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  • NIOSH
    RI 4250 Secondary Recovery of Oil of Water-Flooding in Fields of North Texas - Supplement to R.I. 3906 History of Water-flooding of Oil Sands on North Texas

    By Robert K. Guthrie, James W. Amyx, D. B. Taliaferro

    "INTRODUCTION Secondary recovery of oil by water-flooding is practiced more extensively in North Texas than in any other section of the State, and the progress and experience of the operations in that

    Feb 1, 1948

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    OFR-80(1)-77 Executive Summary - Research And Development Priorities Summary Report For March 1, 1974 To March 31, 1977 - Volume I ? Introduction

    By James J. Scott

    Eleven workshops were held in various locations throughout the country in an attempt to reach the many diverse groups working in various mineral commodity areas and special ties. These meetings were h

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    RI 2272 Fourth Semi-Annual Motor Gasoline Survey

    By N. A. C. Smith

    The Bureau of Mines motor gasoline surveys have been conducted in January and July, during 1920 and 1921. The Bureau has obtained and analyzed samples of gasoline representative of that marketed in th

    Jan 1, 1921

  • NIOSH
    RI 3500 Progress Reports - Metallurgical Division - 38. Electrometallurgical Investigations - An Electrolytic Method For The Production Of Calcium Boride ? Introduction

    By J. Koster

    Boron is an element whose metallurgical possibilities never have been investigated thoroughly, probably because of the difficulties experienced in the preparation of elemental boron and its intermetal

    Jan 1, 1940

  • NIOSH
    RI 3723 National Safety Competition of 1942

    By W. W. Adams, T. D. Lawrence

    "A. larger enrollment and a greater number of man-hours of employment by the enrolled companies were the outstanding features of the National Safety Competition of 1942, an annual safety contest condu

    Oct 1, 1943

  • NIOSH
    OFR-88-82 Survey Of Safety Procedures For Guarding Blast Affected Areas

    By Jerry Bennett

    This report describes the results of a survey of current blast area guarding procedures at surface and underground metal/nonmetal mines. It features five case histories (two surface and three undergro

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    RI 3243 Smelting In The Lead Blast Furnace - Handling Zinciferous Charges. XI.- Preparation Of The Charge By Sintering ? Introduction

    By G. L. Oldright

    The studies previously made on Smelting in the Lead Blast Furnace have dealt with the custom smelter of the International Smelting Co. at Tooele, Utah,4 and on the smelter of the Bunker Hill & Sulliva

    Jan 1, 1934

  • NIOSH
    OFR-33-84 Appraisal Of Deeper Soil Loosening Equipment For Use In Reclaiming Illinois Prime Farmland After Surface Coal Mining

    By Yoginder P. Chugh

    This study has appraised available deeper soil loosening equipment in the 1-4 ft. depth range, in the U.S. and abroad which has potential for Illinois prime farm-land reclamation. The appraisal was ba

    Jan 1, 1983

  • NIOSH
    RI 6053 Effects Of Stress Relief And Other Changes In Stress On The Physical Properties Of Rock ? Introduction

    By Leonard Obert

    This report presents evidence indicating that when rock is stress-relieved during the course of mining or in drilling a core, it may be altered or damaged to the extent that the physical properties of

    Jan 1, 1962

  • NIOSH
    RI 3778 Water Flooding of Oil Sands in Illinois

    By D. B. Taliaferro, Thomas Jennings, C. M. Keithly

    "INTRODUCTION This report describes the methods of development and operation and gives the results of controlled water injection into oil sands in Illinois. It is the third of a group relating to wate

    Aug 1, 1944

  • NIOSH
    IC 8066 Instruction Handbook: Fundamentals Of Accident Prevention For Coal-Mine Supervisors ? Introduction

    By W. H. Tomlinson

    This publication presents the basic text for a 20-hour accident-prevention training course developed for supervisors by the Federal Bureau of Mines. During the past 2 years, the course has been used b

    Jan 1, 1962

  • NIOSH
    RI 3502 Time Study Analyses Progress Report No. 3 - Quarry Drilling ? Introduction

    By J. R. Thoenen

    In the summer of 1937 the authors began a series of time studies of the various processes employed in' the production of crashed stone. These studies, made at quarries situated in the eastern and

    Jan 1, 1940

  • NIOSH
    OFR-59-85 Shuttle Car Operator Training System

    By N. Seidle

    Numerous studies conducted in the 1960's and 1970's concluded or implied (1) that a high accident rate in terms of severity and frequency exists among new (first year) operators of mine mach

    Jan 1, 1984

  • NIOSH
    IC 8740 Mechanized Longwall Mining - A Review Emphasizing Foreign Technology

    By James J. Olson

    This report summarizes the results of a review of foreign coal mining literature conducted under the Bureau's Advancing Coal Mining Technology program. In addition to a discussion on the historic

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-33-91 Mineral Investigations In The Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska, 1990: Southern Prince Of Wales Island And Vicinity - Preliminary Sample Location Maps And Descriptions

    By Kenneth M. Maas

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines began a five-year study of the 7.0 million acre Ketchikan Mining District during 1990. This study is part of the Bureau's ongoing statewide mining district evaluation pro

    Jan 1, 2011

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    RI 4123 Pilot Mill Concentration of Las Vegas Wash Manganese Ore, Boulder City, Nev.

    By S. R. Zimmerley, C. H. Schack

    "INTRODUCTION The pilot-mill concentrator at Boulder City, which has a nominal capacity of 40 tons per day, was planned and built to investigate further the beneficiation of domestic manganese ores th

    Sep 1, 1947

  • NIOSH
    OFR-40(1)-82 Development Of Methods For Reclaiming Abandoned Tailings Ponds And Dams - Volume I

    By Robert D. Perry

    This report describes methods of reclaiming abandoned or inactive tailings ponds and dams. The investigated sites were selected tailings deposits adjacent to metal mines in the southwestern United Sta

    Jan 1, 1981

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    OFR-2-74 Survey Report Of The U. S. Bureau Of Mines Electromagnetic Noise Measurement Program

    By J. W. Adams

    This report surveys the efforts of six contractors to the U.S. Bureau of Mines with regard to their electromagnetic noise measurement programs. What has been done, what is planned, and evaluations and

    Jan 1, 1971

  • NIOSH
    Investigation Of Pillar-Roof Contact Failure In Northern Appalachian Stone Mine Workings

    By Gabriel S. Esterhuizen, Anthony T. Iannacchione

    The roof rock in underground limestone mines in Northern Appalachia can be subject to high horizontal stresses in spite of the shallow depth of the workings. The high stresses can cause roof stabilit

  • NIOSH
    OFR-9(3)-80 Surveying Inhalation Contaminants In Above-Ground Metal And Nonmetal Mining And Processing Work Areas

    By Walter D. Holland

    This is one of a series of instruction guides developed to help instructors present health and safety training courses to workers in the metal and nonmetal mining industry. This course is intended for

    Jan 1, 2011