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Development Of New Protocols To Evaluate The Transverse Loading Of Mine Ventilation Stoppings
By T. J. Batchler, T. M. Barczak
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) requires that the transverse load capacity of stoppings be equal to or greater than traditionally accepted in mine controls, which for block stoppings is generall
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Coal Mine Inertisation By Remote Application
By M. A. Trevits, I. R. Houlison, A. C. Smith, T. P. Mucho
Timely and rapid intervention to underground combustion events (fires, explosions, and spontaneous combustion) is the key to the successful control of the mine atmosphere and restoring of a coal mine
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RI 5003 Estimate Of Known Recoverable Reserves Of Coking Coal In Allegheny County, Pa. - Conclusions
By Joseph J. Wallace
1. From the standpoint of present production and recoverable reserves, there are two beds of major importance in Allegheny County -Pittsburgh and Upper Freeport -and one of lesser importance -Redstone
Jan 1, 1953
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RI 5530 Manganese Deposits Of The Olympic Peninsula, Wash. ? Introduction And Summary
By E. A. Magill
This report is one of a series prepared by the Bureau of Mines on manganese deposits of the Northwestern States. It describes properties on the Olympic Peninsula, Wash. Exploration by the Federal
Jan 1, 1960
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OFR-28-88 Potentially Critical Materials
By Russell J. Foster
In this Bureau of Mines report a selection process has identified 14 nonstockpiled materials (cesium, gallium, hafnium, indium, osmium, rhenium, rhodium, rubidium, ruthenium, scandium, selenium, tellu
Jan 1, 1988
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RI 9255 - Heat-Resistant Steels Containing 8 pet Cr
By D. E. Larson
The U.S. Bureau of Mines investigated Fe-base alloys containing 8 pet Crwith Ni, AI, and Si additions as substitutes for standard AISI Type 304 stainless steel (SS) in high-temperature oxidizing appli
Jan 1, 1989
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RI 9202 - Control of Airborne Respirable Dust in the Face Area With Water Sprays Using a Full-Scale Laboratory Model
By L. Cheng
This report presents the results of a Bureau of Mines laboratory investigation of the effect of water sprays in reducing respirable dust that escaped the face area of a full-scale wooden model of a mi
Jan 1, 1988
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OFR-57(2)-84 Development Of Guidelines For Rescue Chambers, Volume II, Appendices
By John F. McCoy
The United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) awarded a contract to Foster-Miller Associates, Inc. (FMA) to develop guidelines for designing, constructing, stocking and maintaining rescue chambers in under
Jan 1, 1983
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OFR-100(1)-77 Design And Development Of A Machine Familiarization Trainer For Dragline Operators - Phase I Report
By Normal Seidle
This report (rind related Appendices) provides a description of the functional design specifications and related rationale for development of a training system for dragline equipment operators. Pha
Jan 1, 1975
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IC 8629 The U. S. Zinc Industry: A Historical Perspective
By A. D. McMahon
Changes in world mine and smelter supply sources of zinc have led to changes in zinc supply patterns in the United States during the past 3 years, 1970-72. The result has been a growing reliance on fo
Jan 1, 1974
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RI 8137 Geological Factors Affecting Methane in the Beckley Coalbed (2e2347d7-d43b-42eb-8bc8-a385afc5f7a0)
By J. T. Popp
This Bureau of Mines study reviews the geological factors that affect methane in the Beckley coalbed in southern West Virginia, including overburden, coalbed structure, type of and changes in litholog
Jan 1, 1976
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MLA 18-87 - Mineral Resources Of The Dry Valley Rim Study Area, Washoe County, Nevada And Lassen County, California ? Summary
By J. Mitchell Linne
In 1985, at the request of Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Bureau of Mines studied a 54,480-acre portion of the 93,205-acre Dry Valley Rim Wilderness Study Area (CA-020-615), in order to evaluate
Jan 1, 1987
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RI 3507 Gaseous Products From Explosives - 1. - Some Factors Affecting Test Results ? Introduction
By John C. Holtz
Information on the gaseous products from the detonation of explosives has been obtained in two ways. In the first, the atmosphere in mines is analyzed after blasting, aid in the second, the gases foun
Jan 1, 1940
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RI 3507 Gaseous Products From Explosives - 1. -Some Factors Affecting Test Results ? Introduction (eb5c4661-f33d-4d61-8603-12b053c561fe)
By John C. Holtz
Information on the gaseous products from the detonation of explosives has been obtained in two ways. In the first, the atmosphere in nines is analyzed after blasting, aid in the second, the gases foun
Jan 1, 1940
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Field Measurement Of Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions
By Clive Ellis, Brian Davies, Steven E. Mischler, Jon C. Volkwein
A primary means to reduce environmental levels of diesel particulate matter (DPM) exposure to miners is to reduce the amount of DPM emission from the engine. A quick and economic method to estimate en
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OFR-8-72 An Investigation Of The Adsorption Process In Coal Using X-Ray Diffraction
By Shih-Chi Chang
[An exploratory research is done on untreated coal 1v- using' x-ray crnctinn techniques. Comparison is made on diffraction data before And pct Pr n-tiAne is pressurized (n the coal samples. Alth
Jan 1, 2012
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OFR-3-72 Final Report On Development Of Improved Ventilation Technology For Non-Coal Mines And Other Underground Excavations. ? Preamble
By J. R. Hoskins
This is the final report for Research Contract No. 00101300 (Min. 34) granted by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to the University of Idaho Mining Research Bureau. The research project is entitled "Developme
Jan 1, 1970
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Bulletin 180 Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances 1917
By E. H. BURROUCHS
This bulletin is the third of the series of yearly petroleum bibliographies being published by the Bureau of Mines. The two preceding, Bulletin 149 and Bulletin 165, were for the years 1915 and 1916,
Jan 1, 1920
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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
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IC 8064 Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Three Recessions Following World War II ? Introduction
The condition of the domestic mining industry is obviously affected by the cycles in general business conditions. This study, the results of which are presented in a series of 78 charts, attempts to e
Jan 1, 1961