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Flood Protection Plans for Cumberland, Maryland & Ridgeley, West Virginia: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Description: Report of a hydraulic model investigation "to determine the most economical method of providing protection for Cumberland and Ridgeley against floods somewhat greater than the flood of March 1936 Specifically, the model was used to determine: the proper sections and grades of channels required to pass the design flood with maximum reductions in flood stages; the minimum heights of levees and walls; and the channel treatment required at bridges to insure the safe passage of floodwaters with min… more
Date: January 1957
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Marion County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Logan County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Monongalia County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Marshall County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Brooke County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Ohio County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radioactive Coal and Shale of Pennsylvanian and Permian Age in Northern West Virginia

Description: Report discussing radioactive coal in northern West Virginia. From Abstract: "The commercially important coal beds in the Monongahela series of Pennsylvanian age and coal and shale of the Dunkard series of Permian age were examined and sampled in eight counties in northern West Virginia."
Date: December 1954
Creator: Patterson, E. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Mercer County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Mingo County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Injury Experience in the Coking Industry, 1951

Description: 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… more
Date: 1954
Creator: Reese, Seth T.; Kearney, Naomi W. & Miller, Elizabeth A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in Coal and Shale in Southern West Virginia and Southwestern Virginia

Description: Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of uraniferous coals and shales found in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia. Information regarding the general area, stratigraphy, structural geology, radioactivity of measured sections, radioactivity of collected samples, and conclusions are included.
Date: July 1953
Creator: Snider, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radioactivity of Coal and Associated Rock in the Coal Fields of Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia

Description: The following report covers a reconnaissance study that was made of radioactivity of coal and associated rock in the coal fields of eastern Kentucky and Logan Mingo counties, W. Va. Samples of coal, carbonaceous shale, marine shale, flint clay, and dike rock were discovered and radioactivity within these samples were measured.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Welch, Stewart W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Wyoming County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analyses of Tipple and Delivered Samples of Coal: (Collected During the Fiscal Years 1948 to 1950 Inclusive)

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carbonizing Properties: West Virginia Coals from the Beckley Bed, Caretta Number 5 Mine, McDowell County, and Glen Rogers Number 2 Mine, Wyoming County

Description: From Introduction and Summary: "This paper gives results of an investigation of the composition and carbonizing properties of coals from Beckley bed, Caretta No.5 mine, Susanna, McDowell County, and Glen Rogers No. 2 mine, Glen Rogers, Wyoming County, W. Va.
Date: 1953
Creator: Reynolds, D. A.; Davis, J. D.; Birge, G. W.; Brewer, R. E.; Wolfson, D. E.; Frederick, W. H. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in McDowell County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Petroleum-Engineering Study of Gas Injection in the Cabin Creek Field, Kanawha and Boone Counties, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Raleigh County, West Virginia

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carbonizing Properties: Chilton Coal from Lorado Number 5 Mine, Lorado, Logan County, West Virginia

Description: From Forward: "The value of this survey of the carbonizing properties of American coals by a standard method lies in the comparability of the results on different coals. A secondary objective of the Bureau of Mines carbonization studies is to obtain information on the chemical and physical properties of different coals that may effect the yield and nature of the gas, coke, and byproducts."
Date: 1951
Creator: Davis, J. D.; Reynolds, D. A.; Wolfson, D. E.; Naugle, B. W. & Ode, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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