Search Results

Newsmap. Monday, January 25, 1943 : week of January 15 to January 22

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Tripoli, Western Europe, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Pacific and Far East, Russia, Chile, Iraq. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps: Tunisia/Libya ; Russian Front. Photographs: North Africa; Forward positions: Guadalcanal; Not in "Mein Kampf" [retreating German panzers struggling through mud]; Jap ships feel U.S. air blows. Back: Poster illustrating Italian Navy uniforms and insignia. In… more
Date: January 25, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
open access

Coals of Chile

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether the coal from beds mined in the Schwager and Lota mines will produce metallurgical coke suitable for use in the blast furnaces at the proposed steel plant at Conception, and whether the quality of the lower-rank coals from other areas in Chile, especially those in Magallanes, where the large coal reserves of Chile appear to exist; can be improved by processing."
Date: 1948
Creator: Toenges, Albert L.; Kelly, Leon W.; Davis, J. D.; Reynolds, D. A.; Fraser, Thomas; Crentz, W. L. et al.
open access

Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Elqui-Vicuña area, Province of Coquimbo, Chile

Description: Abstract: The Elqui-Vicuna area, Coquimbo province, Chile, was selected for uranium reconnaissance on the basis of two known uranium occurrences and favorable area-wide geologic indications of the possible presence of uranium in commercial quantities.
Date: September 1958
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; C., Mario Serrano & H., Erik Klohn
open access

Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Iquique Area, Province of Tarapaca, Chile

Description: Introduction: This exploratory work was undertaken as a preliminary evaluation of the area's uranium potential, and was limited to reconnaissance for favorable geologic indications of uranium, which included visits to selected localities and mining districts.
Date: October 1958
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; C., Mario Serrano & H., Erik Klohn
open access

Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Tocopilla area, Province of Antofagasta, Chile

Description: Abstract: In September-October 1958 a six-day reconnaissance in the Tocopilla area, Antofagasta Province, Chile, was made by members of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas de Chile for the purpose of evaluating reported uranium occurrences.
Date: February 1959
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; C., Mario Serrano & S., Rudolfo Grüenwald
open access

Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Antofagasta Area, Province of Antofagasta, Chile

Description: Abstract: The Antofagasta area, in the Province of Antofagasta, Chile, was investigated in September and August 1958 by two field parties of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas de Chile, who were working under a cooperative agreement between the teo governments. the purpose of the investigation was to examine the area for the possible occurrence of commercial deposits of uranium.
Date: April 1961
Creator: Knowles, Paul H.; Bowes, William A.; C., Mario Serrano & S., Rudolfo Grüenwald
open access

Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Chanaral-Taltal area, Provinces of Antofagasta and Atacama, Chile

Description: Abstract: In the Chañaral-Taltal area of northern Chile irregular replacement type iron deposits are especially well developed along a somewhat radioactive lithologic belt in andesite volcanic rocks and Cretaceous dioretic intrusions to the east of the Atacama fault, a prominent shear zone.
Date: December 1961
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; Moraga B., Aldo & C., Mario Serrano
open access

Reconnaissance for Uranium in the San Pedro de Atacama and Laco areas, Province of Antofagasta, Chile

Description: Abstract: A reconnaissance for uranium in and a general geologic study of the San Pedro de Atacama and Laco areas of nothern Chile disclosed no significant radioactivity in the Laco area, but near San Pedro de Atacama slight anomalies were detected in limey silts of the San Pedro formation.
Date: December 1961
Creator: Knowles, Paul H.; Bowes, William A.; C., Mario Serrano & Moraga B., Aldo
open access

Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Copiapo Area, Province of Atacama, Chile

Description: Abstract: The area was examined for a period of about two weeks during October and November 1958 by geologists of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas de Chile for the purpose of evaluating known uranium occurrences and determining the overall potential of the region for uranium.
Date: June 1962
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; C., Mario Serrano & S., Rudolfo Grüenwald
open access

Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Colimapu Formation, Chile

Description: Discussing Laboratory and field studies that show that the geologic history and environment of the Colimapu formation of central Chile differed considerably from those of the uranium-bearing Diamantiano formation of Argentina with which the Upper Colimapu has been correlated.
Date: October 1962
Creator: Bowes, William A.; Knowles, Paul H.; Brito, Aldo Moraga; H., Erik Klohn & C., Mario Serrano
open access

The Latin American-United States Fishing Rights Controversy: Dilemma for United States Foreign Policy (1969-1971)

Description: This report discusses the controversy over fishing rights between the United States and three South American nations (Chile, Peru, and Ecuador) which culminated in the seizure of U.S. tuna fishing vessels by Peru and Ecuador in waters the U.S. considered outside their territorial jurisdiction. The main events of the controversy, diplomatic actions taken by the nations involved, and policy options are discussed.
Date: April 15, 1971
Creator: Hagen, Virginia M.
open access

1985 Oil Production of 21 Oil Producing Non-OPEC Countries

Description: This report assesses the possibility of increased oil production from 21 less developed non-OPEC countries (excluding the Middle East and Mexico) by 1985. The forecast is compared with those prepared by the World Bank, the International Energy Agency, and others. The 21 Latin American, African, and Far East (including Asia) countries produce 2.5 million barrels of oil per day (BD) or 4.2% of world production, and they have 21 billion barrels of proved reserves, or 3.2% of the world total. In re… more
Date: March 1, 1979
Creator: Warner, Arthur J.
open access

APEC and Free Trade in the Asia Pacific

Description: This report discusses the summit held by President Bill Clinton and other leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on November 19, 1995. The report discusses the primary reason for the summit, an Action Agenda intended to lead to free and open trade and investment among its members. The report also discusses how APEC countries were divided on certain issues going into this summit.
Date: November 14, 1995
Creator: Nanto, Dick K.
open access

The U.S. Financial Crisis: Lessons from Chile

Description: From 1981-1984, Chile experienced a banking crisis that in relative terms had a cost comparable in size to that perhaps facing the United States today. The Chilean Central Bank acted quickly and decisively in three ways to restore faith in the credit markets. It restructured firm and household loans, purchased nonperforming loans temporarily, and facilitated the sale or liquidation of insolvent financial institutions. These three measures increased liquidity in the credit markets and restored t… more
Date: September 29, 2008
Creator: Hornbeck, J. F.
Back to Top of Screen