Report on investigations by the United States Bureau of Mines to determine what explosives can be used with least danger and greatest efficiency in mining operations. A summary of the history of the use of liquids in gravity separations is presented, followed by method of procedure, apparatus used, and a discussion of experiments with pure salts, mixtures of salts, and experiments with two explosives.
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United States Bureau of Mines Technical Paper 78
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Report on investigations by the United States Bureau of Mines to determine what explosives can be used with least danger and greatest efficiency in mining operations. A summary of the history of the use of liquids in gravity separations is presented, followed by method of procedure, apparatus used, and a discussion of experiments with pure salts, mixtures of salts, and experiments with two explosives.
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Storm, C. G. 1877- & Hyde, Archie Lemont.Specific Gravity Separation Applied to the Analysis of Mining Explosives,
report,
June 1914;
Washington D.C..
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