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  • NIOSH
    OFR-121-78 Design Of A Retrofittable Temporary Face Support System

    By Alfred Bellows

    The objective was to develop and design a remotely operated temporary roof support system that provides a safe working environment between a freshly cut coal face and the last line of permanently supp

    Jan 1, 1976

  • NIOSH
    Monitoring Foundation Response To Subsidence Using A Tiltmeter - Objective

    [Determine how subsidence resulting from underground coal mining affects surface structures, and evaluate the usefulness s of the tiltmeter for monitoring foundation movement. Approach The Burea

    Jan 1, 1988

  • NIOSH
    IC 7439 Burning Refuse Dumps at Coal Mines

    By J. H. East, D. Harrington

    "INTRODUCTION Burning refuse dumps are a common and by no means pleasant sight in most coal-mining distracts; they have been and largely continue to be accepted as a necessary, if undesirable, adjunct

    Mar 1, 1948

  • NIOSH
    RI 7936 Reducing Surface Hot Shortness of Copper-Containing Steels Using Silicon Additions and Controlled Reheating Conditions

    By Mark I. Copeland

    This study was conducted by the Bureau of Mines to determine the effect of steel reheating practices in burning natural gas on the amount of silicon required to prevent the formation of copper on stee

    Jan 1, 1974

  • NIOSH
    OFR-24-82 Fugitive Dust Study Of An Open Pit Coal Mine

    By Virgil Marple

    In the summer of 1979 the University of Minnesota Mobile Laboratory (UMML), designed for the analysis of airborne particles and gases was used to study fugitive dust from an open pit coal mine. The an

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    IC 8459 The Phosphate Industry In The Southeastern United States And Its Relationship To World Mineral Fertilizer Demand

    By John W. Sweeney

    The southeastern phosphate industry is investigated to determine its role in supplying the United States and world phosphate demand. The report shows that the southeastern (Florida, Tennessee, and Nor

    Jan 1, 1970

  • NIOSH
    IC 7732 Health And Safety Activities Of The Bureau Of Mines, Fiscal Year 1955 ? Introduction

    By James Westfield

    Bureau of Mines activities for safety and health in the mineral industries were reorganized during the fiscal year to provide direct supervision by the Assistant Director -Health and Safety. On Decemb

    Jan 1, 1956

  • NIOSH
    IC 7957 Permissible Mine Equipment Approved During 1957-58 - With Appended Lists Of Manufacturers Of Flame-Resistant Trailing Cables And Fire-Resistant Conveyor Belts, And Holders Of ?Permits? - Introduction

    By E. J. Gleim

    In keeping with past custom, it is the purpose of this publication to bring up to date previously published lists of equipment that meets safety standards of the bureau of Mines so that the mining ind

    Jan 1, 1960

  • NIOSH
    RI 8481 Cladding of Metals to Iron by Vacuum Rolling

    By R. Blickensderfer

    Maintaining an adequate supply of minerals and metals to meet national economic and strategic needs is the overall goal of the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior. One method of achieving

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    OFR-15-80 Technical And Economic Evaluation Of Underground Disposal Of Coal Mining Wastes

    By M. F. Bucek

    This report summarizes the activities performed and the results achieved during a two-phased investigation of the technical and economic feasibility of disposing of coal mine refuse underground in act

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    RI 4103 Argentena Zinc-Lead Mine, Clark Co. Nev.

    By Robert W. Geehan

    "INTRODUCTION A preliminary examination of the Argentena mine was made in 'January 1945 by an engineer of the Bureau, who recommended investigation by diamond drilling. The Bureau conducted a core-dri

    Jul 1, 1947

  • NIOSH
    IC 7595 Safety Consciousness - An Evaluation ? Introduction

    By Stanley M. Walker

    Safety consciousness is not a constant for which a specific value can be assigned, but is a variable, which is frequently intangible. Its evaluation is not simple. We all know that safety consciou

    Jan 1, 1951

  • NIOSH
    IC 8539 Bureau Of Mines Safety Research Center Research And Development Activities: Fiscal Year 1970 ? Introduction

    On July 1, 1969, the Explosives Research Center merged with the Health and Safety Research and Testing Center to form the Safety Research Center, with facilities at Pittsburgh and Bruceton, Pa. Subseq

    Jan 1, 1972

  • NIOSH
    RI 7949 Room Temperature Tensile Properties of Titanium and Seven Titanium Alloys Prepared by Skull Casting

    By E. D. Calvert

    The room temperature tensile properties of commercially pure titanium and seven titanium alloys prepared by skull casting were determined in the as-cast and heat-treated conditions. Data were compared

    Jan 1, 1974

  • NIOSH
    IC 7295 Corundum ? Composition And Properties

    By Robert W. Metcalf

    Corundum, natural alumina, or aluminum oxide (A1203) is the hardest mineral known except diamond. Theoretical composition is Al 52.9 percent and 0 17.1 percent, but it always contains small quantities

    Jan 1, 1944

  • NIOSH
    IC 8075 Microbiology Of Coal ? Summary

    By Martin H. Rogoff

    This publication combines a critical review of the literature on the microbiology of coal with an introduction to those areas of microbiology related to studies of coal as a biological material. The a

    Jan 1, 1962

  • NIOSH
    OFR-37-75 Electromagnetic Noise In Grace Mine

    By J. W. Adams

    Two different techniques were wed to make measurements of the absolute value of electromagnetic noise in an operating hardrock mine, Grace Mine, located near Morgantown, Pennsylvania. Diesel-powered h

    Jan 1, 1974

  • NIOSH
    OFR-83-77 Geophysical Measurement System For Delineation Of Channel Sands

    By John C. Cook

    Channel sand bodies ("wants" or "cutouts") are deposits of barren, hard sediments which interrupt production and pose safety hazards when encountered in underground coal mining. To locate these costly

    Jan 1, 1976

  • NIOSH
    OFR-60-82 TDRM Testing

    By Eugene W. Bartel

    This report describes in detail the circuitry used in the Automated Time Domain Reflectometry System and the testing and modification done to the system to improve the units performance and consistenc

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 14 Briqueting Tests Of Lignite At Pittsburg, Pa.

    By CHARLES L. WRIGHT

    Coals may be divided into six classes-anthracite, semi anthracite, semibituminous, bituminous, subbituminous, and lignite. The first three cla~ can be distinguished by dHferences of composition, parti

    Jan 1, 1911