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IC 7052 Annual Report Of Research And Technologic Work On Coal Fiscal Year 1938 - Foreword
By A. C. Fieldner
This report, the third of a series of annual reports of research and technologic work on coal by the Technologic Branch to be released in this form, covers the fiscal year July 1, 1937, to June 30, 19
Jan 1, 1939
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RI 3925 Sponge-Iron Experiments at Longview, TX
By Whitman E. Brown
"As part of a Nation-wide program of the United States Government to develop natural resources, funds were made available to the Bureau of Mines for the investigation of the ""Reduction of Iron Ores b
Aug 1, 1946
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OFR-41-88 Measuring Critical Mine Health And Safety Skills
By Henry P. Cole
A series of studies are described that identify critical health and safety skills needed by underground coal miners for coping with mine emergencies. First aid and self-rescue and escape were selected
Jan 1, 1988
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Introduction - The Mission (8dfbdf91-d17b-4b51-baf5-c858392a3f13)
When the Organic Act of 1910 established the Bureau of Mines within the Department of the Interior, the Bureau's programs involved only health and safety research and, education, and fuels testin
Jan 1, 1977
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Coal-Washing Investigations: Methods And Tests - Introduction
By H. F. Yancey
The investigations described in this bulletin are confined to a study of the washing characteristics of bituminous coals. The major part of the work was conducted by the Bureau of Mines in cooperation
Jan 1, 1929
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The Mineral Industries Of Africa - Introduction (eca0325c-507d-41f8-9ff9-dbf69a686deb)
The 53 countries that constituted Africa in 1992 accounted for a significant portion of total world output of a number of mineral commodities. However, the continent's total output for a number o
Jan 1, 1994
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IC 7242 Synthetic Rubber - Its Production From Petroleum, Coal, And Other Materials ? Introduction
By W. C. Holliman
Commercial production of synthetic rubber in the United States became a reality in 1931 when E. I. duPont de Nemours, Inc., announced the manufacture of Duprene, a synthetic rubber made by polymerizin
Jan 1, 1943
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IC 7082 Reconnaissance Of Placer-Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho - Introduction
By S. H. Lorain
This paper briefly describes the principal commercial and near-commercial deposits of gold-bearing gravel and the important placer-mining operations in Lemhi County, Idaho. It is on of a series on wes
Jan 1, 1939
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IC 8140 Survey Of Research On Thermal Stability Of Petroleum Jet Fuels ? Summary
By F. G. Schwartz
This circular presents the results of a survey of research on jet fuel thermal stability jointly sponsored by the National Petroleum Refiners Association (NPRA), Tulsa, Okla., and the Bureau of Mines.
Jan 1, 1962
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RI 4882 Volumetric Determination of Small Quantities of Uranium - With Special Reference to Errors Associated with Use of Jones Reductor (2b4914c2-e697-47ab-9da8-dccd8a6cadf8)
By Heber E. Peterson, Sill. Claude W.
"INTRODUCTION In the usual volumetric determination of uranium, the solution containing uranium is reduced in a Jones reductor, yielding a mixture of trivalent and tetravalent uranium; the trivalent u
Jun 1, 1952
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State Compensatory Provisions For Occupational Diseases - Introduction
Researchers, medical organizations, statisticians, and others often use data on the nature and rate of occurrence of occupational diseases in directing their efforts and plans. Very often this informa
Jan 1, 1967
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RI 5627 Ignition by Hot Gases
By M. Vanpée, H. G. Wolfhard
Jets of hot gases issuing into explosive gaseous mixtures are efficient agents of ignition . The ignition temperature is defined as the temperature of the jet as it enters the cold explosive mixture w
Jul 1, 1960
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RI 3041 Review Of Fatalities In The California Petroleum Industry During The Calendar Year 1929
By R. L. Marek
There were 63 fatalities in the California petroleum industry in 1929, the largest number in any year since 1923 and an increase of 34.0 per cent over 1928, when 47 men lost their lives in the drillin
Jan 1, 1930
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RI 3041 Review Of Fatalities In The California Petroleum Industry During The Calendar Year 1929 - Bureau Of Mines RI - 3041
By R. L. Merek
There were 63 fatalities in the California petroleum industry in 1929, the largest number in any year since 1923 and an increase of 34.0 per cent over 1928, when 47 men lost their lives in the drillin
Jan 1, 1930
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IC 7398 Some Results of Inspections of Explosives:-Storage Facilities under the Federal Explosives Act
By P. R. Moyer
"INTRODUCTION The Federal Explosives Act (55 Stat., 863), as amended, was passed by Congress on December 26, 1941, and became effective immediately; it amended the Act of October 6, 1917 (4o Stat., 38
Mar 1, 1947
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Bulletin 130 Blast-Furnace Breakouts, Explosions, and Slips, and Methods of Prevention
By F. H. Willcox
This publication is the third of a series of reports on hazards and the prevention of accidents at blast-furnace plants that is being published by the Bureau of Mines, Technical Paper 106a being the f
Jan 1, 1917
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OFR-96-86 Flywheel-Powered Shuttle Car
By Donald Christofferson
This report documents the program conducted to demonstrate the application of a flywheel-powered propulsion system to underground mining shuttle cars. Such application can replace the present electric
Jan 1, 1986
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RI 3757 Technical & Economic Study of Packaged Fuel
By Parry. V. F.
"SUMMARY This report reviews the status of the packaged-for industry as of 1941. A field study was made of 35 representative plants to obtain technics and economic data on different types of processes
Jun 1, 1944
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Introduction - The Mission (85814226-4440-4427-874a-f47ca8e121f0)
Endless lines at service station gasoline pumps, limited travel at reduced speeds, thermostats set at an uncozy sixty-eight degrees in the dead of winter-these are but a few of the inconveniences and
Jan 1, 1974
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OFR-8-88 Supervisory Management Selection And Development
By Grant R. Brown
This report presents the results of a study examining the relationship between supervisor characteristics and performance in underground coal mines, The specific objectives of the research include; do
Jan 1, 1987