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  • NIOSH
    OFR-12-75 Impact Of Higher Ecological Costs On Surface Mining

    By W. E. Foreman

    A mathematical model was developed to assess the costs for reclamation of surface mining using the shovel overcasting operation, the front end loader operation, and a backfilling operation. A literat

    Jan 1, 1974

  • SME
    A Historical Review Of The Relation Of Gold To Money In The U. S. And Abroad

    By George H. Willis

    In the second half of the nineteenth century, bimetallism progressively replaced by gold standard. After World War I and 1931-33 depression, gold mainly reserved for official international transaction

    Jan 1, 1978

  • NIOSH
    IC 6786 Placer Mining In The Western United States - Part I. General Information, Hand-Shoveling, And Ground-Sluicing ? Introduction

    By E. D. Gardner

    Placer mining is the mining and treatment of alluvial deposits for the recovery, of their valuable minerals. The method has been used principally for mining gold, but a large proportion of the world&a

    Jan 1, 1934

  • NIOSH
    1977 Mineral Production Summarized

    For the sixth year in a row, the value of nonfuel mineral raw materials produced in the United States set a new record, reaching almost $17 billion in 1977. Data provided by the Bureau of Mines show t

    Jan 1, 1978

  • NIOSH
    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

  • NIOSH
    IC 7123 Mining And Milling Methods And Costs At Knob Hill Mine, Republic, Wash. ? Introduction

    By Corwin L. Cooper

    This vapor, which describes mining and milling methods and costs at the Knob Hill gold mine, is one of a series being prepared by the Bureau of Mines on gold mining and milling practices in the United

    Jan 1, 1940

  • NIOSH
    OFR-4(1)-72 Industrial Engineering Study Of Hazards Associated With Underground Coal Mine Production - Volume I - Analysis Of Underground Hazards And Fatal Accidents

    In 1970, the U. S. Bureau of Mines contracted with Theodore Barry and Associates, a management consulting firm, to perform a one-year industrial engineering study of working-face hazards in undergroun

    Jan 1, 1971

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 195 Underground Conditions in Oil Fields

    By A. W. Ambrose

    The output or oil and gas rrom the producing fields in the United States is rapidly deelining. Coincident with this decline is a steadily increasing demand ror petroleum and its products, but at prese

    Jan 1, 1921

  • NIOSH
    IC 7161 Petroleum Refineries, Including Cracking Plants, In The United States, January 1, 1941 ? Introductory Summary - Cruds-Oil Capacity

    By G. R. Hopkins

    According to the annual refinery-capacity survey of the Bureau of Mines, the number of refineries in the United States showed little change in 1940, increasing from 057 the first of the year to 562 at

    Jan 1, 1941

  • NIOSH
    Mineral Indicators - Abrasives

    Norton Co., the world's largest producer of abrasives, is enlarging its proppant operation. Proppants are strong chemical particles used to wedge open rock formations in deep oil wells, thereby i

    Jan 1, 1979

  • NIOSH
    IC 8569 The Economics Of Byproduct Metals (In Two Parts) 1. Copper System

    By Alfred Petrick

    This study gives an analysis of the copper system byproducts and discusses the identification and classification of byproduct metals and their supply systems. Arsenic, platinum-group metals, silver, g

    Jan 1, 1973

  • NIOSH
    Mineral Commodities Summaries 1987 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 88 Non Fuel Mineral Commodities - Significant Events In 1986 - National Economic Performance

    The U.S. economy continued to expand during 1986, although at the slowest pace since 1982 when the current business expansion began. Real gross national product (GNP) grew about 2.6%, slightly below 1

    Jan 1, 1987

  • NIOSH
    OFR-134-77 Development Of Emergency Escape Systems Guidelines For Underground Metal And Nonmetal Mines

    By D. Randolph Berry

    This report describes a study to develop a detailed set of guidelines and equipment recommendations to be used as a guide for mine operators, mine inspectors, and equipment manufacturers in implementi

    Jan 1, 1976

  • NIOSH
    Availability Of Federally Owned Minerals For Exploration And Development In Western States: Idaho, 1988

    By Paul C. Hyndman

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines inventoried Federal mineral lands in Idaho and classified them in detail, section by section, according to their availability for mineral exploration and development as affect

    Jan 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    IC 6745 About Helium ? Acknowledgments

    By Andrew Stewart

    The author desires to express appreciation to R. A. Cattell, C. T. Seibel, and H. S. Kennedy, of this Bureau, and to Dr. Richard Wiebe of the fixed nitrogen research laboratory, Department of Agricult

    Jan 1, 1933

  • NIOSH
    Mineral Commodity Summaries 1994 - Significant Events, Trends, And Issues - The U.S. Mineral And Material Industry

    The domestic mineral and material industry grew in some key sectors and declined in others during 1993; overall, the industry was poised at yearend for stronger growth in 1994. Metals production is ex

    Jan 1, 1994

  • NIOSH
    Highlights - Aluminum

    In response to increased aluminum demand, U.S. producers have begun reactivating primary aluminum capacity which was shutdown during the 1974-1975 recession. Reynolds Metals Company started up almost

    Jan 1, 1976

  • CIM
    Environmental considerations in tailing disposal

    By G. W. Poling

    This paper evaluates current environmental protection legislation, guidelines and criteria, focusing mainly on the land and water disposal of mill tailings. Effluent criteria and regulatory mechanisms

    Jan 1, 1979

  • NIOSH
    Mineral Indicators - Cobalt: (b1c98927-d2b5-494f-bd07-3000c1794a64)

    As shown in Table 9, consumption has risen steadily for the period November through April, reaching its highest level since June of 1974. Imports remained at a relatively high level in spite of decrea

    Jan 1, 1976

  • NIOSH
    Summary Of The 1984 Report Of The Secretary Of The Interior

    Many of the difficulties faced by the U.S. mineral industry in 1982 and 1983 emanated from the worldwide recession, from the high value of the U.S. exchange rate, and, in part, from actions taken by f

    Jan 1, 1985