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Zirconium - Its Production And Properties - IntroductionLARGE-SCALE production of zirconium by the Northwest Electrodevelopment Laboratory of the Bureau of Mines at Albany, Oreg., is an anomaly that justifies some explanation. The reduction of titanium te
Jan 1, 1956
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Mining Engineering Notebook – Do’s and Don’t’s on BeltBy R. U. Jackson
Belt conveying is a method of transportation that requires proper servicing and maintenance if completely economical results are to be obtained from the system. With a trucking system, it is commo
Jan 1, 1956
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RI 5237 Synthetic Liquid Fuels - Annual Report Of The, Secretary Of The Interior For 1955 - Part II. -Oil From Oil Shale ? IntroductionFor 11 years, under authorization of the Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act of April 5, 1944 (30 U.S.C. 321-325), and amendments, the Bureau of Mines has carried on an extensive research and development progr
Jan 1, 1956
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IC 7740 Reconnaissance Of The "Red Bed" Copper Deposits In Southeastern Colorado And New Mexico ? SummaryBy John H. Soulé
This paper describes the location and general features of the ?Red Bed? or sandstone copper deposits in southeastern Colorado and New Mexico. Most of the areas containing this type of deposit were vis
Jan 1, 1956
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IC 7756 Research And Technologic Work On Coal And Related Investigations, 1954 ? Introduction And SummaryBy E. P. Carman
This report is the 19th in a series summarizing Bureau of Mines research and technologic work on coal and related investigations. The first 17 reports covered fiscal years; however, the 18th report3/
Jan 1, 1956
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Mining - Pumping Test Evaluates Water Problems at Eureka, Nev.By Wilbur T. Stuart
TO assist the mining industry in attacking problems of water control, the U. S. Geological Survey has begun a program of research in mining hydrology. In certain fundamental respects water control is
Jan 1, 1956
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The Chemical Treatment of Gold Slime for the Recovery of High Purity Gold and SilverThe ready solubility of gold in dilute aqueous solutions of the cyanides of the alkalies or alkaline earths provides a convenient method for the separation of the precious metal -from the large surplu
Jan 1, 1956
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RI 5221 Analyses Of Tipple And Delivered Samples Of Coal (Collected During The Fiscal Year 1954) ? IntroductionBy S. J. Aresco
The Bureau of Mines has been active in promoting the purchase of coal for Government use under specifications that define the requirements in terms of heating value of the coal, expressed in British t
Jan 1, 1956
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IC 7734 Administration Of The Federal Coal-Mine Safety Act, Calendar Year 1954 - IntroductionBy James Westfield
This report covers the calendar year 1954 and has been prepared and submitted to the Congress of the United States in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 106(a) and Sec. 2l2(c) of the Federal Coal-
Jan 1, 1956
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Bibliography Of Bureau Of Mines Health And Safety Publications January 1947-June 1955 ? IntroductionBy H. B. Humphrey
WHEN THE BUREAU OF MINES was created in 1910, the organic act had as one of its main provisions the following: That it shall be the province of said bureau and its director, under the direction of
Jan 1, 1956
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RI 5225 Fundamental Flashback, Blowoff, And Yellow-Tip Limits Of Fuel Gas-Air Mixtures ? Introduction And SummaryBy Joseph Grumer
About a century ago Bunsen and his associates invented the famous burner that bears his name and was to become the ancestor of today's gas appliances. Over the years, Bunsen's invention beca
Jan 1, 1956
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Water Transportation and Canada's Mineral IndustryBy R. Lowery
TODAY, man uses, at will, the land, the water, and the air to transport himself and his goods everywhere across the face of the world. He no longer thinks with wonder of the magic of conquering thes
Jan 1, 1956
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RI 5205 Electrolytic Recovery Of Zinc From Galvanizers' Sal Skimmings ? SummaryBy P. M. Sullivan
This report describes a new application of electroamalgam metallurgy in recovering all the zinc as refined metal from galvanizers' sal skimmings. Pure zinc was recovered by electrolysis of skimmi
Jan 1, 1956
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Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Regular Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute Glenwood Springs, Colorado June 17, 18, 19, 20, 1956 - President's Address"Guests and Members of the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute: "It gives me a great deal of pleasure to call the Fifty-Second regular meeting to order this morning. "I think that you will agree wi
Jan 1, 1956
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Institute of Metals Division - Curie Temperatures of' Binary and Ternary Sigma PhasesBy P. A. Beck, M. V. Nevitt
All binary and a number of ternary u alloys formed by first long period transition elements were examined and found to be ferromagnetic at low temperatures. The Curie temperatures for these alloys wer
Jan 1, 1956
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RI 5173 Manganese exploration in the Philipsburg District, Granite County, MontBy J. S. McNabb
"A search for manganese ore by core-drill exploration was carried out by the Bureau of Mines in the Philipsburg mining district in Granite County, Mont., in 1939 and 1940. This work was based on detai
Dec 1, 1955
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Mining Engineering Notebook – A Survey of Exploration DrillsFlexibility is the keynote in designing modern exploration drills that and mobility. Add to the flexibility of individual drills the wide range of models, and the man looking for a drill has ample cho
Oct 1, 1955
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RI 5159 Estimate of known recoverable reserves and the preparation and carbonizing properties of coking coal in Marion County, TennBy Lloyd Williams, R. E. Hershey, B. W. Gandrud
"1. The investigation shows that the Sewanee bed is the only bed of major importance in Marion County, 97 percent of the coal mined in the county having come :from this bed. There are coal reserves in
Oct 1, 1955
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Algunos aspectos de la silicosis que interesan a los ingenieros de Minas (I)By Juan Ayza
Ante el peligro de la concentración y exposición de los polvos de sílices en el personal minero, el presente texto revisa la silicosis -en tanto determina las propiedades de los polvos en reacción y
Oct 1, 1955
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Exploración geológica y geofísica en las minas de Cercapuquio (II)El presente artículo señala que el proceso de exploración en superficie de la mina de Cercapuquio para determinar nuevas zonas mineralizadas, es de difícil actuación a causa de la falta de ganga en es
Oct 1, 1955