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  • NIOSH
    OFR-114-80 An Illumination System For A Shortwall Mining Section

    By Robert A. Harrow

    This report documents the results of the development and installation of an illumination system for an underground coal mine Shortwall Mining Section. Also presented are the techniques used for the ab

    Jan 1, 1979

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    Detrimental Effects Of Capacitance On High-Resistance-Grounded Mine Distribution Systems

    By Thomas Novak, Jeffrey L. Kohler, Joseph Sottile, Steve J. Gnapragasam

    Modern underground coal mines can be very large, having a total connected load in excess of l5 000 hp. These mines generally have many miles of high-power conveyor belts and 15 or more miles of high-v

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    Mineral Resources Of The Raymond Peak Rare II Area (No. 4985), Alpine County, California - Summary

    By Francis E. Federspiel

    Silver and gold are the principal metals in the study area; they occur in quartz veins or silicified portions of shear zones. In some deposits, lead, antimony, zinc, and molybdenum are associated with

    Jan 1, 1981

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    RI 5166 Estimate Of Known Recoverable Reserves Of Coking Coal In Clearfield County, Pa. ? Conclusions

    By D. W. Blaylock

    1. The Lower Freeport and Lower Kittanning beds are the most important beds in Clearfield County, Pa., from the standpoint of production. The Lower Kittanning bed has the largest remaining recoverable

    Jan 1, 1955

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    IC 9288 A Laser Based Continuous Miner Guidance System

    By Donna L. Anderson

    This information circular documents the status of a laser-based guidance system to track and control the tramming maneuvers of a continuous mining machine. The work is part of a multiple project effor

    Jan 1, 1991

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    RI 6164 Design And Development Of Precast Concrete Mine Supports: A Progress Report ? Summary

    By G. T. Krempasky

    In an attempt to develop a suitable precast concrete support for underground use, two different models (1955 and 1958) of a five-piece concrete set were designed, fabricated, and tested under adverse

    Jan 1, 1963

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    RI 3253 Analyses Of Crude Oils From Some Fields Of Southern Louisiana

    By A. J. Kraemer

    For a number of years the Bureau of Mines has been conducting an investi-gation of crude petroleum from producing fields in the United States and the Western Hemisphere and has published a series of r

    Jan 1, 1934

  • NIOSH
    RI 7567 Influence Of Thermal Treatments Upon Grindability Of Low-Grade Nonmagnetic Iron Ores

    By R. A. Vik

    The influence of thermal treatments on the grindability of low-grade hematitic iron ores from Michigan and Minnesota was examined in bench-scale tests. Treatment factors were roasting temperature, roa

    Jan 1, 1971

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    RI 4137 Concentration of Carbonate and Oxide Manganese Ores from the Vicinity of Tracy, Central California

    By B. K. Shibler, K. C. Vincent, W. W. Agey

    "INTRODUCTION As a part of the investigation of domestic manganese deposits, examining engineers of the Bureau of Mines collected samples of ore from three from three properties in the general vicinit

    Nov 1, 1947

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    IC 9503 - Explosion Hazards From Methane Emissions Related To Geologic Features In Coal Mines

    By James P. Ulery

    Explosions in U.S. coal mines have caused death and injury to miners and destruction of workings since the first reported explosion in 1810. These explosions are caused when buildups of explosive gas

    Jan 4, 2008

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    RI 5952 Computing Ore Reserves By The Polygonal Method Using A Medium-Size Digital Computer ? Summary And Introduction

    By Richard F. Hewlett

    Engineers at the Bureau of Mines Denver Mining Research Center have been a research program investigating the theory and application of mine sampling. Part of this program is an investigation of the e

    Jan 1, 1962

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    RI 5457 Communication Of Flame Through Cylindrical Channels ? Summary

    By H. G. Wolfhard

    The propagation of explosions through short cylindrical channels has been investigated by the Bureau of Mines. In the experimental apparatus set up by the Bureau, a single such channel formed a connec

    Jan 1, 1959

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    Design Of Underground Openings In Competent Rock - Summary

    By Leonard Obert

    THIS REPORT presents methods and principles useful in designing underground mine openings and pillars in competent rock formations. Two types of formations are considered: (1) Massive formations, in w

    Jan 1, 1960

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    MLA 75-86 - Mineral Resources Of The King Hill Creek Study Area, Elmore County, Idaho ? Summary

    By Andrew M. Leszcykowski

    In 1985 at the request of the Bureau of Land Management, personnel from the U.S. Bureau of Mines examined a 27,680-acre portion of the 30,420-acre King Hill Creek Wilderness Study Area (10-19-2) in or

    Jan 1, 1986

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    OFR-8-86 Bag Machine Dust Controls And Bag Sealing

    By T. L. Muldoon

    The bagging of dry pulverized products using fluidized air packers creates severe respirable dust problems in many surface mining operations. During bag filling, excess air and product blows by the ba

    Jan 1, 1985

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    RI 7709 Adhesion At Crystalline Interfaces In Rock

    By George A. Savanick

    The objective of this research is to develop a method for measuring the tensile strength at the interface between minerals in rock. These measurements reflect the strength of the attractive forces ope

    Jan 1, 1972

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    RI 3570 Progress Reports - Metallurgical Division - 47. Mineral Physics Studies - Ferromagnetic Properties Of Hematite

    By Earl T. Hayes

    [This work represent a continuation of the efforts of the Metallurgical Division of the Bureau of Mines to ascertain and apply knowledge of miner physics to processes metallurgy.]

    Jan 1, 1941

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    RI 3505 Relationship Of Ash-Fusion Temperatures Of Coal And Coke ? Introduction (6f500829-9d2d-49ca-b0c0-4315af1a4067)

    By D. A. Reynolds

    A few studies on the relationship of the fusion temperature of the ash on coke to that of the corresponding coal have been made on commercial high-temperature cokes. H. J. Rose3/ in 1921 compared the

    Jan 1, 1940

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    RI 3570 Progress Reports - Metallurgical Division - 47. Mineral Physics Studies - Ferromagnetic Properties Of Hematite (035889a3-e932-4cbe-9475-4b4b8cdd15fa)

    By Earl T. Hayes

    [This work represents a continuation of the efforts of the Metallurgical Division of the Bureau of Mines to ascertain and apply knowledge of mineral physics to process metallurgy.]

    Jan 1, 1941

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    OFR-14-76 Data Flow Requirements For Remote Supervisory Control Of Continuous Mining Machines - I. Introduction - A. Summary - 1. Objective

    By Harvey L. Pastan

    The purpose of the investigation and analysis described in this report is to assess the data flow requirements that are required for remote supervisory control of a continuous mining system. Since the

    Jan 1, 1975