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Asbestos: A Materials Survey

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing asbestos mining. As stated in the introduction, "this report gives primary consideration to the types and grades of asbestos that are of greatest importance in the program of military preparedness-namely, the spinning grades of chrysotile, both foreign and domestic, and the amosite and crocidolite obtained only from foreign sources" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
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Clay in Petroleum-Reservoir Rocks: Its effect on Permeability, with Particular Reference to Tejon-Grapevine Area, Kern County, California

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on clays of petroleum-reservoir rocks in Kern County, California. The effects of water sensitivity of clays are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Morris, Frank C.; Aune, Quinton A. & Gates, George Laurence
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Conversion of Nicaro Nickel Oxide to Nickel Metal

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over testing conducted on nickel oxide to produce nickel metal. Details of testing methods and results are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Mahan, W. M.; Melcher, N. B.; Riott, J. P. & Ostrowski, E. J.
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Evaluation of a California Bentonitic Clay for Use in Oil-Well Drilling Muds

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the bentonite deposits of San Benito County, California. As stated in the introduction, "the purpose of the study was to learn if these large deposits contain bentonite of sufficient quality and quantity to be of economic value as an oil-well drilling mud additive" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Aune, Quinton A.; Caraway, W. Hodge; Morris, Frank C. & Gates, George Laurence
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Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis in a Fluidized Catalyst Reactor with a Nitrided, Fused-Iron Catalyst

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over testing conducted on "the synthesis of liquid fuels from carbon monoxide and hydrogen by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis" (p. 1). Descriptions of the equipment and methods used are presented. The results are also discussed. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: 1959
Creator: Demeter, Joseph J. & Schlesinger, M. D.
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Further Corrosion Tests on Materials in Regenerative Air Preheaters

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over tests conducted on regenerative air preheaters. The corrosion rates of different materials are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Barkley, J. F.; Karlsson, Hilmer & Stark, C. F.
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Index of Oil-Shale and Shale-Oil Patents, 1946-56: A Supplement to Bulletins 467 and 468: (In Three Parts) [Part 3]. European Patents and Classification

Description: From Introduction: "This part of Bulletin contains 250 European patents that relate to retorting (and distilling underground), refining, and utilization of oil shale and its products. The largest single group, of which the majority was assigned to a single company, relates to fluidized handling shale. The patents are arranged numerically, and alphabetical list of investors and assignees follow them. A classified list of all the patents follows the author index of Part III. Parts I and II were p… more
Date: 1959
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mercury: A Materials Survey

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing materials surveys conducted on mercury. As stated in the foreword, "the surveys dealing with metals and minerals summarize the demand-supply position in the United States and include information on production, imports, consumption, exports, substitutes, and pertinent history" (p. v). This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Pennington, James W. & Bailey, Edgar H.
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Methods and Costs of Mining Lignite in North Dakota

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing lignite mining of North Dakota. As stated in the introduction, "the report describes mining and preparation methods in the North Dakota lignite-producing area" (p. 2). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Van Sant, Joel N. & Ellman, R. C.
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Mining Methods and Costs at the Anaconda Company Berkeley Pit, Butte, Montana

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mining operations in Montana. As stated in the summary, "this report deals with the design and development of the Berkely open-pit mine Butte, Mont., owned and operated by the Anaconda Company" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: McWilliams, John R.
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Mining Methods and Costs, Lincoln Tungsten Mine, Wah Chang Mining Corporation, Lincoln County, Nevada

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing tungsten mining operations conducted in Lincoln County, Nevada. As stated in the summary, "this paper is one of a series being prepared by the Bureau of Mines on exploration, development, mining methods and costs at various mines in the United States" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and a photograph.
Date: 1959
Creator: Johnson, A. C. & McDonald, Ross M.
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Occurrence and Determination of Germanium in Coal Ash from Powerplants

Description: From Summary: "In this study the concentration of germanium was determined in numerous samples of coal and ash. A number of miscellaneous waste materials also were examined in the course of the investigation; the results are reported as a matter of general interest. The methods and equipment employed are discussed in detail."
Date: 1959
Creator: Corey, R. C.; Myers, J. W.; Schwartz, C. H.; Gibson, F. H. & Colbassani, P. J.
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Open-Pit Copper Mining Methods and Costs at the Bagdad Mine, Bagdad Copper Corporation, Yavapai County, Arizona

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the open-pit copper mining of Yavapai County, Arizona. As stated in the summary, "mining methods, including breaking ground, primary drilling and blasting, secondary drilling and blasting, loading, transportation, engineering, and operating control, are described" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: Hardwick, W. R. & Jones, E. L., III
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Operation of Experimental Plant for Producing Alumina from Anorthosite

Description: From Preface: "This Bulletin provides a permanent record of the operation of an experimental alumina plant by the Bureau of Mines at Laramine, Wyo. The broad purpose of this experimental program was to appraise the technologic and economic feasibility of producing aluminum from nonbauxitic ores."
Date: 1959
Creator: St. Clair, Hillary W.; Elkins, Douglas A.; Shibler, Bertram K.; Mahan, Warren M.; Merritt, Robert C.; Howcroft, Mark R. et al.
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Petroleum-Engineering Study of Muskogee Oilfield, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies conducted on the Muskogee oilfield. As stated in the introduction, "this report describes the geology and reviews the oil-production history of the Dutcher sands of Pennsylvania age in the Muskogee oilfield" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1959
Creator: Riggs, Calvin Harold; Eakin, J. L. & Johnston, Kenneth H.
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Physical Chemistry of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

Description: From Summary: "This paper summarizes the results of physicochemical studies of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (the catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide) undertaken by the Federal Bureau of Mines as part of its program on improving processes for producing liquid fuels from coal."
Date: 1959
Creator: Anderson, R. B.; Shultz, J. F.; Hofer, L. J. E. & Storch, H. H.
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Reconnaissance of Iron Occurrences in Colorado

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing iron deposits found in Colorado. As stated in the summary, "this paper describes the location and general features of iron occurrences in Colorado" (p. 1). History, geology, production, and use of Colorado iron ore is presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and a map.
Date: 1959
Creator: Harrer, C. M. & Tesch, W. J., Jr.
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Research and Technologic Work on Coal and Related Investigations, 1957

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing coal research and technology. Mining methods, and coal analyses are presented. This report includes maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1959
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reservoir-Oil Characteristics, Aneth Field, San Juan County, Utah

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the characteristics of reservoir-oil sampled from San Juan County, Utah. The properties of each sample collected are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1959
Creator: Zaffarano, Richard F.; Cupps, Cecil Q. & Fry, J.
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Synthetic Liquid Fuels from Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide: Cobalt and Iron Catalysts for the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Preparation and Characterization of Catalysts, Synthesis Tests, and Reaction Mechanism (Part 2 of Two Parts)

Description: From Summary: "This bulletin contains extensive data on catalytic and other properties of iron carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides. The appendix describes some equipment and techniques developed in the course of this work and gives a detailed account of the application of magnetic measurements to studies of ferromagnetic catalysts."
Date: 1959
Creator: Shultz, J. F.; Hofer, L. J. E.; Cohn, E. M.; Stein, K. C. & Anderson, R. B.
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