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    IC 8753 Respirable Dust Control - Proceedings: Bureau Of Mines Technology Transfer Seminars, Pittsburgh, Pa., September 21, 1976 And St. Louis, Mo., September 23, 1976

    These proceedings consist of an introduction, nine descriptive papers, and a summary. The first paper is an overview of the respirable dust research program, the second paper describes the Mining Enfo

    Jan 1, 1977

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    IC 8069 An Economic Analysis Of Underground Gasification Of Coal ? Introduction

    By G. D. Bakulev

    Economic Importance of Gasification of Fuel and Brief Outline of Development of Underground Gasification of Coal in the U.S.S.R. The underground gasification of fuel offers a number of economic and s

    Jan 1, 1962

  • NIOSH
    OFR-90-79 Improved Light Scattering Dust Monitor

    By Pedro Lilienfeld

    This report describes the development, design, fabrication and testing of a port-able, battery-operated, light scattering monitor (henceforth to be designated as ILSDM) for the rapid measurement of th

    Jan 1, 1979

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    Possible Mechanism For Surface Vibrations Near Maxwell Hill, West Virginia

    By Anthony Iannacchione, Christopher Mark

    Residents of Maxwell Hill, a suburb of Beckley, West Virginia, reported from January until March of 1988 a series of earth tremors. The tremors rattled dishes, and the noises associated with tremors w

  • NIOSH
    RI 7088 Low-Temperature Chlorination Of Ferrochromium - Preliminary Studies

    By R. L. de Beauchamp

    A preliminary investigation was made of the extraction of chromium from ferrochromium by low-temperature chlorination in the 3400 to 5250 C range. The objective was to devise a method for separating c

    Jan 1, 1968

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    IC 8204 Mining Methods And Costs, Mouat Mine, American Chrome Co., Still Water County, Mont.

    By Paul M. Price

    The Mouat mine, Nye, Mont., was reopened in 1953 by the American Chrome Co. under a Defense Minerals Production Administration contract. Operations were terminated in 1961 after completion of the cont

    Jan 1, 1963

  • NIOSH
    OFR-3(3)-81 Oil Shale Mining Environmental Research Program Plan - Low Funding Level - Vol. III

    By F. G. Scott

    This document is a proposed program plan for mining environmental research to be conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in support of industrial oil shale mining and processing. This program plan is on

    Jan 1, 1980

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    IC 6749 Markets For Residential Stone ? Introduction

    By Paul Hatmaker

    A primary, function of the Bureau of Mines is to encourage elimination of waste and the most profitable use of mineral raw materials. In line with this objective the Bureau has frequently stressed the

    Jan 1, 1933

  • NIOSH
    "Advance And Relieve" Mining, A Method To Mitigate The Affects Of High Horizontal Stress On The Mine Roof

    By D. R. Dollnar

    At a mine in central PA, high horizontal stresses have caused long running roof falls resulting in hazardous conditions for the miners and the premature abandonment of panels. Because of these conditi

    Jan 1, 2002

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    RI 9493 - Environmental Impacts of Mine Waste Sandfill

    By R. L. Levens

    The Underground Injection Control program was promulgated in 1981 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Placement of mine waste backfill unde

    Jan 1, 2010

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    OFR-76(2)-75 Mine Electrical Systems Evaluation - Explosion-Proofing Of Mine Containers - Introduction

    By Robert Stefanko

    In the context of the following report, an hazardous location can be described as any industrial area in which flammable or explosive gases, vapors, and dusts can be encountered. When electrical appar

    Jan 1, 1974

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    RI 9340 - Biosorption of Metal Contaminants Using Immobilized Biomass-A Laboratory Study

    By T. H. Jeffers

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines has developed porous beads containing immobilized biological materials for removing metal contaminants from waste waters. The beads, designated as BID-FIX beads, are prepared

    Jan 1, 1991

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    IC 8197 Methods And Costs Of Exploration And Pilot Plant Testing Of Ilmenite-Bearing Sands, Lakehurst Mine, The Glidden Co., Ocean County, N. J.

    By Richard Quirk

    This report describes methods and techniques employed by The Glidden Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, in explorating an ilmenite-bearing sand deposit in Ocean County, New Jersey, during 1960 to determine ore r

    Jan 1, 1963

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    Optical Properties Of Coals And Graphite

    By J. T. McCartney

    OPTICAL PROPERTIES of U.S. coals of differing rank have been investigated by the Bureau of Mines, for about 20 years. These investigations have been remade to further the development of an objective b

    Jan 1, 1967

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    IC 7294 Prospect Trenching With Caterpillar-Mounted Angledozers

    By S. H. Lorain

    Mechanized dirt-moving equipment has greatly increased the scope of prospect trenching by lowering the costs and increasing the speed of such work. Where the soil covering was more than 3 or 4 feet de

    Jan 1, 1944

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    IC 9285 Soil Characterization And Soil Amendment Use On Coal Surface Mine Lands: An Annotated Bibliography

    By Michael R. Norland

    This U.S. Bureau of Mines report on U.S. and Canadian 1iterature pertaining to soil characterization and the use of soil amendments as a part of the reclamation process of coal surface-mined lands con

    Jan 1, 1991

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    RI 7517 Recovery Of Heavy Minerals From Sand And Gravel Operations In The Southeastern United States

    By E. G. Davis

    This report summarizes an investigation to determine the occurrence and recoverability of heavy minerals in sand and gravel operations in the Southeastern United States. A total of 61 samples from

    Jan 1, 1971

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    IC 6798 Sand And Gravel Excavation; Part I: The Power Shovel, The Dragline Excavator, And The Excavator Crane ? Introduction

    By J. R. Thoenen

    This circular is the third of a series summarizing the technical problems involved in the production and preparation of sand and gravel. The first, Information Circular 6668, published in December 193

    Jan 1, 1934

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    Air Curtain Provides Dust Protection - Objective:

    To reduce the exposure of mining machine operators to respirable dust. Approach: A protective curtain of filtered air is blown down around the operator's head, from a manifold mounted on

    Jan 1, 1976

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    RI 5834 Determination Of Oxygen In Titanium ? Summary

    By T. A. Sullivan

    The work described in this report was undertaken to evaluate and develop techniques for determining the oxygen content of titanium and titanium alloys. Early investigations of volatilization technique

    Jan 1, 1961