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Lower Mississippi Valley Ecological Inventory: User's Guide and Information Base

Description: "The objective [of this report] is to produce an inventory of those important ecological along the lower Mississippi River on which siting of major industrial facilities and land clearing operations could have an impact."
Date: May 1983
Creator: Beccasio, Angelo D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flood in Kansas City, Missouri and Vicinity, August 12-13, 1982

Description: Purpose and scope: This report has been prepared to document these significant floods for future hydraulic and hydrological planning; to provide streamflow information required for orderly development of river basins where the hazard of extreme flooding exists; and to further the general hydrologic knowledge available for Missouri rivers and streams. Streamflow data in the report include peak stages and discharges, flood hydrographs, flood-crest profiles, flood volumes, and flood-frequency info… more
Date: 1983
Creator: Becker, Lawrence D.; Alexander, Terry W. & Waite, Loyd A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Foundry-Cupola Gases and Temperatures

Description: From Introduction: "Among the investigations that the Bureau of Mines is conducting with a view to increasing efficiency in utilization of fuels belonging to or for the use of the Government is an investigation of the processes that take place in a foundry cupola during a melt."
Date: 1913
Creator: Belden, A. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Catalog of Recorded Exploration Drilling and Mine Workings, Tri-State Zinc-Lead District--Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing mining practices conducted in the tri-state district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. As stated in the introduction, "the catalog preserves the records of accomplished explorations and mine developments in the district and provides a readily available source of information for individuals and firms interested in planning mineral explorations, Government agencies estimating of reserves of mineral resources, and the mining industry for genera… more
Date: 1960
Creator: Brichta, Louis Chanborn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydrogenation of Petroleum and Lignite Tar Distillates

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines regarding the operation of the Coal Hydrogenation Demonstration Plant in Missouri. This report summarizes the operating experience gained and the characteristics of the products created during operation of the plant. The report includes graphs, tables, and illustrations.
Date: April 1950
Creator: Clarke, E. A.; Chaffee, C. C. & Hirst, L. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Essential Factors in the Formation of Producer Gas

Description: From Introduction Scope and Purpose of Inquiry: "The Bureau of Mines, to which the testing and analyzing of fuels as carried on by the United States Geographical Survey has been transferred, is continuing producer-gas investigations at the testing station at Pittsburgh, Pa. Results of the gas-producer tests made at the coal-testing plant erected at St.Louis, Mo., and of a study of some of the problems that came up in the tests have been published by Geological Survey. Results of the tests made … more
Date: 1911
Creator: Clement, J. K.; Adams, L. H. & Haskins, C. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Distribution of Uranium in Rocks of Pennsylvanian Age in Northeastern Oklahoma, Southeastern Kansas, and Western Missouri

Description: The following report covers investigations on sedimentary rocks of Middle Pennsylvanian age in northeastern Oklahoma, southeastern Kansas, and western Missouri. Distribution of uranium and other trace elements in these rocks was studied during 1955 and 1956.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Danilchik, Walter & Hyden, H. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Operation of a Powdered-Coal Gasifier at Louisiana, Missouri

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the operations of a coal-conversion plant in Missouri. Description of the plant with an emphasis on powdered-coal gasification is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: April 1954
Creator: Dressler, R. G.; Batchelder, H. R.; Tenney, R. F.; Wenzell, L. P., Jr. & Hirst, L. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Harrison Quadrangle, Missouri and Arkansas

Description: This report provides radiometric and magnetic data for the Harrison quadrangle of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas that was acquired and processed in May of 1980. Appendix A provides a detailed summary of data acquisition, processing, interpretation, and presentation methods; Appendix B contains a flight summary report for the quadrangle.
Date: June 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Memphis Quadrangle, Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee

Description: The following report analyzes the aerial gamma ray and magnetic data taken from the Memphis quadrangle in Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee that was compiled in 1980. This report contains a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: August 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Springfield Quadrangle, Missouri

Description: This report provides radiometric and magnetic data for the Springfield quadrangle in Missouri that was acquired and processed in May 1980. Appendix A provides a detailed summary of data acquisition, processing, interpretation, and presentation methods; Appendix B contains a flight summary report for the quadrangle.
Date: June 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Moberly Quadrangle, Missouri: Final Report

Description: Final report analyzing aerial gamma ray and magnetic data in the Moberly quadrangle, including a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: November 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Manufacture of Paraffin Wax from Petroleum

Description: From Introduction: "The primary purpose of this bulletin is to describe the metallurgical treatment and properties of the alloys as developed in research at the laboratories of the Bureau of Mines at Rolla, Mo., and to present a substantial amount of unpublished data."
Date: 1935
Creator: Espach, Ralph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Data Report: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas

Description: This report presents the results of ground water, stream water, and seam sediment reconnaissance in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Date: February 1982
Creator: Fay, William M.; Sargent, Kenneth A. & Cook, James R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Operating Details of Gas Producers

Description: From Introduction: "During the early years of these plants little success was anticipated from the use of bituminous coals and lignites, but in 1904 and 1905 it was fully demonstrated at Government testing station at St. Louis that these fuels could be utilized to excellent advantage. However, although many producer-gas plants in daily operation are still skeptical regarding the successful commercial use of these fuels."
Date: 1916
Creator: Fernald, R. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Résumé of Producer-Gas Investigations: October 1, 1904-June 30, 1910

Description: From Scope of Report: "The purpose of this report is, therefore, to present in convenient form all the more important data accumulated in the course of the tests described, in order that the results may be readily accessible both to the Government officials having charge of the design, purchase, or care of power plants and to all persons interested in the development of the internal-combustion engine and the gas producer as means for utilizing the energy of fuels."
Date: 1911
Creator: Fernald, R. H. & Smith, C. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Incidental Problems in Gas-Producer Tests

Description: From Introduction: "In the course of this study many incidental problems of prime importance have demanded consideration. Among them is the determination, under practically constant conditions, of the duration of gas-producer tests necessary to reduce the possible error to minimum. A discussion of this proper length of test period forms the part of this bulletin."
Date: 1911
Creator: Fernald, R. H.; Smith, C. D.; Clement, J. K. & Grine, H. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recent Development of the Producer-Gas Power Plant in the United States

Description: From Introduction: "A summary of the tests made at St. Louis and a resume of the conclusions to be drawn from the tests and from the opinions of gas-producer manufacturers on the status of the gas producer and gas engine was published in a Survey bulletin in 1907. As it is desirable to repeat much of the material that appeared in the former bulletin (now out of print), this presentation may be regarded as a revision of the previous one, although considerable information not previously available… more
Date: 1910
Creator: Fernald, Robert Heywood
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the annual report over the research and technology of coal during 1941. As stated in the foreword, "these investigations increase our fund of exact knowledge on the properties and composition of American coals and lead to better methods in mining, preparing, storing, and utilizing coal" (p. 4). This report includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl & Schmidt, L. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analyses of Mine and Car Samples of Coal Collected in the Fiscal Years 1911 to 1913

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over analyses of coal samples collected from 1911 to 1913. The analyses and descriptions of the samples are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1914
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl; Smith, Howard I.; Fay, Albert H. & Sanford, Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

Description: From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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