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  • SME
    Introduction to Mining

    Contributions made by mining have played a much more significant role in the development of civilization than is generally conceded by historians or recognized by ordinary citizens. In modern society,

    Jan 1, 2008

  • NIOSH
    Abrasive Materials (MATERIALS MINERALS YEARBOOK-1978)

    By W. T. Adams

    The production of natural abrasives var¬ied in quantity and value compared with 1975. Output of tripoli-type materials and garnet increased in both quantity and value; special silica stone products de

    Jan 1, 1978

  • AIME
    Colombia-Important Gold and Platinum Producer

    By Andrew Meyer

    As a producer of gold and platinum, Colombia is most emphatically an important country. Last year it produced 656,000 oz. of gold-twice as much as any other country in South America, in fact accountin

    Jan 1, 1942

  • TMS
    Cyanide: Just The Facts

    By Courtney A. Young

    Cyanide is a fast-acting, highly toxic substance but, at the same time, is deemed essential for sustaining life as well 'as our standard of living. In this manuscript, the facts about cyanide are

    Jan 1, 1998

  • NIOSH
    IC 9182 Human Factors In Mining

    By Mark S. Sanders

    There is a growing awareness among mining professionals that the human factor plays a significant role in safety and productivity. Since the 1960's, the science of human factors, or ergonomics, h

    Jan 1, 1988

  • 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 7315 A Pattern For Western Steel Production ? Introduction

    By H. Foster Bain

    The war has brought about many changes in the Western States, and some have deep pr sent or potent al economic significance. The West has been feeling severe growing pains for a number of years. Espec

    Jan 1, 1945

  • SAIMM
    In search of a new development strategy for the beneficiation and export of South Africa's minerals (Presidential Address)

    By H. E. James

    Much has been said and written about the need to reduce South Africa's dependence on gold. To compensate for the decline in the country's foreign-exchange earnings resulting from the phasing

    Jan 1, 1985

  • AIME
    Economic Significance of Special Alloy Steels

    By HILAND BATCHELLER

    COMMENT on the economic significance of the special alloy steels seems inevitably to reduce itself to an attempt to peer into the future of the industry in which we are interested. We are all familiar

    Jan 1, 1931

  • NIOSH
    OFR-7-72 Economic Aspects of Surface Subsidence Resulting From Underground Mineral Exploitation

    By Jan Zwarcendyk

    This study is primarily directed toward providing an understanding of the economic complexities associated with subsidence damage on the surface resulting from underground mining. Some of the pertinen

    Jan 1, 1971

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 125 The Analytical Distillation of Petroleum

    By W. F. RITTMAN, E. W. Dean

    This report presents the results of an investigation conducted by the Bureau of Mines for the purpose of assisting in the establishment of a satisfactory standard method for the analytical distillatio

    Jan 1, 1916

  • NIOSH
    IC 6740 Economic Aspects of Gold and Silver

    By Scott Turner

    The monetary metals , gold and silver , have recently been the object of such general interest that the United States Bureau of Mines has received many inquiries regarding them . Though requests for t

    Jul 1, 1933

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 40 The Smokeless Combustion of Coal in Boiler Furnaces

    By D. T. Randall, H. W. Weeks

    The burning of coal without smoke is a problem that concerns the Government directly because of the advantages of smokeless combustion both in public buildings and on naval vessels. In addition, smoke

    Jan 1, 1912

  • NIOSH
    OFR-37-73 State Of The Art Of Down - The - Hole - Tools - History Of Down - The - Hole - Tools

    By Wendell L. Reich

    Percussion drilling dates back to the hand operated star drill and hammer. Eventually steam and compressed air were substituted for muscle power and the mechanical percussion drill was born. From the

    Jan 1, 1972

  • NIOSH
    IC 6800 Mining And Milling Practices At Small Gold Mines ? Introduction

    By E. D. Gardner

    This paper discusses small-scale lade gold mining and milling. It is abstracted from a bulletin being prepared by the United States Bureau of Mines entitled "Equipping, Developing, and Operating Small

    Jan 1, 1934

  • AIME
    Mining Engineering's 1977 Annual Review

    It is probably safe to say that, as the economic well-being of the mining industry goes, so goes the fortunes of mineral explorationists. And in 1977 the industry was not well at all. The year-long de

    Jan 5, 1978

  • NIOSH
    Mineral Commodity Summaries 1986 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 87 Nonfuel Mineral Commodities - Significant Events In The Nonfuel Mineral Industry In 1985

    The value of domestic raw nonfuel mineral output in 1985 was estimated at $23.7 billion, 2% above the 1984 value of $23.1 billion. This crude mineral output was the basis for approximately $244 billio

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 213 Talc and Soapstone Their Mining Milling Products and Uses

    By Raymond B. Ladoo

    Talc is a hydrous magnesium silicate having the chemical formula H2Mg3 (SiO8 ) 4 ; it is often called steatite, soapstone or potstorie, and by the trade names talc clay, agalite, asbestine, and verdol

    Jan 1, 1923

  • NIOSH
    The Smokeless Combustion Of Coal In Boiler Furnaces - With A Chapter On Central Heating Plants ? Introduction ? The Problem And Its Solution

    By D. T. Randall

    The burning of coal without smoke is a problem that concerns the Government directly because of the advantages of smokeless combustion both in public buildings and on naval vessels. In addition, smoke

    Jan 1, 1918

  • NIOSH
    Abrasive Materials (MATERIALS MINERALS YEARBOOK-1977)

    By Robert G. Clarke

    The production of natural abrasives varied in quantity and value compared with those of 1974. Output of tripoli-type materials and garnet both decreased in quantity and value. Special silica stone pro

    Jan 1, 1977