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  • NIOSH
    RI 4191 Process for the Production of Iron-Fire Alum, Part 1. - Laboratory Development

    By W. K. Cunningham, Edwin A. Gee

    "INTRODUCTION This paper is one of many reporting on various aspects of the Bureau of Mines program during World War II directed toward alleviation of shortages in certain critical minerals some of th

    Feb 1, 1948

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    RI 4193 Oil-Well Reconditioning in Southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Southeastern Ohio

    By Bruce F. Grant

    "INTRODUCTION The future of oil production in the part of the Appalachian region included in southwestern Pennsylvania; West Virginia, and southeastern Ohio is directly dependent on the maintenance of

    Feb 1, 1948

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    RI 4198 Spectrochemical Determination of Nickel in Electrolytic Cobalt Using a Current-Regulated Direct-Current Arc

    By Graham W. Marks, Clyde A. Bridger

    "INTRODUCTION An electrolytic process for the preparation of metallic cobalt has been developed recently in the Bureau of Mines Experimental Station at Boulder City, Nev. Chemical analysis shows this

    Feb 1, 1948

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    RI 4199 Reduction of Phosphorus Content in Iron Ore and Concentrate from Iron Mountain, Mo.

    By H. Kenworthy

    "INTRODUCTION ..Although the occurrence of iron ore in Missouri was recognized by Marquette as early as 1673, the first known mining and smelting operation was conducted in 1815. This operation was ne

    Feb 1, 1948

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    RI 4200 Preparation Characteristics of Anthracites in the Santa River Valley, Peru

    By Thomas Fraser

    "INTRODUCTION The Santa River Valley of northern Peru contains extensive deposits of a good-grade anthracite that offer one of the most accessible sources of solid-fuel supply for South America. This

    Feb 1, 1948

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    RI 4207 Margerum Bauxite District Colbert County, Ala.

    By Don M. Coulter

    "INTRODUCTION The Margerum bauxite district, in Colbert County, Ala. was investigated in December 1940 and in February 1943 by R. W. Smith of the Bureau of Mines .3/ A geologist of the Federal Geologi

    Mar 1, 1948

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    RI 4209 Be Van Quartz Crystal Prospect - Lemhi Co, ID

    By J. A. Herdlick

    "INTRODUCTION The BeVan quartz crystal prospect in the Indian Creek mining district of Lemhi County, west-central Idaho, was examined by an engineer of the Bureau of Mines 3/ on July 9, 1943. As quart

    Mar 1, 1948

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    RI 4210 Black Rock Tungsten Deposit, Mono Co., Calif.

    By Leon W. Dupuy

    "INTRODUCTION Scheelite occurring in tactite at the Black Rock tungsten mine, near Benton in Mono County, Calif., was investigated by the Bureau of Mines in cooperation with the Geological Survey as p

    Mar 1, 1948

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    RI 4218 Flocculation of Aerosols by Intense High-Frequency Sound

    By H. W. Clair, E. V. Potter, M. J. Speedlove

    "INTRODUCTION The behavior of particles in a sound field has long been of scientific interest since Kundt (1) 5/ made his classic experiments on some of the interesting effects of standing waves in cy

    Mar 1, 1948

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    RI 4219 Southwestern North Dakota Clay Deposits Stark. Slope, and Billings Counties, N. Dak

    By Fremont F. Clarke

    "INTRODUCTION Clay beds of southwestern North Dakota were investigated to determine (1) the average alumina content of the clays in four principal areas of occurrence, (2.) which, if any, would be the

    Mar 1, 1948

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    RI 4221 Stone Hill Copper Mine, Cleburne and Randolph Counties, Ala.

    By J. R. Thoenen, Hugh D. Pallister

    "INTRODUCTION The Stone Hill Copper project resulted from the recommendations made in the war minerals report on this deposit by engineers of the Bureau of Mines 4/ and a similar report of the Geologi

    Apr 1, 1948

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    RI 4223 Bauxite in Cherokee and Calhoun Counties, Ala.

    By Don M. Coulter

    "INTRODUCTION Bauxite, in Appalachian Alabama, occurs in the Rock Run and Goshen Valley districts in Cherokee County; in Nences Creek Valley near Jacksonville; near Anniston in Calhoun County; north o

    Mar 1, 1948

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    RI 4226 Investigation of Coker and Bickford Zinc Deposits, Iowa County, Wis.

    By Francis C. Lincoln

    "INTRODUCTION In the course of a general investigation of mines and mineral deposits in the Upper Mississippi lead and zinc field, attention of the Bureau of Mines was first directed to the Coker mine

    Apr 1, 1948

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    RI 4230 Camp Bird Lead-Zinc Deposit, Ouray Co , Colo.

    By E. V. Deshayes, W. E. Young

    "INTRODUCTION The Camp Bird mine was investigated by Bureau of Mines engineers 3/ September 22 and 24, 1942, and April 29 and 30, 1944. In a subsequent report and supplement, it was recommended that c

    May 1, 1948

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    RI 4231 Yancey-Crawford Manganese Deposit Rockingham County, Va.

    By M. H. Kline, Wing G. Agnew

    "INTRODUCTION The Yancey-Crawford tract, located 1-1/2 nines east of Yancey station on the Norfolk & Western Railway in Rockingham County, Va. was from 1917 to 1941 considered an unusually promising m

    Apr 1, 1948

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    RI 4232 Watson Manganese Deposit, Page Co, VA

    By M. H. Kline, Wing G. Agew

    "INTRODUCTION The Watson tract was first prospected in 1908, and ore consisting of concretionary psilomelane and wad was found in the bedded residual clays. A small mill using a log washer and jigs wa

    Apr 1, 1948

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    RI 4234 Edison Spodumene Mine, Pennington Co., S. Dak.

    By Fermont F. Clarke, Others, Paul Zinner

    "INTRODUCTION The Edison mine comprises workings on two irregular spodumene-bearing pegmatite dikes which outcrop near the town of Keystone in the southern portion of the Black Hills of South Dakota.

    Apr 1, 1948

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    RI 4240 Ahles Iron Mine, Warren Co. Mich.

    By John R. Troxell

    "INTRODUCTION The Ahles iron mine, also known as the Pequest mine, in Warren County, N. J., was operated continuously for 15 years and was still in ore when it closed in 1916.Tie property was examined

    Apr 1, 1948

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    RI 4241 North Carolina Mica Spots- Macon, Mitchell, Gaston, Yancey Cos.

    By F. K. McIntosh, L. A. Dahmers

    "INTRODUCTION North Carolina has been the leading producer of mica in the United States, accounting for roughly 50 percent of the Nation's output. The producing area is a belt some 100 miles in width

    Apr 1, 1948

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    RI 4243 Alabama Red Iron Ores, Greasy Cove & Shinbone Ridge, St. Clair and Etowah Counties

    By J. R. Thoenen, J. D. Warne

    "INTRODUCTION Red-iron-ore deposits in northeast Alabama have been exploited at vari¬ous times for nearly 6o years. About 3-1/2 million tons of ore have been produced in the Gadsden district; but mini

    Jun 1, 1948