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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1935

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: 1938
Creator: Adams, W. W.; Geyer, L. E. & Parry, M. G.
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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1936

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: 1939
Creator: Adams, W. W.; Geyer, L. E. & Parry, M. G.
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Coal-Mine Explosions in Ohio: 1874-1936

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing coal mine explosions in Ohio between 1874 and 1936. The number of explosions and fatalities are presented. The causes of mine explosions are discussed as well. This report includes tables.
Date: October 1937
Creator: Owings, C. W.
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in April, 1931

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths during the month of April, 1931. The number of fatalities and the causes are presented. This report includes tables and graphs.
Date: May 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in June, 1931

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths that occurred during the month of June, 1931. The number of fatalities and the causes of each are presented. This report includes tables and a graph.
Date: July 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in March, 1931

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths that occurred during the month of March, 1931. The number of fatalities and their causes are listed. This report includes tables.
Date: April 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in May, 1931

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coal mine related deaths that occurred during the month of May, 1931. The number of fatalities and their causes are presented. This report includes tables and graphs.
Date: June 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in November, 1930

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the fatalities of coal miners in November, 1930. The common causes of death, and the location of the mines that the fatalities occurred in are listed. This report includes tables.
Date: December 1931
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Chenoweth, L.
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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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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.
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Coal Mining in Europe: A Study of Practices in Different Coal Formations and Under Various Economic and Regulatory Conditions Compared with Those in the United States

Description: From Introduction: "The major purpose of this bulletin, as indicated in the preface by Dr. John W. Finch, Director of the Bureau of Mines, is to give a critical review of the coal-mining methods used in the principal producing countries of Europe, to describe the reasons underlying the adoption of these methods, and to contrast them with coal-mining methods employed in the United States."
Date: 1939
Creator: Rice, George S. & Hartmann, Irving
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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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Concrete Stoppings in Coal Mines for Resisting Explosions: Detailed Tests of Typical Stoppings and Strength of Coal as a Buttress

Description: From Forward: "This paper gives the details of tests to determine the design of stoppings capable of withstanding a pressure, applied to either side, of 50 pounds per square inch, as required by section 104 (a) of the Operating Regulations to Govern Coal-Mining Methods on Leased Lands on the Public Domain, issued in 1921 and quoted on page 3."
Date: 1931
Creator: Rice, George S.; Greenwald, H. P.; Howarth, H. C. & Avins, S.
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The Contact Mining District, Nevada

Description: From abstract: This report summarizes the results of a reexamination, in 1930, of the Contact mining district, in Elko County, northern Nevada. A report published as a result of a visit in 1910 summarizes the major features of the geology of the district, and the principal new data in the present paper pertain to mining development occasioned by the completion of a railroad through the camp in 1925.
Date: 1935
Creator: Schrader, Frank C.
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Copper Deposits Near Keating, Oregon

Description: From abstract: The copper deposits near Keating, Oreg., in the southwestern foothills of the Wallowa Mountains, form part of a series distributed along a belt over 75 miles long. The belt containing copper deposits extends from a point west of North Powder to and beyond the Snake River at Homestead.
Date: 1931
Creator: Gilluly, James
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Copper Mining in North America

Description: From introduction: "In this paper are assembled and summarized many subjects relating to the copper industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry, geology, of the principal deposits, and mining methods and costs are discussed."
Date: 1938
Creator: Gardner, E. D.; Johnson, C. H. & Butler, B. S.
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Core Drilling for Coal in the Moose Creek Area, Alaska

Description: From abstract: The Moose Creek area is in the western part of the Matanuska Valley, in south-central Alaska, about 165 miles by railroad north of the coast at Seward. Coal deposits in the valley have been known since the early 1890's, and there have been producing mines since 1916, but the annual production is only about 40,000 tons, or less than one-third of the total amount consumed in the Territory. Early in 1931 Congress authorized the investigation of mineral resources in areas tributary t… more
Date: 1934
Creator: Waring, Gerald A.
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Crater Wells, Richland Gas Field, Louisiana

Description: Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over "the history of the craters in the Richland gas field. The data have been collected at various times over a period of four years. The equipment and methods of control are discussed, and photographs show the surface conditions at various intervals in the life of the craters" (p. 1). This paper includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: 1932
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn
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The Crystal Cavities of the New Jersey Zeolite Region

Description: From abstract: The crystal cavities present in the mineral complex of the New Jersey traprock region have long excited the interest of mineralogists. In 1914 Fenner made the first detailed and comprehensive study of these cavities and suggested that babingtonite was the original mineral. Soon after this anhydrite was found occupying parts of some of the cavities at one of the quarries. At this time, too, Wherry concluded that glauberite was the original mineral of some of the cavities because o… more
Date: 1932
Creator: Schaller, Waldemar T.
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The Curry District, Alaska

Description: From abstract: The Curry district lies on the south flank of the Alaska Range, on the southeast side of Mount McKinley. Most of it is west of the Alaska Railroad. The eastern portion can be easily reached from several points along the railroad route, but the western portion is much more difficult of access, owing to the numerous glacial streams and the rugged topography. The relief of the area is great, the elevation ranging from 500 feet along the Chulitna River to 20,300 feet at Mount McKinle… more
Date: 1934
Creator: Tuck, Ralph
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