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  • NIOSH
    Technology News - No. 503 - Hazcom Helper Compliance Tool For MSHA Rule 30 CFR Part 47

    Develop tools that mine personnel can use to comply with 30 CFR,Part 47. Background The new MSHA rule, 30 CFR, Part 47 (also known as the HazCom rule), requires all mines to develop a written pr

    Mar 1, 2003

  • NIOSH
    IC 8755 Design Guide For Metal And Nonmetal Tailings Disposal

    By Roy L. Soderberg

    The Bureau of Mines has conducted substantial research on the design, construction, and operation of metal and nonmetal tailings ponds. This design guide, like related Bureau publications that precede

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    RI 9077 - Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Fracture Development

    By Sterling J. Anderson

    Through the use of nondestructive testing techniques, the Bureau of Mines is pursuing a goal of improving the efficiency of the rock excava-tion process. Toward this end, 44 laboratory tests were cond

    Jan 1, 1987

  • NIOSH
    IC 9097 Bureau Of Mines Research Into Reducing Materials-Handling Injuries

    By Richard L. Unger

    The Bureau of Mines entered into a cooperative agreement with an eastern Kentucky coal mining company to comprehensively redesign the flow of equipment and supplies throughout its underground mines. I

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    OFR-163(1)-81 Microseismic Roof Fall Warning System Development - Field Trials And Commercial Prototype Fabrication

    By Carl Fisher

    A microseismic roof fall warning system was field tested in Western and Eastern coal mines in the United States to better define the capabilities and limitations of the microseismic method in predicti

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    RI 5643 Hyatt Ranch Pegmatite, Larimer County, Colo. - Introduction And Summary

    By M. M. Gilkey

    Pegmatites in Colorado occur for 150 miles along the Front Range (eastern-most range of the Rocky Mountains) from Larimer County on the north to Canon City on the south, and west into the Gunnison are

    Jan 1, 1960

  • NIOSH
    IC 7389 Coal-Preparation Practice in Western Germany

    By Thomas Fraser, M. G. Driessen

    This report is one of a series written by members of the Solid Fuels Mission to Germany describing wartime developments in the mining , preparation, and utilization of coal . The mission was organized

    Nov 1, 1946

  • NIOSH
    IC 7552 Drilling and Blasting, Open-Cut Iron-Ore Mines Lake Superior District

    By Roy G. Stott, John A. Johnson, Floyd G. Anderson

    "This information circular discusses drilling and blasting in open-cut iron-ore mines and is one of a series of papers describing iron-ore mining practices in the Lake Superior district to aid in prev

    Mar 1, 1950

  • NIOSH
    MLA 36-86 - Mineral Resources Of The Kingston Range Study Area, San Bernardino County, California ? Summary

    By Arel B. McMahan

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines investigated 21 mines, prospects, and mineralized sites in and adjacent to a 38,713-acre portion of the 255,058-acre Kingston Range Wilderness Study Area in 1983. The study ar

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    IC 9014 Remedial And Strata Replacement Techniques On Longwall Faces - A Report On The State Of The Art

    By Robert S. Dalzell

    Following the introduction of roof shields to the U.S. longwall mining scene in 1975, the number of shield faces (faces supported by shields) has increased steadily, and the occurrence of accidents as

    Jan 1, 1985

  • NIOSH
    IC 8829 Review Of Horizontal Drilling Technology For Methane Drainage From U. S. Coalbeds (b0741061-c213-4132-a7a5-c9bb7f5405e8)

    By Gerald L. Finlinger

    This Bureau of Mines publication reviews underground methane drainage programs being conducted in various coalbeds. Equipment used in drainage programs such as drills, underground pipelines, and metha

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    OFR-17(1)-75 Survey Of Past And Present Method Used To Control Respirable Dust In Noncoal Mines And One Processing Mills ? Introduction

    By S. J. Rodgers

    MSA Research Corporation, Division of Mine Safety Appliances Company, was awarded a contract to conduct a survey of past and present methods used to control respirable dust in noncoal mines and ore pr

    Jan 1, 1974

  • NIOSH
    IC 7484 Report of Petroleum and Natural-Gas Division, Fiscal Year 1947

    By R. A. Cattell

    Since the return of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Division of the Bureau of Mines to normal peacetime functions following World War II, a coordinated program of oil and gas development and production

    Dec 1, 1948

  • NIOSH
    IC 8964 Ground Penetrating Radar - A Review Of Its Application In The Mining Industry

    By W. E. Pittman

    The Bureau of Mines, as part of its Health and Safety Technology Program, is conducting research on the use of ground penetrating radar (GPR) for mine hazard detection. GPR offers a possibility of map

    Jan 1, 1984

  • NIOSH
    Occurrence, Properties, And Preparation Of Limestone And Chalk For Whiting - Introduction

    By Hewitt Wilson

    Until recent years the term "whiting" was applied exclusively to the water-ground chalks of certain north European countries. In many industries these are still considered superior to the whiting made

    Jan 1, 1937

  • NIOSH
    RI 4721 A Study Of Certain Uncommon Minerals Found In The Pacific Northwest

    By A. J. Kauffman Jr.

    The Petrographic Section of the Bureau of Mines, Northwest Electrodevelopment Laboratory, Albany, Oreg., annually examines thousands of minerals and rocks. Samples are received from mining, engineers,

    Jan 1, 1950

  • NIOSH
    IC 7284 Possible Hazards Attending The Use Of Engines Operated On Butane Fuel In Mining And Tunneling ? Introduction

    By L. B. Berger

    From time to time the Bureau of Mines receives requests for information and advice regarding the safety of using internal-combustion engines operated on butane fuel as prime movers for haulage and oth

    Jan 1, 1944

  • NIOSH
    OFR-128-83 Investigation Of The Mechanics Of Mine Acid Formation In Underground Coal Mine Drainage

    By Fraser M. Walsh

    The objective of this program was to determine by laboratory experiments the kinetics and mechanics of the reactions that produce acid in coal mine drainage. The program was divided into three phases:

    Jan 1, 1982

  • NIOSH
    Pollution Prevention In Mining And Mineral Processing - Waste Assessments For Mines And Mills

    By Daniel S. Witkowsky

    The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 provides few specifics to assist the non-fuel mining and mineral processing industries of the United States in achieving pollution prevention (P2) compliance. The

    Jan 1, 1995

  • NIOSH
    Ergonomic And Existing Seat Designs Compared On Underground Mine Haulage Vehicles

    By Chris Jobes, Alan Mayton, N. Kumar Kittusamy, Dean Ambrose

    NIOSH researchers conducted a study to compare seat designs on underground coal mine haulage vehicles. The objective of the study was to support prior findings that NIOSH-designed seats, which incorpo