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OFR-55-80 Analysis Of Industry Research And Development Recommendations In Mining And Reclamation Technology
Recommendations from 44 mining industry workshops are summarized and reviewed in the context of Bureau of Mines research and development programs on-going during the period 1974-1977. Approximately 1,
Jan 1, 1979
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RI 9224 - Foundation Response to Subsidence-Induced Ground Movements: A Case Study
By Jeffrey S. Walker
The purpose of this U.S. Bureau of Mines effort was to determine if ground movement caused by mining-induced subsidence is directly transferred to a structure and, if so, how that transfer takes place
Jan 1, 1989
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RI 8682 Failure Analysis of Diesel Exhaust-Gas Water Scrubbers
By Robert W. Waytulonis
The Federal Bureau of Mines contacted 29 organizations--mine maintenance departments and equipment manufacturers--concerning service experience and construction of diesel exhaust-gas water scrubbers.
Jan 1, 1982
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OFR-51(1)-77 Test Program For Automatic Steering Shuttle Car - Volume I
By M. Troyer
A coal shuttle car equipped with a pulsed laser optical ranging system to provide guidance for an automatic steering system was tested in production coal mining. Test results are presented for the two
Jan 1, 1976
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RI 7711 Cleaning Titanium Alloy Chips
By O. Q. Leone
A processing unit was developed for the complete cleaning of titanium alloy chips. The process uses solvent degreasing, magnetic separation, and anodic solution of nonmagnetic impurities in 10 weight-
Jan 1, 1973
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MLA 37-83 - Mineral Investigation Of The Wildrose Canyon Wilderness Study Area (BLM), CDCA-060-134, Inyo County, California ? Summary Statement
By Spencee L. Willett
A sand and gravel deposit exists in the Wildrose Canyon Wilderness Study Area (WSA), Out it is limited to local use because of the distance from major markets and resulting high transportation costs.
Jan 1, 1983
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IC 8622 Recovery Of Secondary Copper And Zinc In The United States
By Fred V. Carrillo
Of the total quantity of secondary copper and zinc that became obsolete in the United States from 19b1 through 1970, more than 11 million tons of copper and 10 million tons of zinc were not recovered.
Jan 1, 1974
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OFR-3-76 Feasibility Of Remote Control And Development Of Remote Control Devices And Sensors ? Shuttle Car Sensor System - Supplement - Automatic Steering Control For Mine Shuttle Car (Phase I)
By Richard L. Fowler
An automatic steering control system was designed, installed and tested on a coal mine shuttle car. The system utilizes sensors and associated signal processing electronics developed under a previous
Jan 1, 1975
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OFR-1B-87 Assessment Of Whole Body Vibration Levels Of Coal Miners - Volume II: Whole Body Vibration Exposure Of Underground Coal Mining Machine Operators
By P. J. Remington
Field measurements utilizing a seat pad accelerometer were made on 25 underground coal mining machines in order to quantify the vibration levels experienced by the operators. Those data were combined
Jan 1, 1983
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OFR-44-78 Assessment Of Research And Development Needs And Priorities For Acid Mine Drainage Abatement
By Virginia E. Gleason
In this report, recommendations are made for programs to develop workable techniques to stop or prevent acid mine drainage formation in those underground coal mines where acid production could take pl
Jan 1, 1978
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RI 4943 Synthetic Liquid Fuels Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for 1952 Part II. - Oil from Oil Shale
By Secretary of the Interior
"INTRODUCTION The Bureau of Mines Synthetic Liquid Fuels Program again forged ahead during 1952, and important technical advances led the way to improved methods of converting coal and oil shale into
Jan 1, 1953
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IC 7692 Technology Of Lignitic Coals - In Two Parts-Part 2: Combustion-Power Generation; Carbonization; Gasification; Hydrogenation; Other Chemical Processing ? 1. Combustion ? Power Generation
The lignite deposits of the United States represent a huge potential source of fuel for power generation. It has been estimated that lignite constitutes about 24 percent of the remaining National rese
Jan 1, 1954
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IC 8709 Coal Mine Illumination - Proceedings: Bureau Of Mines Technology Transfer Seminars - Pittsburgh. Pa., November 4, 1975: St. Louis. Mo., November 6, 1975: and Denver, Colo., November 11, 1975
Research personnel from the Bureau of Mines, representatives of the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA), and members of the mining industry met with other Government and Industry repre
Jan 1, 1976
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OFR-110(2)-84 Relationship Of Underground Diesel Engine Maintenance To Emissions - Volume II
By Ronald Branstetter
Gaseous and particulate exhaust emissions from 20 diesel engines in service at five underground mines were measured with high accuracy instrumentation. The engines that were tested were checked for fa
Jan 1, 1983
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RI 6224 Magnetic Susceptibility Of Siderite
By H. E. Powell
A laboratory investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Mines to study the magnetic characteristics and to measure the magnetic susceptibility of the mineral siderite. All susceptibility measurement
Jan 1, 1963
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OFR-180-82 Guidelines For Environmental Monitoring In Underground Coal Mines ? Phase 1
By H. A. Wright
This report assesses the economic, legal, institutional and technical factors that affect the current and future status of implementation of mine monitoring systems in the United States. It begins wit
Jan 1, 1982
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RI 3872 Effect of Impurities on the Electrodeposition of Manganese
By Beatrice L. Lukens, David Schlain, John D. Prater
"The electrolytic manganese process developed by the Bureau of Mines4/ and now in use in the commercial plant of the Electromanganese Corp. at Knoxville, Tenn., and in the Bureau of Mines pilot plant5
May 1, 1946
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RI 8280 Design Requirements for Uranium Ion Exchange From Ammonium Bicarbonate Solutions in a Fluidized System
By D. E. Traut
A fluidized countercurrent ion-exchange system was developed, operated, and evaluated by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. The system consisted of integrated multiple-compartment a
Jan 1, 1978
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OFR-49(1)-79 Construction, Inspection And Maintenance Of Mine Haulage Track, Volume I
By Edward G. Cunney
[Track in underground bituminous coal mines was investigated and technology has taken from other industries in order to Main information on conditions that impair the safety and efficiency of the trac
Jan 1, 1977
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OFR-83(1)-78 XVI International Conference On Coal Mine Safety Research - I Electrical Apparatus - Study Of Means For Increasing Intensity Of Current That Can Circulate Through An Intrinsically Safe Resistive Circuit - Introduction
By A. Monomakhoff
If a conductor traversed by an electric current is broken, a conduction forms in the air between the two broken ends of the wire. This conduction manifests itself in an initial phase by an electric sp
Jan 1, 1975