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Mineral Commodity Summaries 1991 - Significant Events In 1990
The value of processed materials of mineral origin was estimated to have exceeded $310 billion in 1990. U.S. raw nonfuel minerals mine production in 1990 was estimated at $33 billion, a 3.1 % increase
Jan 1, 1991
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Subject Index to Bureau of Mines Publications from July 1, 1990 to January 1, 1960 - Subject Index A-C
"A bed, British Columbia, Canada, coal, carbonizingproperties B 510Pa., coal, washing characteristics RI 4941A' bed, Pa., coal, washing characteristics RI 4834"
Jan 1, 1960
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Hydrogenation Of Coal In The Batch Autoclave
By C. O. Hawk
A PART of the Bureau of Mines effort to improve the conversion of coal to liquid fuels, batch autoclave tests were made on the hydrogenation of bituminous coal by a dry method, which featured charging
Jan 1, 1965
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OFR-51-75 Determination Of Air Contaminants In Above Ground Coal Mining And Processing Facilities - I. Introduction And Purpose
Federal Regulations require MESA to regulate the exposure of workers to inhalation hazards in the surface work areas of coal mining and processing operations. (1) The purposes of this study are listed
Jan 1, 1975
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Significant Events In 1987 - National Economic Performance
Real economic growth for the year will most likely exceed the Administration's estimate of 3.2%, up from 2.9% in 1986, unless consumers change their spending patterns more than expected as a resu
Jan 1, 1987
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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 8577 The Application Of Remote Sensing To Air Pollution Detection And Measurement
By Brian M. Harney
The technique of remote sensing, used for many years by earth scientists, is being applied to the detection and monitoring of air pollution. Instrumentation being developed is of a very diverse nature
Jan 1, 1973
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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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State Compensatory Provisions For Occupational Diseases - Introduction
Researchers, medical organizations, statisticians, and others often use data on the nature and rate of occurrence of occupational diseases in directing their efforts and plans. Very often this informa
Jan 1, 1967
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IC 6312 Radium ? Foreword
By Paul M. Tyler
The literature on radium is already voluminous, but mcuh of it is too technical to be intelligible to the average reader, and there is no single publication that covers certain economic features of th
Jan 1, 1930
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Abrasive Materials (ABRASIVE MATERIALS- 1993)
By Gordon T. Austin
The combined value of production of natural abrasives, which include tripoli, special silica stone, garnet, staurolite, and emery, increased in 1993. The increase in the value of tripoli production wa
Jan 1, 1993
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OFR-9(1)-72 Coal Mine Rescue And Survival System - Volume I - Survival Subsystem - Introduction - Contract Information
This volume constitutes the Survival Subsystem portion of the final report for the Coal Mine Rescue and Survival System (CMR&SS) program, which was conducted by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation u
Jan 1, 1971
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RI 4271 Manufacture Of Sponge Iron In Ceramic Tunnel Kilns
By V. H. Gottschalk
Sponge iron is a product resulting from the reduction of an iron oxide below the temperature at which the product melts. Commercial grades usually contain 80 to 95 percent metallic iron, 2 to 5 percen
Jan 1, 1948
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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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IC 8348 Fly Ash Utilization - Proceedings: Edison Electric Institute-National Coal Association-Bureau Of Mines Symposium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 14-16, 1967 ? Introduction
Over 500 industrial, academic, and government representatives from Europe, Canada, and the United States attended the first large symposium ever held in this country on fly ash utilization and technol
Jan 1, 1967
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A Dictionary Of Mining, Mineral, And Related Terms - Preface
This dictionary is published by the Bureau of Mines as a contribution to the mining and mineral literature in the belief that it will fill a recognized need. Several attempts have been made over the
Jan 1, 1968
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IC 6775 How Can The Bureau Of Mines Most Effectively Serve Mining? (The Bureau And The South)
By Milton H. Fies
To present some idea as to how the Bureau of Mines may most effectively serve mining, it is necessary that we make some resume of its pact accomplishments in order to determine what, if any, changes w
Jan 1, 1934
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Review Of Literature On Dusts - Introduction
By J. J. Forbes
Problems connected with the incidence, effects, determination, and control of dusts are still much before the public, although more information is available to the layman than when Bulletin 400, of wh
Jan 1, 1950
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Mineral Indicators - Aluminum (0e8ea543-92ab-4940-9e54-0fa6c1cce077)
Demand for primary aluminum ingot increased during February, and several producers temporarily suspended new bookings for ingot. Alcoa announced that it would restart a potline at its Warrick, IN
Jan 1, 1979
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IC 7171 Developments In The American Petroleum Industry, 1914-19 Exploration, Drilling, Production, And Transportation (A Review And Digest) ? Background
By H. C. Fowler
Technical developments in the American petroleum industry as regards exploration, drilling, production, and transportation were characterized by many anomalous conditions during the half decade 1914-1
Jan 1, 1941