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  • NIOSH
    RI 4975 Properties Of Carbon And Alloy Steels Made With Sponge Iron ? Introduction And Summary

    By J. L. Morning

    During recent years, the Bureau of Mines has conducted an extensive investigation of the materials for making iron and steel. This work includes iron ore concentration, agglomeration, direct reduction

    Jan 1, 1953

  • NIOSH
    Operating Details Of Producer-Gas Installations. - Introduction

    By R. H. Fernald

    In 1900, as far as available records show, there were only two producer-gas power installations in the United States. In June, 1915, the number probably exceeded 1,000. Of this number, some 84.5 per

    Jan 1, 1916

  • NIOSH
    RI 3072 The Reaction between Magnetite and Ferrous Sulphide: Part 2

    By G. L. Oldright, F. S. Wartman

    "In the process of smelting copper ores and secondaries in the reverberatory furnace to produce a copper matte and a slag low enough in copper content to be discarded on the dump, it is essential to t

    Mar 1, 1931

  • NIOSH
    OFR-73-86 Research To Determine The Feasibility Of Utilizing Employee Assistance Programs For The Mining Industry - Final Report

    By Paul S. Goodman

    This report examines the feasibility of Employee Assistance Plans for the coal industry. Three issues are examined in detail. First, the prevalence of off-the-job factors such as alcoholism, drug abus

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    IC 6426 Twenty Live Reasons for First-Aid Training in California

    By Emory Smith

    The preface of the United States Bureau of Mines Manual of First Aid Instruction contains the following paragraphs: One of the most important inquiries that Congress has authorized the Bureau of Mines

    Apr 1, 1931

  • NIOSH
    OFR-9-78 Developing Geological Structural Criteria For Predicting Unstable Mine Roof Rocks

    By David K. Hylbert

    This study was designed to investigate roof falls in room-and-pillar drift coal mines and to determine geologic methods for predicting unstable roof conditions. The study area was located in Harlan Co

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    RI 3453 Relative Air Dustiness During Cycle Of Operations At Mount Weather Testing Adit ? Introduction (df2df58f-379d-486b-93fa-fed333849f65)

    By John A. Johnson

    For the purpose of comparing the amounts of dust produced by various mining operations, samples of atmospheric dust were collected during a complete cycle of drilling, blasting and mucking at or near

    Jan 1, 1939

  • NIOSH
    RI 7973 Waste Lubricating Oil Research ? A Comparison of Bench-Test Properties of Re-refined and Virgin Lubricating Oils

    By M. L. Whisman

    Three samples of waste lubricating oil were re-refined by processes developed by the Bureau of Mines and reformulated with additives to meet designated requirements for viscosity and service. Quality-

    Jan 1, 1974

  • NIOSH
    RI 4808 The Second Underground Gasification Experiment At Gorgas, Ala.

    By James L. Elder

    The Bureau of Mines and the Alabama. Power Co. jointly conducted a first experiment in underground gasification of coal at Gorgas, Ala., during the fall and winter of 1946-47. This preliminary experim

    Jan 1, 1951

  • NIOSH
    IC 7243 First Organization And Work Of The Coal-Mine Inspection Division, Bureau Of Mines ? Introduction

    By authority of the Federal Coal-Mine Inspection Act of May 7, 1941, Public Law 49--77th Congress, H.R. 2082,2/ a Coal-Mine Inspection Division was established in the Health and Safety Branch of the B

    Jan 1, 1943

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 36 Alaskan Coal Problems

    By Walter L. Fisher

    The public interest in the Alaskan situation is such that, with the consent of the President, I have concluded, at the request of the American Mining Congress, to make at this time a candid, if somewh

    Jan 1, 1911

  • NIOSH
    Explosion-Proof Design And Wiring For Permissible Mining Equipment - Introduction

    By E. J. Gleim

    [THE ORGANIC act under which Federal Bureau of Mines was established provided for the investigation of the safe use of electricity in mines. Each Congress appropriates funds for conducting this invest

    Jan 1, 1955

  • NIOSH
    IC 8380 United States Coals In World Markets

    By George Markon

    The importance of United States coal exports as a component of the national economy, the potential for growth of these exports, and the inter-national character of this sector of the coal industry are

    Jan 1, 1968

  • NIOSH
    IC 8151 Mining Practices At Four Uranium Properties In The Gas Hills, Wyoming

    By F. D. Everett

    This report, based on information made available by four uranium-producing companies, describes the geology, exploration, open-pit development and mining, and shaft sinking in the Gas Hills uranium di

    Jan 1, 1963

  • NIOSH
    IC 8151 Mining Practices At Four Uranium Properties In The Gas Hills, Wyoming (d90d0a9a-a126-4cff-acc0-7846e1c441c6)

    By F. D. Everett

    This report, based on information made available by four uranium-producing companies, describes the geology, exploration, open-pit development and mining, and shaft sinking in the Gas Hills uranium di

    Jan 1, 1963

  • NIOSH
    IC 9396 The Essential Role Of Human Factors In Advanced Technology

    By Richard S. Fowkes

    Advanced technology, including automation and computerized information systems, is being adopted in mining at an ever-increasing rate to improve safety and productivity and to decrease overall costs.

    Jan 1, 1994

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 20 The Explosibility Of Coal Dust

    By George S. Rice

    This bulletin traces the growth in the belief in the explosibility of coal dust, summarizes the experiments and mine investigations that have established this belief, and gives the present status of p

    Jan 1, 1911

  • NIOSH
    IC 9190 Surface Testing And Evaluation Of The Conveyor Belt Service Machine

    By Jasinder S. Jaspal

    In underground room-and-pillar mining methods, the sectional conveyor belts are extended or retracted periodically to maintain shuttle car tramming distance to a minimum. A conventional conveyor belt

    Jan 1, 1988

  • NIOSH
    MLA 25-93 - Mineral Investigation Of The Anderson Mountain Study Area, Lemhi County, Idaho ? Summary

    By Ronald T. Mayerle

    In-1992, the U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted a mineral investigation of the Anderson Mountain study area, including RARE II area 4-942, in Lemhi County, Idaho. The 7,340-ha study area lies within the S

    Jan 1, 1993

  • NIOSH
    IC 7714 Frost-Control Practices And The Prospective Use Of Atnthracite ? Summary And Conclusions

    By J. D. Clendenin

    Systematic practices for protecting crops from frost damage began in the United Metes more then 40 years ago when the Weather Bureau Fruit-Frost Warning Service was organized; however, various practic

    Jan 1, 1955