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IC 8087 Active List Of Permissible Explosives And Blasting Devices Approved Before February 28, 1961 ? Summary
By N. E. Hanna
The current list of permissible explosives includes 124 different brands. Fifteen of these are gelatinous, and the rest are the more commonly used granular ammonium nitrate type. Their rates of detona
Jan 1, 1962
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Coal-Mine Accidents In The United States 1935 - Introduction
By W. W. Adams
In mining coal, the Nation's principal mineral fuel, loss of life has been much lower recently than in earlier years when coal mining contributed so heavily to the industrial-accident death toll
Jan 1, 1938
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OFR-12-84 Survey Of Ground Surface Conditions Affecting Structural Response To Subsidence
By R. W. Bruhn
The objective of the study is to examine the apparent influence of soil and near surface rock strata on the severity of damage experienced by surface structures subjected to mine subsidence. The repor
Jan 1, 1983
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IC 8322 Vapor Pressure Of Pure Liquid Nitrogen
By P. C. Tully
The vapor pressure-temperature relationships for saturated pure liquid nitrogen are calculated by the Strobridge equation using a digital computer. This information is presented in two tables: first)
Jan 1, 1967
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IC 6740 Economic Aspects of Gold and Silver
By Scott Turner
The monetary metals , gold and silver , have recently been the object of such general interest that the United States Bureau of Mines has received many inquiries regarding them . Though requests for t
Jul 1, 1933
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Statistical Compendium - Introduction
The U.S. Bureau of Mines Information and Analysis Directorate collects worldwide data on virtually every commercially important nonfuel mineral commodity. These data form the base for tracking and ass
Jan 1, 1993
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Neural Network Technology For Strata Strength Characterization
By Walter K. Utt
The process of drilling and bolting the roof is currently one of the most dangerous jobs in underground mining, resulting in about 1,000 accidents with injuries each year in the United States. To incr
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IC 9429 Cyanide Chemistry Precious Metals Processing And Waste Treatment
By Jr. Flynn
This U.S. Bureau of Mines publication is a compilation of fundamental cyanide chemistry data obtained through review of the scientific literature. It includes information on thermodynamics and chemica
Jan 1, 1995
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OFR-153(1)-82 Bureau Of Mines Oil Shale Data Bank - Part I - Bibliography: Volume 1 - Introduction
By Richard E. Thill
The Bureau of Mines' Oil Shale Data Bank (OSDB) was created in 1976 to serve as a centralized source for the storage, retrieval, and dissemination of technical literature, patents, and informatio
Jan 1, 1982
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Coal Mining In Europe - A Study Of Practices In Different Coal Formations And Under Various Economic And Regulatory Conditions Compared With Those In The United States ? Introduction
By George S. Rice
The major purpose of this bulletin, as indicated in the preface by Dr. John W. Finch, Director of the Bureau of Mines, is to give a critical review of the coal-mining methods used in the principal pro
Jan 1, 1939
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IC 6467 Milling Methods And Costs At The Concentrator Of The Old Dominion Co., Globe, Ariz. ? Introduction
By D. L. Forrester
This paper, describing the milling practice of the Old Dominion Co., is one of a series being prepared by the: United Staten Bureau of Mines. ACKNOWLEDGMENT In the preparation f this paper, ackn
Jan 1, 1931
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IC 8481 Injury Experience In The Nonmetallic Mineral Industries (Except Stone And Coal), 1964-65
By Forrest T. Moyer
[The safety record of the nonmetal mining industry during 1965 way worse than that of 1961 in all general measures s of injury experience except for a slight improvement in the number and frequency ra
Jan 1, 1970
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IC 7149 Marketing Of Barite ? Properties
By Bertrand L. Johnson
Barite, the natural sulfate of barium (BaSO4), is the most important barium mineral. Normally it is white (opaque to translucent), but impurities sometimes render it yellow, gray, blue, brown, red, or
Jan 1, 1941
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RI 3715 Engineering Study of Rodessa Oil Filed in In Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas
By R. K. Guthrie, H. B. Hill
"INTRODUCTION The Rodessa oil field in Marion and Cass Counties, Tex., Miller County, Ark., and Caddo Parish, La., was discovered in August 1930, when a well drilled to a depth of 5,506 feet in Caddo
Aug 1, 1943
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OFR-114-82 A Directory Of Computer Programs Applicable To U.S. Mining Practices And Problems (1970-1981)
By Richard L. Sanford
This report summarizes the results of an update on a previous Bureau of Mines grant (G0264026), and includes 5 additional years of computer pro-gram development. The directory includes a sampling of c
Jan 1, 1982
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Disease And Illness In U. S. Mining, 1983–2001
By Edward A. Metz, R. Larry Grayson, Douglas F. Scott
We describe inconsistencies in disease and illness reporting in U.S. mining, identify under-reporting of disease and illness in U.S. mining, and summarize selected disease and illness in U.S. mining f
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RI 5627 Ignition by Hot Gases
By M. Vanpée, H. G. Wolfhard
Jets of hot gases issuing into explosive gaseous mixtures are efficient agents of ignition . The ignition temperature is defined as the temperature of the jet as it enters the cold explosive mixture w
Jul 1, 1960
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OFR-17-83 A Ventilation Study With Pressure Cycling In A Kerr-McGee Mine At Ambrosia Lake, NM
By J. E. Cleveland
The major health concern for uranium miners is the release of radon gas and the resultant ingrowth of the short lived daughters in the mine atmosphere. Present methods of control are the utilization o
Jan 1, 1982
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IC 8373 Helium: Bibliography Of Technical And Scientific Literature - January 1, 1947, To January 1, 1962 - A Supplement To Bulletin 484 ? Introduction
Helium has probably aroused more varied scientific curiosity than any other single element. Discovered by spectroscopic examination of the sun during an eclipse in 1868, helium is now known to exist n
Jan 1, 1968
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IC 6857 Review Of Literature On Effects Of Breathing Dusts With Special Reference To Silicosis - Part III-A - Chapter 5. Economic And Legal Aspects Of Dust Disease In Industry (Sections 1 And 2)
By D. Harrington
This circular presents Part III-A of a series reviewing the literature on effects of breathing dusts with special reference to silicosis; it deals with the economic and legal aspects of dust diseases
Jan 1, 1935