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An Investigation of Explosion-Proof Motors

Description: Procedure of Investigation: "The investigation described in this bulletin was undertaken by the Bureau of Mines as one of several investigations having for their purpose the ascertaining of methods for lessening the risks attending the use of electricity in mining. In this report the results of tests are related to the various types of protection employed which are described in detail."
Date: 1912
Creator: Clark, H. H.
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Notes on Mineral Wastes

Description: From Introduction Need of Preventing Mineral Waste: "The purpose of the Bureau of Mines in publishing this report is to call attention to some of the present waste, in the hope that knowledge of the facts may lead to an increased desire to eradicate the wastes, and to greater interest in careful, practical and scientific investigations, through which only can they be overcome."
Date: 1912
Creator: Parsons, Charles L.
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The Humidity of Mine Air with Especial Reference to Coal Mines in Illinois

Description: From Introduction: "The investigative work described in this report was undertaken by the Bureau of Mines under a cooperative agreement with the department of mining engineering of the University of Illinois and the Illinois and Illinois State Geological Survey. The purpose of this agreement was to provide for a comprehensive investigation of coal-mining conditions in the State, with especial reference to the possibility of lessening waste in the mining and preparation of coal and of reducing t… more
Date: 1914
Creator: Williams, R. Y.
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Metallurgical Smoke

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin is published by the bureau primarily for persons who seek information on the subject of metal-lurgical smoke but are unacquainted with the technical language of metallurgy. The effort is made in this paper to present the problem of metallurgical smoke as it actually exists, without bias of any kind."
Date: 1915
Creator: Fulton, Charles H.
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Houses for Mining Towns

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this bulletin is to supply facts on the building of well-lighted, well-ventilated, warm, attractive, and economical houses for miners, these houses being assumed units of an industrial village or town the building and management of which are under the control of a corporation, so that special conditions hold which do not apply to houses built and owned by individual miners."
Date: 1916
Creator: White, Joseph H.
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The Condensation of Gasoline from Natural Gas

Description: From Introduction: "This report treats of method of preventing some of the waste of the natural gas incidental to oil mining. This method, the condensation of gasoline from natural gas, offers to the oil operator and others a profitable means of utilizing some of the oil-well gas now being wasted."
Date: 1916
Creator: Burrell, George A.; Seibert, Frank M. & Oberfell, G. G.
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Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: December, 1913, to September, 1914

Description: Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1915
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
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The Electric Furnace in Metallurgical Work

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin presents a compilation of such data as seem to be useful for the information of persons who may be interested in the matter. In the application of electricity to metallurgy three kinds of processes are involved, namely, mechanical, thermal, and electrolytic."
Date: 1914
Creator: Lyon, Dorsey A.; Keeney, Robert M. & Cullen, Joseph F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining: March to December, 1913

Description: Bulletin issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines: "This publication is devoted exclusively to a review and abstracts of decisions based on the laws governing the rights and duties of mine owners, operators, miners, and persons trafficking in all kinds of mining properties. It includes abstracts of current decisions of all the Federal and State courts of last resort on questions relating to the mining industries" (Bulletin 61, p. 9).
Date: 1914
Creator: Thompson, J. W.
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A Primer on Explosives for Metal Miners and Quarrymen

Description: From introduction: "This bulletin aims to give the metal miner and the quarryman information similar to that given the coal miner in Bulletin 17. Inflammable gas or dust is seldom, if ever, found in quarries or metal mines, and the danger from using explosives there is less than in coal mines; but, as the figures show, the number of men killed and injured yearly in accidents caused by explosives proves the need of both miners and mine officials striving to see that none but proper explosives ar… more
Date: 1915
Creator: Munroe, Charles E. & Hall, Clarence
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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The Smelting of Copper Ores in the Electric Furnace

Description: From Introduction: "The bulletin presents, first, a critical discussion of the possibility of smelting copper ores in the electric furnace; second, the results of the experimental work of other investigators on the electric smelting of copper; third, the results of experiments by the authors on the electric smelting of native copper concentrates and sulphide copper ores; and, fourth, a comparison of the electric furnace with the blast furnace and reverberatory furnace for copper smelting."
Date: 1915
Creator: Lyon, Dorsey A. & Keeney, Robert M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Occurrence of Explosive Gases in Coal Mines

Description: From Introduction: "This report presents the results of an investigation begun by the Government in the summer of 1907, the investigation being started under the immediate supervision of Dr. J. A Holmes and continued under him as director after it was transferred to the Bureau of Mines in 1910, the field studies being completed in the spring of 1912. The purpose of the investigation was to obtain information on the origin of the inflammable gases in coal and the conditions under which they occu… more
Date: 1915
Creator: Darton, N. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Gasoline Mine Locomotives in Relation to Safety and Health

Description: From Introduction: "The investigation described in this bulletin was undertaken by the Bureau of Mines in an endeavor to obtain exact information on some of the basal questions involved in the use of gasoline locomotives in mines, this investigation being one of many that the bureau has been conducting in its efforts to increase safety and efficiency in mining."
Date: 1915
Creator: Hood, O. P. & Kudlich, R. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Tests of Permissible Explosives

Description: From Introduction: "A copy of the test requirements and the names of explosives on the permissible list dated March 1, 1913, are appended to this bulletin. An explosive is considered permissible for use in coal mines when it is similar in all respects to the sample that passed the tests required by the bureau, and when it is used in accordance with the conditions prescribed."
Date: 1913
Creator: Hall, Clarence & Howell, Spencer P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Electric Switches for use in Gaseous Mines

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of the investigation discussed in this bulletin, one of a series dealing with the use of electricity in mines, was to study the various means and methods used to confine the flashes that occur when a switch carrying electric current is opened."
Date: 1913
Creator: Clark, H. H. & Crocker, R. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries

Description: From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that ha… more
Date: 1913
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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A Preliminary Report on Uranium, Radium, and Vanadium

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin presents a summary of available information regarding the sources of uranium, radium, and vanadium, the methods used in treating the ores, and the uses of the the finished products. In particular the paper describes the ores found in the United States, giving especial attention to those characteristics of the ores and the conditions of their occurrence that affect mining and treatment."
Date: 1916
Creator: Moore, Richard B. & Kithil, Karl L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Fuller's Earth

Description: For Introduction: "For these reasons an investigation of the mining, preparation, and use of fuller's earth in this country, especially in its application to edible oils, was conducted in order to ascertain why our own raw material has been deemed inapplicable to our needs."
Date: 1913
Creator: Parsons, Charles L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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National Mine-Rescue and First-Aid Conference: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 23-26, 1912

Description: From Introduction: "It this report endeavor has been made to eliminate all unnecessary remarks; but in order that those who hold diverging views regarding the subjects discussed may have before them the arguments that led the conferees to vote for the 36 resolutions adopted, the discussion had in the committees and in open session is published practically in full. Moreover, for the information of those mining officials, operators, and surgeons who are unfamiliar with approved methods of first-a… more
Date: 1913
Creator: Wilson, Herbert M.
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Sampling Coal Deliveries and Types of Government Specifications for the Purchase of Coal

Description: From Introduction: "Therefore the method of taking and preparing samples for shipment to the laboratory has been given fully as much care as the making of the analyses and tests, and a general plan of collecting samples fairly representative of the delivered coal has been evolved through various modifications and improvements based on experience and increased knowledge of the physical and chemical characteristics of the various coals that are purchased by the Government. The method that is in g… more
Date: 1913
Creator: Pope, George S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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The Titaniferous Iron Ores in the United States: Their Composition and Economic Value

Description: From Introduction: "The summer of 1911 was spent in visiting the principal localities in the United States at which titaniferous iron ores occur, for the purpose making systematic collections of material. The following winter was spent in a study of the collected material in the geological laboratory of the John Hopkins University where the author contained as a Johnston scholar. This report is an account of the results obtained."
Date: 1913
Creator: Singewald, Joseph T., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Oil and Gas Wells through Workable Coal Beds: Papers and Discussions

Description: From Preface: "In carrying out such a policy with reference to the subject under consideration, the Bureau of Mines invited the State geologists, mine inspectors, and a number of coal operators and oil and gas well drillers from the States interested to meet representatives of the Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh, Pa., for a discussion of the subject during February 7 and February 8, 1913. This adjourned meeting of the conference will be held at an early date and its report will be printed in a la… more
Date: 1913
Creator: Rice, George S. & Hood, O. P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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