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Annual Report of the Mining Division, Fiscal Year 1942

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the annual work conducted by the Mining Division during 1942. Descriptions of projects and operations during the fiscal year are listed. This report contains tables, and photographs.
Date: October 1942
Creator: Jackson, Charles F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Approximate Quantitative Microscopy of Pulverized Ores, Including the Use of the Camera Lucida

Description: Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over microscopy of pulverized ores. As stated in the introduction, "this paper, which deals with the study of pulverized ores and the use of the camera lucida in such work, discusses an investigation undertaken at the Seattle and the Golden mining experiment stations of the Bureau of Mines" (p. 3). This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: October 1919
Creator: Coghill, Will H. & Bonardi, J. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Explosions in Ohio: 1874-1936

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing coal mine explosions in Ohio between 1874 and 1936. The number of explosions and fatalities are presented. The causes of mine explosions are discussed as well. This report includes tables.
Date: October 1937
Creator: Owings, C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Disposal of Oil-Field Brines in the Arkansas River Drainage Area in Western Kansas

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the disposal methods of oil-field brine. The study focuses on the Arkansas River area of western Kansas. This report includes tables, graphs, illustrations, and maps.
Date: October 1936
Creator: Wilhelm, C. J.; Thorne, H. M. & Pryor, M. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Efficiencies in the Use of Bituminous Coking Coal as Water-Gas Generator Fuel

Description: Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over the use of coking coal as a generator fuel. The results of using coking coal as fuel are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Odell, W. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy Uses and Supplies, 1939, 1947, 1965

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing specific energy uses during the years of 1939, 1947, and 1965. As stated in the subject, "this is a summary of preliminary results of an exploratory study if energy uses and supplies in the United States" (p. 2). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Barnett, Harold J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves and the Preparation Characteristics of Coking Coal in Hamilton County, Tennessee

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking coal reserves of Hamilton County, Tennessee. Testing to determine suitability for producing metallurgical coke is also presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: October 1956
Creator: Hershey, Robert E.; Williams, Lloyd; Crentz, William L. & Miller, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves and the Preparation Characteristics of Coking Coal in Morgan County, Tennessee

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking coal reserves of Morgan County, Tennessee. Testing to determine suitability for producing metallurgical coke is also presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: October 1956
Creator: Williams, Lloyd; James, Curtis; Crentz, William L. & Miller, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Brooke County, West Virginia

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Brooke County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Travis, Raymond G.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on estimates of known deposits of coking coal in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Studies on the properties of coal and coal blends from the area are presented. The report includes maps and tables.
Date: October 1950
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Turnbull, Louis A.; Toenges, Albert L.; Cooper, H. M.; Abernethy, R. F.; Reynolds, D. A. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Marion County, West Virginia

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Marion County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: October 1956
Creator: Provost, John M.; Dowd, James J.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Ohio County, West Virginia

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking-coal reserves of Ohio County, West Virginia. Methods used, and measurements of coal reserves are listed. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Provost, John M.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimate of the Known Recoverable Reserves and the Preparation and Carbonizing Properties of Coking Coal in Marion County, Tennessee

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of coking coal reserves of Marion County, Tennessee. Testing to determine suitability for producing metallurgical coke is also presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Williams, Lloyd; Hershey, Robert E. & Gandrud, B. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laboratory Testing of the Inflammability of Coal and other Dusts Conducted by the Bureau of Mines

Description: From Introduction: "This paper endeavors to collect and describe all of the work in proper order, as briefly as is consistent with a good understanding thereof, and attempts to evaluate it in the light of present-day knowledge derived from large and small scale experiments in the United States and foreign countries."
Date: October 1931
Creator: Greenwald, H. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Methods of Shutting Off Water in Oil and Gas Wells

Description: Report discussing methods of shutting off water in oil and gas wells in California, the Midwest, and the Gulf. Emphasis is on the methods used in California and suggestions for modifying California methods to make them applicable in other localities.
Date: October 1918
Creator: Tough, F. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Annual Diesel-Fuel Survey, 1951

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the use of diesel fuel in the United States during 1951. 303 samples of diesel fuel are analyzed and recorded. This report includes tables and maps.
Date: October 1951
Creator: Blade, O. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Safety Competition of 1942

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on its annual safety contest between mine workers. Different types of mines enrolled in the competition and the winners and honorable mentions for 1942 are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Lawrence, T. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Petroleum-Engineering Study of the Quapaw Pool, Osage County, Oklahoma

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the petroleum engineering near the Quapaw Pool in Osage County, Oklahoma. The study includes analysis of secondary-recovery methods of petroleum in the Quapaw Pool. The report contains tables, maps, and photographs.
Date: October 1952
Creator: West, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Reports - Metallurgical Division: 13. Electrometallurgical Investigations

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the progress made on projects in the Metallurgical Division. Descriptions of progress in the different projects and operations conducted are listed. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: October 1936
Creator: Koster, J.; Shelton, S. M. & Knickerbocker, R. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recovery of Gold from Black Sand Tailings

Description: Report on the recovery of gold from black sand tailings, based on tests conducted at the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Alaska Station.
Date: October 1920
Creator: Gross, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Smelting Ores in the Electric Furnace

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the electric smelting of nonferrous ores. As stated in the introduction, "it is the purpose of the present paper to survey the technical and economic changes that have taken place and to determine whether electric smelting of nonferrous ores offers any more promise today than 20 years ago" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: October 1937
Creator: Dean, Reginald S. & von Bernewitz, M. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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