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Calcium Sulphate Retarders for Portland Cement

Description: Report presenting findings for a Bureau of Mines investigation researching anhydrite as a retarder in Portland cement. The report addresses the purpose and need for the study, method of testing, results of the experimental work, and discussion of the results.
Date: September 1925
Creator: Berger, Ernest Elmer
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The Quicksilver Situation From a Domestic Standpoint

Description: Report discussing the uses and substitutes of quicksilver (mercury), compiling statistics for the consumption of mercury in the United States, and comparing production in the United States to other countries worldwide.
Date: 1926
Creator: Furness, J. W. 1874- & Santmyers, R. M.
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Nomographic Charts for Computing the Rate of Leakage From Natural-Gas Lines

Description: Report comprised of two nomographic charts to aid in a quick computation of leak losses from gas lines at both constant and varying temperatures and a narrative description of the method and usage of the charts for computing the rate of leakage from a fall in pressure or change in temperature in gas lines.
Date: May 1926
Creator: Bennett, E. O.
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Effects of Extraneous Gas on the Production of Oil Wells in the Lyons-Quinn Field of Oklahoma

Description: Report discussing the effects of extraneous gas on oil production in the Lyons-Quinn field in Oklahoma providing a brief history of the Quinn dome, a discussion of structural conditions, general information regarding the productive oil and gas sands, tabulation of gas well data, certain lease production curves and oil production statistics. Suggestions regard mud fluid and blowing tests on gas wells repairs of leaking gas wells and drilling of future gas wells, and methods of regulating the fl… more
Date: June 1924
Creator: Kirwan, M. J.
Location: See Bounding Coordinates
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Recommended Minimum Requirements for Masonry Wall Construction: Report of Building Code Committee, June 26, 1924

Description: Report discussing recommended minimum requirements for masonry wall construction covering exterior and interior masonry walls for all buildings, including walls for small dwellings. Definitions of terms are provided. Various types of brick, concrete, stone, veneered, and tiled walls are covered.
Date: 1925
Creator: Woolson, Ira Harvey
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Strength of Ore and Top Rock in the Red Iron-Ore Mines of the Birmingham District, Ala.

Description: Report presenting the results of a study assessing the strength of the ore and top rock in the hematite mines of the Birmingham district along with an assessment of the size of pillars adequate to support the roof as the mines grow deeper. Occurrence, compressive strength, transverse strength, and elasticity of ore and top rock are examined.
Date: 1926
Creator: Crane, Walter R. 1870-
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Properties of Typical Crude Oils From the Producing Fields of the Western Hemisphere

Description: Report of a United States Bureau of Mines survey of typical crude oils from producing fields from countries other than the United States. It includes comments, tabulated data, and individual analyses of crudes typical of the producing districts of Canada, Mexico, Trinidad, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru alongside analyses of typical crudes from the chief producing districts of the United States. (p. 1)
Date: 1925
Creator: Kraemer, A. J. 1892-1973. & Calkin, Le Roy P., 1892-
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Patent of Invention--Gr 5--Cl.3--Bearing

Description: The object of this invention is a bearing: a thrust bearing. This bearing is one in which the bearing faces is a continuous annular surface and the other an annular surface divided into shoes having the form of sectors.
Date: October 28, 1925
Creator: Fulpius, Edward
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Laboratory Studies of the Trent Process

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines detailing the laboratory-scale tests of the efficiency of the Trent process in cleaning coal, in which powdered coal, water, and oil is agitated or beaten together to remove impurities. The report includes details in tables detailing the efficiency varying the type and amounts of coal, oil, and water on the process.
Date: July 1921
Creator: Perrott, G. St. John & Kinney, Selwyne Perez
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Analyses of Air from Burning Buildings

Description: This report provides results of analyses and pertinent fata regarding eleven samples taken from the composition of the air in burning buildings.
Date: November 1920
Creator: Katz, S. H.
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Geology of the Wiles Area Ranger District, Texas

Description: This report describes the economic geology of the Wiles area Ranger District, Texas.
Date: June 28, 1922
Creator: Dobbin, Carroll E.
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The Lacasa Area, Ranger District North-Central Texas

Description: This document reports the economic geology of the Lacasa area, Ranger district in North-Central Texas, with fieldwork done in April and May of 1919.
Date: December 23, 1921
Creator: Ross, Clarence S.
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Boundaries, Areas, Geographic Centers and Altitudes of the United States and the Several States, with a Brief Record of Important Changes in Their Territory

Description: From Forward: "The first edition of the record setting forth the history of the boundaries of the United States and the several States and Territories was prepared by Henry Gannett, assisted by Franklin G. Butterfield, and was published as Bulletin 13 of the United States Geological Survey in 1885. The present bulletin is a revision and enlargement of Bulletin 226 and includes additional matter incidentally connected with boundaries."
Date: 1923
Creator: Douglas, Edward M.
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Structure and Oil and Gas Resources of the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma

Description: From Introduction: "Responding to the imperative need for increasing to the utmost the petroleum supply of the United States, the Geological Survey, since we entered the war, has largely concentrated its investigations of oil fields in the most promising undeveloped territory, such as Wyoming and the midcontinent-Texas region, and especially in the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma. This report is therefore issued to supply an evident need for geologic information regarding the Osage lands. In the … more
Date: 1922
Creator: White, David; Emery, Wilson B.; Winchester, Dean E.; Bowen, C. F.; Heald, K. C.; Hopkins, Oliver B. et al.
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The Manganese Situation from a Domestic Standpoint

Description: From page 1: The purpose of this circular is to show the degree of dependence of the United States upon foreign sources for the manganese required by its industries.
Date: April 1927
Creator: Furness, J. W.
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Method and Cost of Mining the Thick Freeport Coal in a Second Western Pennsylvania Mine

Description: From introduction: The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed description of the methods employed and the equipment used, with the results obtained in the operation of this mine in the thick Freeport bed on the northern end of the field, near the Alleghegny-Butler county line in western Pennsylvania. It may be classed as a captive mine, as the largest portion of the product is consumed at the by-product plants of the parent company
Date: July 1929
Creator: Paul, James Washington & Tomlinson, H.
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The Canadian Gypsum Industry

Description: From introduction: The production of gypsum is one of the oldest industries in Canada, and in point of gypsum output Canada ranks third among the countries of the world. Gypsum was discovered in the Maritime Provinces at a very early date, but there is no authentic record..of production until about 1822, when gypsum was mined on a small scale in Ontario. Since.then the production has grown slowly but steadily to more than a million tons. In 1928 the output was 1,205,846 short tons, valued at $3… more
Date: August 1929
Creator: Santmyers, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Forsyth Coal Field: Rosebud, Treasure, and Big Horn Counties, Montana

Description: From introduction: acknowledgements.-The Forsyth field was examined to collect data upon which to classify the public land included in it with regard to its value as coal land. The geologic mapping was done with the plane table and telescopic alidade, and all locations were tied to land corners.
Date: 1929
Creator: Dobbin, C. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Kevin-Sunburst Oil Field and Other Possibilities of Oil and Gas in the Sweetgrass Arch, Montana

Description: From introduction: The discovery of oil near Kevin, Mont., in March, 1922, gave prominence to the Sweetgrass arch, which is a large structural uplift somewhat similar in size and degree of folding to the Cincinnati arch. Most of the development so far attempted on this fold has been on the Kevin-Sunburst dome, a bulge upon the crest of the arch just south of the Canadian boundary. The dome covers about 16 townships, is nearly circular in outline, and has very low dips away from its highest poin… more
Date: 1929
Creator: Collier, Arthur J.
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Studies of Basin-Range Structure

Description: From preface: This paper represents the partial fruition of a broad plan to reexamine critically the subject of Basin-Range structure.
Date: 1928
Creator: Gilbert, Grove Karl
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Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1928

Description: From introduction: The district discussed in this report embraces the entire northern peninsula of Michigan and the parts of northern Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota that were covered by a re-advance of the Superior lobe of the Labrador ice sheet late in the Wisconsin stage of glaciation.
Date: 1929
Creator: Mendenhall, W. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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