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Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1924
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.
Explosion Hazards From the Use of Pulverized Coal at Industrial Plants
From Introduction: "This bulletin, therefore, presents both bad and the good features of pulverized-coal plants and gives recommendations for safe installation and operation. Consequently, in the preparation of this bulletin much of the material on explosions in plants is based on the results of tests at the experimental mine and in the laboratory dust gallery."
Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1923
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.
Patent of Invention--Gr 5--Cl.3--Bearing
The object of this invention is a bearing: a thrust bearing. This bearing is one in which the bearing faces is a continuous annular surface and the other an annular surface divided into shoes having the form of sectors.
Plastic Magnesia
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the production methods and uses of plastic magnesia. Methods, properties, and uses of plastic magnesia are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1923
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.).
Review of Safety and Health Conditions in the Mines at Butte
From Introduction: "This review of safety and health conditions in the mines of Butte, Mont., is prepared from data gathered during the period 1916 to 1924, inclusive, chiefly by Daniel Harrington, who was until recently supervising mining engineer of the Bureau of Mines."
Screen Sizing of Coal, Ores and Other Minerals
From Introduction: "The data in this bulletin were obtained during an investigation of screening practice by the University of Illinois engineering experiment station and the United States Bureau of Mines under a cooperative agreement between them and the State of Illinois Geographical Survey Division. The present investigation was limited to a study of screening as applied in preparing mineral products with the expectation of obtaining more comprehensive information on screening machinery."
Sources of Limestone, Gypsum, and Anhydrite for Dusting Coal Mines to Prevent Explosions
From Preface: "The writer began testing the rock-dusting method for the Bureau of Mines at the Pittsburgh gallery in 1909, and later continued such testing in the bureau's experimental mine, with favorable results. Beginning in 1911 the bureau issued reports recommending rock dusting as alternative to watering."
Testing of Fire-Clay Brick with Special Reference to their Use in Coal-Fired Boiler Settings
Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on fire-clay bricks. The results of the studies are discussed. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Tests of a Large Boiler Fired with Powdered Coal at the Lakeside Station, Milwaukee
From Introduction: "This report gives the results of 26 tests of a four-pass Edgemoor boiler fired with powdered coal at the Lakeside station of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.
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