. D.; Thiessen, R.; Kester, E. B. & Selvig, W. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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