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OFR-121-77 Longwall Ignition Suppression
By Ronald D. Rothchild
This report describes the results of a study of longwall ignition hazards and specific suppression systems to minimize each of the major hazards. The major ignition hazards were identified by conducti
Jan 1, 1976
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RI 5597 Studies Of Several Flocculants To Improve Hydraulic Backfill Characteristics ? Introduction
By John D. Bardill
A cooperative project between the Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, and the Montana School of Mines, investigating results of hydraulic systems for transporting sand slurries for emplacemen
Jan 1, 1960
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IC 7683 Hydraulic Air Compressors ? Introduction
By Leroy E. Schulze
A review of development and a reevaluation of uses of the hydraulic air compressor are suggested by the constant changes in technology, which frequently make an old art valuable in solving current pro
Jan 1, 1954
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 1984 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 87 Nonfuel Mineral Commodities ? Aluminum
1. Domestic Production and Use: In 1983, 12 companies operated 27 primary aluminum reduction plants, with 4 firms accounting for 65% of production. Washington, Oregon, and Montana accounted for 35% of
Jan 1, 1984
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RI 4892 Petroleum-Engineering Study Of K.M.A. Reservoir, Southwestern Part Of K.M.A. Oil Field, Wichita And Archer Counties, Tex.
By Rollie P. Dobyns
The K.M.A. reservoir was discovered to be oil bearing at a depth of 3,719 feet on March 11, 1931. Extensive development, however, was not begun immediately, because the discovery well had a low initia
Jan 1, 1952
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RI 2012 The Alsatian Potash Industry
By Frank K. Cameron
"The DepositsThere are two large deposits or groups of deposits of potash salts which, at the breaking cut of the great world war in 1913 and for several decades preceding, were practically the only c
Jul 1, 1919
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OFR-27-89 Proceedings Of The 23rd International Conference Of Safety In Mines Research Institutes ? Session I ? Mines Fires ? Review Paper: Mine Fires
By A. F. Roberts
The subject of mine fires is a very wide one. To give reasonable coherency, the paper concentrates on the behaviour of fires in the ventilated airways of mines; spontaneous combustions are not conside
Jan 1, 1989
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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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RI 7539 Reactivities Of Automotive Emissions From Fuels Of Varied Front-End Composition
By F. D. Sutterfield
This study was conducted to provide experimental evidence on the effect of modifications of gasoline front-end composition on the photochemical specific reactivities of automotive emissions. Evaporati
Jan 1, 1971
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RI 4796 Oil Shale Operations in New South Wales, Australia
By A. J. Kraemer, H. M. Thorne
The following account of oil-shale operations in Australia is based upon infor- mation obtained by the authors while visiting Australia from September 15 to October 7, 1947, supplemented by published
Jul 1, 1951
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OFR-153-77 Technical And Economic Feasibility Surface Mining Coal Deposits North Slope Of Alaska
This Kaiser Engineers report on the feasibility of surface mining on the North Slope of Alaska has considered the quantity and quality of the North Slope deposits with attention paid to the economic,
Jan 1, 1977
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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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The Importance Of Minerals 1976 - 200 Years Of Mining In The United States Of America
Early American history is filled with records of the search for and extraction of minerals-a Northwest passage to the treasures of the Indies-an overland route to the goldfields of California. Mining
Jan 1, 2012
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OFR-25(2)-74 Improved Sensors And Fire Control Systems For Mining Equipment - Phase II - Final Report - Executive Summary - I. Introduction, Summary, And Results - Introduction
U.S. Bureau of Mines contract H0122053, "Improved Sensors and Fire Control Systems for Mining Equipment", was an investigative effort involving: ? Study of the fire problem on large mobile mining e
Jan 1, 1973
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Report Submitted To The Trail Smelter Arbitral Tribunal - Part I. - Operational Features Of Trail Smelter - Introduction - Instructions Given By Tribunal
By R. S. Dean
As set forth in the decision of the Trail Smelter Arbitral Tribunal, dated April 16, 1938 This Tribunal is constituted under and its powers are derived from and limited by the convention between the
Jan 1, 1944
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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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RI 3291 Bureau Of Mines Multiple-Diaphragm Recording Subsurface-Pressure Gage ? Introduction
By W. B. Berwald
[Accurate ~cusirc::ie t of euusu.rface r,resw rus £Uld tee:: ?er:~t:,res in producin+ oil and as wells is one of tine ast iy,ulortant steps ever t,.s:en to place the rprwctice of retroleum ,-iroductio
Jan 1, 1935
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Coal-Mine Accidents In The United States 1936 - Introduction
By W. W. Adams
The accident-prevention record of the coal-mining industry in the United States was more favorable in 1936 than in 1935, both from the standpoint of the relative safety of the individual miner on the
Jan 1, 1939
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IC 6117 Activities Of The Holmes Safety Association In Florida ? Introduction
By F. E. Cash
The Holmes Safety Association was organized and named in honor of the late Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, first director of the United States Bureau of Mines. The association is a national organization and ope
Jan 1, 1929
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Availability Of Land For Mineral Exploration And Development In South-Central Alaska, 1985
By Robert G. Bottge
The Bureau of Mines investigated the availability of the land in south-central Alaska for exploration and mineral development of locatable minerals under State or Federal laws. The land ownership for
Jan 1, 1986