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OFR-179(1)-84 Guidelines For Open Pit Ore Pass Design - Volume 1 - Final Report
By D. F. Hambley
This report documents the work carried out by Engineers International, Inc. and its subcontructor, W. G. Pariseau, in order to develop a design manual for ore passes for open pit mines. The work inclu
Jan 1, 1983
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RI 4667 Report Of Research And Technologic Work On Explosives, Explosions, And Flames Fiscal Year 1949
By Bernard Lewis
This report summarizes the fundamental research and technical studies conducted by the Explosives Branch of the Bureau of Mines from July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1949. It is the thirteenth of a series of
Jan 1, 1950
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IC 6727 Factors And Conditions That Aid In Alinement Of Pillar Extraction Lines In Coal Mining ? Importance Of Pillar Recovery
By J. N. Geyer
During the early stages of the mining industry of the United States an apparently inexhaustible supply of high-quality, easily accessible coal made the product cheap and the attendant mining methods w
Jan 1, 1933
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OFR-11(2)-82 Recontouring Of Steep-Slope Abandoned Contour Mines - Volume II - Appendices
By Daniel I. Carey
Current and potential dragline reclamation usage was evaluated for the U.S. coalfields based on data gathered and analyzed during field surveys, literature reviews and contacts with manufacturers. It
Jan 1, 1981
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IC 9452 - An Underground Coal Mine Fire Preparedness And Response Checklist: The Instrument
By Linda L. Chasko, Charles P. Lazzara, Gary Braselton, Ronald S. Conti
Preparedness is an important element of any underground mine's strategic plan in dealing with an unexpected event, such as a fire. A fully implemented fire preparedness and response plan is esse
Jan 1, 2000
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OFR-130(1)-85 High Reliability Miner Hydraulic System - Volume I - Part I
The evident need to improve the reliability of fluid power systems in underground coal mining equipment prompted the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and later the Department of Energy, to contract with the Flui
Jan 1, 1983
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IC 8391 Dimension Stone
By William R. Barton
Dimension stones, with their almost infinite variety, have a broad range of properties and uses. Natural stone was beyond doubt the first mineral commodity used by man. Today dimension stone has widen
Jan 1, 1968
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IC 7771 Bibliography Of Zirconium ? Introduction
By Eleanor Abshire
This bibliography is the result of a cooperative project undertaken by the Bureau of Ships and the Bureau of Mines to accumulate literature published to date on zirconium and hafnium and to establish
Jan 1, 1957
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OFR-1-80 Underground Disposal Of Retorted Oil Shale For The Paraho Retorting Process
By H. W. Earnest
This report covers the results of a two-phase study to determine the feasibility of underground disposal of retorted oil shale. Two mining methods, chamber and pillar mining and sublevel stoping, were
Jan 1, 1978
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Introduction (47068ab7-53dd-4378-bd75-16215c2111b8)
Although not immune from the problems affecting the U.S. economy generally, the mineral industry in 1991 contributed nearly $300 billion in the value of processed materials of mineral origin. Supporti
Jan 1, 1992
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IC 8977 Chromium Availability - Market Economy Countries - A Minerals Availability Program Appraisal
By P. R. Thomas
The Bureau of Mines determined the costs associated with the production of chromium, in the form of chromite and high-carbon ferrochomium, from the demonstated resources of 10 market economy nations.
Jan 1, 1984
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Minerals In The U.S. Economy: Ten-Year Supply-Demand Profiles For Mineral And Fuel Commodities (1966-75) - U.S. Minerals Supply/Demand Flow Diagrams And Tables
The accompanying supply/demand flow diagrams and 10-year tables for mineral and fuel commodities present essential data required by government, industry, and others to formulate policies and programs
Jan 1, 2012
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Mineral Indicators - Aluminum (7a99cb78-6776-4877-ab4a-dd794d43f903)
The Aluminum Company of America announced a temporary reduction of the operating rate at its primary aluminum plant at Palestine, TX where it is developing a new process to produce aluminum metal by e
Jan 1, 1979
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Fluorine Micas
By Haskiel R. Shell
While the original purpose of the Bureau of Mines work on fluorine micas was to synthesize large single crystals or film suitable to replace natural muscovite or phlogopite, the objective was broadene
Jan 1, 1969
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OFR-166-81 Delineation Of Geologic Roof Hazards In Selected Coal Beds In Eastern Kentucky With Landsat Imagery Studies In Eastern Kentucky And The Dunkard Basin
By David K. Hylbert
This study investigated stratigraphic and structural causes of roof falls in room-and-pillar drift coal mines in nine mines in eastern Kentucky. A contract modification provided for remote sensing stu
Jan 1, 1980
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OFR-118-76 Heap Leaching Studies On Uranium Ore
By Robert C. Merritt
Laboratory amenability studies as well as a pilot heap-leaching investigation of low-grade sandstone uranium ores from Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado are described. Sulfuric acid heap leaching with
Jan 1, 1976
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Availability Of Federally Owned Minerals For Exploration And Development In Western States: Idaho, 1988
By Paul C. Hyndman
The U.S. Bureau of Mines inventoried Federal mineral lands in Idaho and classified them in detail, section by section, according to their availability for mineral exploration and development as affect
Jan 1, 2012
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IC 8886 Mine Illumination - Proceedings: Second International Mine Lighting Conference Of The International Commission On Illumination (CIE)
The U.S. Bureau of Mines, Department of Labor, and United States National Committee of the CIE hosted the TC4.10 Mine Lighting Committee Meeting and Second International CIE Mine Lighting conference a
Jan 1, 1982
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 1982 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 86 Nonfuel Mineral Commodities - Aluminum
I. Domestic Production and Use: In 1981, 13 companies operated 32 primary aluminum reduction plants, with 3 firms accounting for 58% of production, Washington, Oregon, and Montana accounted for 32% of
Jan 1, 1982
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IC 8225 Copper
By A. D. McMahon
This survey is one of a series of Bureau of Mines publications designed to serve the needs of Government and industry for comprehensive information on mineral commodities and activities. Copper, a ver
Jan 1, 1965