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Accepted Limit Values of Air Pollutants

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing, as stated in the introduction, the "accepted maximum permissible concentrations of air pollutants from the standpoints of health, damage to vegetation, damage to property, and requirements of industrial processes" (p. 1). This report includes tables.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Barkley, J. F.
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Air Pollution: A Bibliography

Description: Report displays a bibliography of numerous literature affirms air pollution has been a problem through the centuries.
Date: 1954
Creator: Davenport, S. J. & Morgis, G. G.
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Bibliography of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis and Related Processes: (In Two Parts) I. Review and Compilation of the Literature on the Production of Synthetic Liquid Fuels and Chemicals by the Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide

Description: Report containing abstracts of the technical literature and patents dealing with the history, development, and commercial application of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and related processes for the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide and the production of synthetic fuels and chemicals.
Date: 1954
Creator: Anderson, H. C.; Wiley, J. L. & Newell, A.
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Bibliography of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis and Related Processes (In Two Parts): [Part] 1. Review and Compilation of the Literature on the Production of Synthetic Liquid Fuels and Chemicals by the Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of liquid fuels. As stated in the introduction, "this review contains abstracts of the technical literature and patents dealing with the history, development, and commercial application of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and related processes for the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide and the production of synthetic fuels and chemicals" (p. v).
Date: 1954
Creator: Anderson, Hazel C.; Wiley, J. L. & Newell, A.
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Carbonizing Properties of American Coals: Index of Coals Tested by the Bureau of Mines

Description: Introduction; "The purpose of this paper is to present in collected and sequential form such a list of the coals that have been studied in the carbonization-section labatories of the Bureau of Mines for their carbonizing properties and yields of coke and coal chemicals."
Date: 1954
Creator: Brown, R. L.; Davis, J. D.; Reynolds, D. A. & Smith, F. W.
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Coal-Mine Bumps: Some Aspects of Occurence, Cause and Control

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this report is to analyze the coal-mine bumps that have occurred on pillar lines during the past 25 years in the hope that the analyses and the conclusions drawn will aid mining engineers and other mine officials in improving layouts and face mining methods in mines where bumps reasonably may be expected to occur."
Date: 1954
Creator: Holland, Charles T. & Thomas, Edward
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Contributions to the Data on Theoretical Metallurgy: [Part] 12. Heats and Free Energies of Formation of Inorganic Oxides

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin purposes to collect and compile, in readily usable form, heat and free-energy-of-formation data for inorganic oxides. Such data are used in evaluating heat balances in metallurgical processes, in appraising possible improvements in existing metal extractive methods, and as a guide in the search for better methods of producing metals of recent or possible future commercial interest."
Date: 1954
Creator: Coughlin, James P.
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Harlan County, Kentucky

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of the estimation of coking coal reserves from Harlan County, Kentucky. The methods used and measurements of coking coal are presented. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: March 1954
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Travis, Raymond G.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
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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.
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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.
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Perry County, Kentucky

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Perry County, Kentucky. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: November 1954
Creator: Wallace, Joseph J.; Dowd, James J.; Travis, Raymond G.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
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Flood Prevention in Anthracite Mines, Northern Field: Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania, Project Number 1 (Lackawanna)

Description: From Scope of Report: "The report covers the following: (a) A brief description of the proposed Conowingo tunnel system, which will drain the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania into the Susquehanna River at Conowingo. Md.; (b) economic development of the Northern field and the improvements desired; (c) geology and hydrology of the Northern field; (d) the basic problem, plans, and costs of Project No.1 (Lackawanna) ; (e) economic analysis and justification of the project; and (f) final recommendat… more
Date: 1954
Creator: Ash, S. H. (Simon Harry), b. 1889; Dierks, H. A.; Kynor, H. D.; Lesser, W. H.; Miller, P. S. & Romischer, W. M.
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Injury Experience in Coal Mining, 1950: Analysis of Mine Safety Factors, Related Employment, and Production Data

Description: From Introduction: "Data on the injury experience at coal mines in the United States in this bulletin are presented in two section sections. General and detailed data on the 1950 safety record at bituminous-coal, lignite, and Pennsylvania anthracite mines, separately an combined are included in the first section. The second section contains certain historical injury statistics at all coal mines from the earliest available data through 1950."
Date: 1954
Creator: Reese, Seth T.; Wrenn, Virginia E. & Reid, Elizabeth J.
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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.
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Names and Definitions of Regions, Districts, and Subdistricts in Alaska: Used by the Bureau of Mines in Statistical and Economic Studies Covering the Mineral Industry of the Territory

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the development of a naming system for Alaskan regions and districts. The structure of the naming system and a description of each district are presented. This report includes maps.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Ransome, Alfred L. & Kerns, William H.
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National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Summer 1953

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over surveys conducted on motor fuels sold during the summer of 1953. Properties of the fuel samples are presented. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: March 1954
Creator: Blade, O. C.
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National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Winter 1953-54

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the motor fuels sold during the winter of 1953-1954. Properties of the fuel samples are presented. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: June 1954
Creator: Blade, O. C.
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Oil-Shale Operations in the Union of South Africa: October 1947

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over production of oil-shale facilities in South Africa. The deposits of oil-shales, and torbanites are described. The operations at the production facilities are also presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Thorne, H. M. & Kraemer, A. J.
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Operation of a Powdered-Coal Gasifier at Louisiana, Missouri

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the operations of a coal-conversion plant in Missouri. Description of the plant with an emphasis on powdered-coal gasification is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: April 1954
Creator: Dressler, R. G.; Batchelder, H. R.; Tenney, R. F.; Wenzell, L. P., Jr. & Hirst, L. L.
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Permissible Mine Equipment Approved to January 1, 1953: With Appended List of Available Flame-Lamp Fuels and Manufacturers of Flame-Resistant Trailing Cables

Description: From Introduction: "The present publication includes an appendix listening seven satisfactory fuels available for use in permissible flame safety lamps and shows where the fuels are available. This publication also includes an appendix listening manufactures of flame-resistant trailing cables, with the corresponding symbol that must be used by these manufactures in marketing trailing cables that have passed the test for flame resistance contained in Schedule 2E."
Date: 1954
Creator: Brunot, H. B.
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Petroleum-Engineering Study of Flat Rock Oil Field, Osage County, Oklahoma

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over engineering studies conducted on the Flat Rock oil field. As stated in the introduction, "this report of a petroleum-engineering study of the Flat Rock oil field, Osage County, Okla., describes the geology, reviews the production history, and estimates remaining oil reserves" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Riggs, Calvin Harold; Wey, J. E. & Maude, J. V.
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