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  • NIOSH
    IC 7198 Marketing Natural Minerals Pigments ? General Definition And Uses

    By Charles L. Harnes

    A mineral pigment is a colored substance dug from the ground, which after treatment can be mixed with a drying oil to form a paint. Not all colored earths, however, can be made into satisfactory pigme

    Jan 1, 1942

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    IC 7009 Dewatering and Drying of Coal

    By Ellis S. Hertzog, James R. Cudworth

    Tremendous interest has been evidenced in the subject of dewatering and drying ooal for the past 10 years, and yet little effort has been made to summarize the literature, at least so far as this coun

    Apr 1, 1938

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    IC 7829 Marble ? Summary

    By Oliver Bowles

    The Bureau of Mines issued three Information Circulars on marble many years ago (5), (6), (7).2/ They have long been out of print; furthermore, conditions have changed considerably in the industry in

    Jan 1, 1958

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    OFR-110(1)-76 Review And Evaluation Of Current Training Programs Found In Various Mining Environments; Volume I, Summary

    By J. Adkins

    This document presents a description of the results of a project aimed at producing a broad description of current mining training programs and an evaluation of their effectiveness with respect to red

    Jan 1, 1976

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    OFR-27-89 Proceedings Of The 23rd International Conference Of Safety In Mines Research Institutes ? Session I ? Mines Fires ? Review Paper: Mine Fires

    By A. F. Roberts

    The subject of mine fires is a very wide one. To give reasonable coherency, the paper concentrates on the behaviour of fires in the ventilated airways of mines; spontaneous combustions are not conside

    Jan 1, 1989

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    IC 7691 Technology Of Lignitic Coals - In Two Parts-Part 1: Summary Of Industrial Development Possibilities; European Technology On Lignitic Coals; Occurrence And Properties; - 1. Summary Of Industrial Development Possibilities

    As a part of its overall wealth in fuel resources, the United States possesses large reserves of coal of ignite rank. According to recent estimates of the Federal Geological Survey (3, 5),l/ the assur

    Jan 1, 1954

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    Minerals In The World Economy (f5ab92de-42f7-49c6-b199-8e5f5e8dd78b)

    By Charles L. Kimbell

    The year 1986 was not a good year for the world's mineral industry from several viewpoints. Levels of production, both of crude minerals and processed forms, registered declines in the cases of a

    Jan 1, 1988

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    OFR-45-76 Fire Alert Systems For Metal And Non-Metal Mines

    By John P. Wagner

    The details of a three-phase study (total time period of 12 months) entitled ?Fire Alert Systems for Metal and Non-Metal Mines,? are presented. Phase 1 consists of a state of the art survey on fire de

    Jan 1, 1975

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    OFR-146-80 Environmental Effects Of Slaking Of Surface Mine Spoils Eastern & Central United States

    By D. E. Andrews

    The objective of this study was to investigate the environmental effects of slaking of surface mine spoils. To accomplish this, both field and laboratory programs were undertaken, supplemented by a th

    Jan 1, 1980

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    RI 9477 - Strength Characteristics and Air-Leakage Determinations for Alternative Mine Seal Designs (72fc18b2-95d7-4f4e-b325-90f2851072e1)

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) are participating jointly in a research program to evaluate the strength characteristics and air-leakage resistance o

    Jan 1, 2010

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    IC 8154 Mining Methods And Costs, Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. Open-Pit Mine, Gila County, Ariz. ? Summary (60fc4648-a057-4607-91b7-ab36056a66a7)

    By W. R. Hardwick

    This paper describing the mining methods of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. is one of a series being prepared by the Bureau of Mines on mining methods and costs in various mining districts of

    Jan 1, 1963

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    OFR-113G-93 Coal Mine Injury Analysis: A Model For Reduction Through Training - Volume VIII - Accident Risk During The Roof Bolting Cycle: Analysis Of Problems And Potential Solutions

    By Michael J. Klishis

    West Virginia University researchers examined risk and exposure in the roof bolter operator's job and developed approaches for preventing accidents and for evaluating system and human performance

    Jan 1, 1993

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    IC 7203 Development Of The Sand And Gravel Industry ? Introduction

    By Shirley F. Colby

    The past 40 years have seen the sand and gravel industry grow from small roadside pits and holes in farmers' back yards to giant corporations selling millions of tons of sand and gravel each year

    Jan 1, 1942

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    IC 9337 Chromium Availability In Market Economy Countries And Network Flow Model Analysis Of World Chromium Supply

    By Jr. Boyle

    This report analyzes the availability of chromium in the form of ferroalloy products (high-carbon and low-carbon ferrochromium and ferrochromium-silicon) and chromite products (metallurgical, chemical

    Jan 1, 1993

  • NIOSH
    SP 13-94 - Bureau of Mines Publications and Articles, 1992-93 with Subject and Author index

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was established in the public interest to conclude inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations on mining and the preparation, treatment, and utilization of

    Jan 1, 2007

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    OFR-91-82 Analysis Of Coal Mine Electrical Accidents

    By W. L. Cooley

    Electrical accidents occurring in coal mines from 1975 through 1979 were categorized and analyzed. The data was searched for common electrical hazards, common activities on the part of those injured,

    Jan 1, 1981

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    Investigations Of Permissible Electric Mine Lamps 1930-40 - Introduction

    By L. C. IlsLey

    Permissible electric nine lamps are approved with the. understanding that if actively marketed they will be listed in Bureau of Mines publications so that state mine departments, compensation bureaus,

    Jan 1, 1942

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    Mechanical Shoveling In Underground Metal Mines - Introduction

    By McHenry Mosier

    Mechanical loading, adopted long ago in open-pit, coal, and non-metal mines, was not used extensively in underground metal mines until the World War. In less than a decade it became standard practice

    Jan 1, 1940

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    IC 7641 Industrial Minerals Of The Pacific Northwest ? Summary

    By A. J. Kauffman

    This inventory of the industrial mineral resources of the Pacific Northwest indicates that each of the States comprising this great region annually produces nonmetallic materials valued at mans millio

    Jan 1, 1952

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    IC 6796 Apparatus and method for determination of helium in natural gas

    By C. C. Anderson

    "While conducting investigations in connection with the helium program of the Bureau of Mines, the Cryogenic Laboratory has improved an apparatus for the rapid and accurate determination of the helium

    Jun 1, 1934