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Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1919: and Coal-Mine Statistics Supplementing Those Published in Bulletin 115

Supplementary report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines regarding fatalities in coal mines located in the United States: "In addition to giving monthly fatality tables for 1919, this report includes several tables that were published in various monthly statements since 1914, thus making available in one publication all of the data compiled since that time" (p. 9).

Date: 1920

Creator: Fay, Albert H.

Item Type: Report

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Extinguishing and Preventing Oil and Gas Fires

From Introduction: " As the subject of oil and gas is necessarily broad, no attempt is made in this bulletin to treat it exhaustively; rather the bulletin aims to point out what has been done by operators in the past, and to describe various fire-prevention methods and fire-fighting apparatus which are being used or adopted by many of the larger oil companies. These methods and apparatus, it is believed, if universally employed by operators, will largely decrease the present enormous annual los… more

Date: 1920

Creator: Bowie, C. P.

Item Type: Report

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Manganese: Uses, Preparation, Mining Costs and the Production of Ferro-Alloys

From Introduction: "In this bulletin the reports on manganese are presented, which range in scope from the beneficiation of the ore to the utilization of the metal."

Date: 1920

Creator: Weld, C. M.; Phalen, W. C.; Newton, Edmund; Crane, W. R.; van Barneveld, C. E.; Christianson, Peter et al.

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Mining and Preparing Domestic Graphite for Crucible Use

From Prefactory Statement: "In this bulletin are presented the results obtained in the first two phases of the work outlined above. The bulletin is in two parts. The first part describes the methods of mining and milling used, suggests a standard method of sampling finished graphite, and describes a rapid and convenient method of analysis developed at the Pittsburgh station of the Bureau of Mines, to which has been assigned the analytical and microscopic work. The second part describes experime… more

Date: 1920

Creator: Dub, George D. & Moses, Frederick G.

Item Type: Report

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Pennsylvania Mining Statutes Annotated

From Author's Explanation: "This bulletin is intended to include every legislative enactment of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to the mining and mineral industries. The entire body of mining laws is set out for these obvious reasons: (1) To show the progress and advancement made, and the changes through which the enactments have passed; (2) an author may not assume the determination of what particular laws are in fact in effect, as this is within the jurisdiction of the courts alone;… more

Date: 1920

Creator: Thompson, J. W.

Item Type: Report

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Flotation Tests of Idaho Ores

From Introduction: "This paper covers part of the investigations carried on by the United States Bureau of Mines in cooperation with the Idaho Bureau of Mines, the University of Idaho, and certain mining companies of the Coeur d' Alene region. Although the results of the tests included in this report are not to be considered final, they indicate possibilities and may suggest others leading to a solution of the problem of separating lead and zinc sulphides by differential flotation in the treatm… more

Date: 1921

Creator: Wright, Clarence A.; Parmelee, James G. & Norton, James T.

Item Type: Report

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Evaporation Loss of Petroleum in the Mid-Continent Field

From Introduction: "The results of the investigation, as presented in this report, indicate that loses from evaporation are so large that they should receive serious consideration at once by the industry, which should make every endeavor to reduce them to a minimum."

Date: 1922

Creator: Wiggins, J. H.

Item Type: Report

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Lessons From the Granite Mountain Shaft Fire, Butte

On the night of June 8, 1917, the flame of a carbide lamp accident set fire to the uncovered and frayed insulation of an armored power cable near the 2,400-foot level of the North Butte Mining Co.'s Granite Mountain shaft. How this insulation accidentally became exposed is explained on page 15. The following pages present an attempt to draw some practical conclusions and suggestions from this disaster."

Date: 1922

Creator: Harrington, Daniel

Item Type: Report

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The Chloride Volatilization Process of Ore Treatment

From Introduction: "This bulletin aims ti bring the salient features of the process to the attention of metallurgists for the purpose of furnishing information to and receiving comments from interested parties with the ultimate hope that the process will be a commercial success."

Date: 1923

Creator: Varley, Thomas; Barrett, E. P.; Stevenson, C. C. & Bradford, Robert H.

Item Type: Report

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An Investigation of Powdered Coal as Fuel for Power-Plant Boilers: Tests at Oneida Street Power Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

From Introduction: "This bulletin presents the results of 36 tests made on a 468-horse-power Edge Moor boiler fired with pulverized coal at the Oneida Street Station of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co., Milwaukee, Wis."

Date: 1923

Creator: Kreisinger, Henry; Blizard, John; Augustine, C. E. & Cross, B. J.

Item Type: Report

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Manual for Oil and Gas Operations [Part 1]

Part one of a bulletin from the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing oil and gas field waste prevention, and policies on field operation. According to the introduction, "Part I of this manual points out types of oil and gas wastes and suggest, in detail or by reference, the most practical and effective methods in current practice for stopping these wastes. Throughout Part I the department's operating policy is given, with interpretations of the 'Operating Regulations' for enforcing every practical… more

Date: 1923

Creator: Swigart, T. E. & Beecher, C. E.

Item Type: Report

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Manual for Oil and Gas Operations [Part 2]

Part two of a bulletin from the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing oil and gas field waste prevention, and policies on field operation. According to the introduction (from part 1), "Part II comprises the revised 'Operating Regulations' which supersede all previous regulations and will govern future operations on public lands" (p. 1).

Date: 1923

Creator: Swigart, T. E. & Beecher, C. E.

Item Type: Report

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Central District Bituminous Coals as Water-Gas Generator Fuel

From Introduction Scope of Investigation: "The purpose of the present paper is to discuss, in some detail, the principles involved in water-gas manufacture as they apply to the use of bituminous generator fuel; and to discuss in more detail the results obtained in the Streator tests and the application in other plants of the operating methods."

Date: 1924

Creator: Odell, W. W. & Dunkley, W. A.

Item Type: Report

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Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1923

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: 1924

Creator: Adams, William W.

Item Type: Report

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Coal-Mining Problems in the State of Washington

From Introduction: "On account of extensive folding and faulting of the coal measures, mining in Washington presents many difficulties; therefore a description of the methods employed at some of the mines may be useful in planning operations in other regions, and is presented in this bulletin."

Date: 1924

Creator: Evans, George Watkin

Item Type: Report

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Estimation of Underground Oil Reserves by Oil-Well Production Curves

From Scope of Bulletin: "This bulletin reviews, in the light of the recent experience, the use of production-decline curves in estimating the future production of oil from wells. The bulletin does not deal with costs, oil prices, or the methods of evaluating oil properties."

Date: 1924

Creator: Cutler, Willard W., Jr.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Tests of Marine Boilers

From Scope of Bulletin: "The material presented is divided into two main parts. Part I describes the evaporative tests of the marine water-tube boilers, and Part II describes the evaporative tests of the Scotch marine boiler."

Date: 1924

Creator: Kreisinger, Henry; Blizard, John; Mumford, A. R.; Cross, B. J.; Argyle, W. R. & Sherman, R. A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1924

Date: 1925

Creator: Adams, William W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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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."

Date: 1925

Creator: Tracy, L. D.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Garnet: Its Mining, Milling, and Utilization

From Introduction: "This bulletin presents the results of an investigation conducted by the Bureau of Mines as part of its work for the increase of efficiency and the prevention of waste in the mineral industries."

Date: 1925

Creator: Myers, W. M. & Anderson, C. O.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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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.

Date: 1925

Creator: Adams, William W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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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.).

Date: 1925

Creator: Adams, William W.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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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."

Date: 1925

Creator: Rice, G. S. & Sayers, R. R.

Item Type: Report

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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."

Date: 1925

Creator: Bowles, Oliver

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department