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Barite and Barium Products: Part 1. Barite

Description: Report discussing the mineral barite describing occurrence and geographic distribution, use, mining methods, washing and milling, price history, and consumption. Domestic and foreign production are compared with domestic production detailed by state. Production and export of barite countries outside of the United States is also discussed.
Date: January 1930
Creator: Santmyers, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Bibliography of Pressure Hydrogenation (In Three Parts): [Part 2]. Patents

Description: From Introduction: "This review contains abstracts of the technical literature and patents dealing material application of the Bergius and related processes for the hydrogenation, under greater than atmospheric pressures, of liquid and solid carbonaceous materials such as coal, lignite, their distillation and extraction products, pitches and tars, and petroleum and its distillation residues."
Date: 1951
Creator: Wiley, Joesph L. & Anderson, H. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1937

Description: Report providing statistical summaries and analysis of accidents related to metal and nonmetal mining industry in the United States during the calendar year 1937. Accidents are classified by type of injury, location, cause, and kind of mine.
Date: 1940
Creator: Adams, W. W. (William Waugh), 1884-1945 & Kolhos, M. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Availability of Federally Owned Minerals for Exploration and Development in Western States: Idaho, 1988

Description: Report discussing a program to inventory Federal mineral land in Idaho by the United States Bureau of Mines to determine the availability of land for mineral exploration and development as affected by legal restrictions and agencies' management practices. Scope and methods, ownership and management of Federal mineral land, aeras of past mineral production and identified resources, and spatial relationship of Federal mineral availably with known mineral deposit areas are discussed.
Date: 1988
Creator: Hyndman, Paul C.; Ridenour, James; Crandell, W. Dean & Rumsey, Clayton M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Availability of Land for Mineral Exploration and Development in Western Alaska, 1986

Description: Report discussing a program to inventory land in Western Alaska by the United States Bureau of Mines to determine the availability of land for mineral exploration and development. Land availability, based on ownership and Federal and State laws and policies, is compared with mineral terranes and mineral deposits. (Abstract)
Date: 1988
Creator: Bottge, Robert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Availability of Land for Mineral Exploration and Development in Southwestern Alaska, 1986

Description: Report discussing and quantifying the potential for favorable location of mining claims for metalliferous (locatable) mineral deposits in southwestern Alaska as inventoried by the United States Bureau of Mines. (Abstract)
Date: 1988
Creator: Maas, Kenneth M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Availability of Federal Land for Mineral Exploration and Development in Western States: Colorado, 1984

Description: Report outlining the availability of Federal lands in Colorado for mineral exploration and development as inventoried and classified by the Bureau of Mines. Areas of the State favorable for deposits of certain minerals are identified and Federal land availability is compared with mineral favorability to demonstrate the extent of restricted Federal land in favorable areas.
Date: 1985
Creator: Beach, Richard A.; Gray, Arthur W.; Peterson, Eileen K. & Roberts, Clark A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Availability of Federally Owned Minerals for Exploration and Development in Western States: Oregon, 1984: Maps

Description: Map showing areas in Oregon that are favorable for locatable minerals that have relatively high unit value. The selected metals are gold, nickel, chromium, iron, silver, mercury, copper, molybdenum, uranium, lead, zinc, cobalt, and aluminum. Areas are color coded to indicate availability of federal land in three designations: available, slightly to moderately restricted, and unavailable or severely restricted. A second map shows areas in Oregon that are favorable for the leasable minerals coal,… more
Date: 1988
Creator: Longwill, W. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 2004

Description: Report compiling nonfuel mineral industry data along with an analysis of significant events, trends, and issues. Data sheets contain information on the domestic industry structure, Government program, tariffs, and 5-year salient statistics for more than 90 individual minerals and materials.
Date: January 2004
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 2003

Description: Report compiling nonfuel mineral industry data along with an analysis of significant events, trends, and issues. Data sheets contain information on the domestic industry structure, Government program, tariffs, and 5-year salient statistics for more than 90 individual minerals and materials.
Date: January 2003
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 2002

Description: Report compiling nonfuel mineral industry data along with an analysis of significant events, trends, and issues. Data sheets contain information on the domestic industry structure, Government program, tariffs, and 5-year salient statistics for more than 90 individual minerals and materials.
Date: January 2002
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 2001

Description: Report compiling nonfuel mineral industry data along with an analysis of significant events, trends, and issues. Data sheets contain information on the domestic industry structure, Government program, tariffs, and 5-year salient statistics for more than 90 individual minerals and materials.
Date: January 2001
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 2000

Description: Report compiling nonfuel mineral industry data along with an analysis of significant events, trends, and issues. Data sheets contain information on the domestic industry structure, Government program, tariffs, and 5-year salient statistics for more than 90 individual minerals and materials.
Date: February 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Specific Gravity Separation Applied to the Analysis of Mining Explosives

Description: Report on investigations by the United States Bureau of Mines to determine what explosives can be used with least danger and greatest efficiency in mining operations. A summary of the history of the use of liquids in gravity separations is presented, followed by method of procedure, apparatus used, and a discussion of experiments with pure salts, mixtures of salts, and experiments with two explosives.
Date: June 1914
Creator: Storm, C. G. 1877- & Hyde, Archie Lemont
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Accidents at Metallurgical Works in the United States During the Calendar Year 1932

Description: Report summarizing accident frequency rates for smelters during the calendar year as reported by operators of ore-dressing plants, smelters, and auxiliary works. Statistics by year are organized in tables separated by type of manufacturing area: ore-dressing plants, smelting plants, and auxiliary works.
Date: 1934
Creator: Adams, W. W. (William Waugh), 1884-1945
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Petroleum Statistics: 1935-38

Description: Paper presenting United States petroleum statistics from 1935-1938 in statistical tables as a supplement to the various annual printed reports of the Bureau of Mines covering topics including supply and demand of all oils, crude-oil production, indicated demand for crude petroleum, stocks of crude petroleum, movements of crude oil and refined products, production and stocks of refined products, and cracking operations.
Date: 1940
Creator: Hopkins, G. R. (George Randolph), 1898-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mining and Reclamation of a Central Florida Forested Wetland: A Case Study

Description: Report describing a case study initiated by Bureau of Mines program to address short- and long-term objectives of wetlands restoration as a option for reclamation of lands mined for phosphate. A 6.5-ha forested wetland with an associated streambed was offered by private industry as a test site. A premining monitoring program, site preparation and mining, recontouring and revegetation, cost factors, and restoration evaluation of the site are discussed.
Date: 1988
Creator: Boyle, James Reid
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Minerals Related Implications of a Direct Tax on U. S. Primary Lead Production and Primary Lead Imports

Description: Report assessing the economic impacts of a tax on primary lead and lead imports providing background and scope for the proposed tax. Results of a quantitative analysis based on the application of the Bureau of Mines Availability Model (SAM) to determine the impacts on domestic primary lead coproduct and byproduct production from domestic source material for a range of taxes are presented.
Date: April 1993
Creator: Biviano, Marilyn B. & Owens, Judith, 1962-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rock Stress Determinations From Overcoring: An Overview

Description: Bulletin describing the U.S. Bureau of Minds three-component borehole deformation gage and the overcoring techniques used in rock stress determination. The theoretical basis relating the deformation of a borehole to the in situ field stress is presented. Drilling equipment, accessories, and instrumentation necessary for the overcoring are presented, as well as the design, fabrication, operation, and calibration of the gage, site selection and proper overcoring procedures. (Abstract)
Date: 1993
Creator: Bickel, David L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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