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Muscovite in the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina

Description: From Abstract: "This report describes the occurrence of the mica and its physical properties among which is an unusually wide range of colors. A table is presented showing the results of power-factor measurements made by the National Bureau of Standards on 196 samples of sheet mica from 109 mica mines and 15 feldspar mines.It is concluded that more systematic planning of mica mining, for the district as a whole. would result in an average yearly production of at least 90,000 pounds of relativel… more
Date: 1942
Creator: Kesler, Thomas L. (Thomas Lingle), 1908-1997 & Olson, J. C. (Jerry Chipman), 1917-2013
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Air-consumption parameters for automatic mixture control of aircraft engines

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the use of function of intake-manifold temperature and pressure, exhaust back pressure, and engine speed in place of a ventri as a means of measuring engine air consumption and to determine if this function is suitable for automatic mixture control."
Date: September 1944
Creator: Shames, Sidney J.
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Analysis of Oil Production in the Near-Depleted Mexia-Powell Fault-Line Fields of Texas

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oil fields located near the Mexia-Powell fault line in Texas. Properties of the oil fields, including geology and oil production, are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn & Guthrie, R. K.
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Engineering Study of the Rodessa Oil Field in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over drilling operations in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Results of the operations are discussed. This report includes maps, tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn & Guthrie, R. K.
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Byproduct Coke-Oven Tests of Washington Coals

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the coking-coal testing done on Washington coal. Descriptions of the testing, and properties of the coals tested are presented. This report includes tables, and photographs.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Yancey, H. F.; Daniels, Joseph; McMillan, E. R. & Geer, M. R.
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Survey of Subsurface Brine-Disposal Systems in Western Kansas Oil Fields

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the disposal of brine from oil field injections. Information on handling and disposing of brine and injection equipment is presented. This report includes tables, and a map.
Date: August 1943
Creator: Grandone, Peter & Schmidt, Ludwig
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Magnolia Oil Field, Columbia County, Arkansas: Part 1. Petroleum-Engineering Study; Part 2. Derivation and Application of Material-Balance Equations

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on studies conducted at the Magnolia oil fields in Columbia County, Arkansas. History, geology, and methods are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: September 1943
Creator: Carpenter, Charles B.; Schroeder, H. J. & Cook, Alton B.
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National Safety Competition of 1942

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on its annual safety contest between mine workers. Different types of mines enrolled in the competition and the winners and honorable mentions for 1942 are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: October 1943
Creator: Adams, William Waugh & Lawrence, T. D.
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History of Water Flooding of Oil Sands in Oklahoma

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the oil production from water injection methods. As noted in the introduction, "it is the purpose of this report to present data such as volume of oil produced monthly, volume of water injected monthly, spacing of wells, number of injection wells and oil wells, and other such pertinent information" (p. 5). This report includes tables, graphs, maps, and illustrations.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Taliaferro, David Benjamin & Logan, David M.
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Coke from Low-Ash Appalachian Coals for Carbon Electrodes in Aluminum Industry with a Chapter on Comparison of Results Obtained by Trent Process for Cleaning Coal with Those by Float-and-Sink Methods

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on testing conducted on coking coal samples for carbon electrode use in aluminum production. The testing methods, and results are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: November 1943
Creator: Selvig, W. A.; Ode, W. H.; Gibson, F. H. & Davis, Joseph D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Studies on Explosives and Explosions, Fiscal Year 1943

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the documented explosives testing during 1943. Properties of explosives tested are presented. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: February 1944
Creator: Huff, Wilbert James
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Petroleum-Engineering Study of the New Hope Oil Field, Franklin County, Texas

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines regarding studies on the modern petroleum engineering techniques used in Franklin County, Texas. Drilling methods, and analysis of the core samples are presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: September 1949
Creator: Carpenter, Charles B.; Anderson, Kenneth F. & Cook, Alton B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of the Huber-Rydalch Manganese Deposits, Tooele County, Utah

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on the manganese deposits in Tooele County, Utah. The physical features, geology, and descriptions of the deposit samples are listed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Fry, Eugene & Wilson, Stephen R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of the Yellow Pine Zinc-Lead Mine, Clark County, Nevada

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines regarding studies conducted on zinc-lead mines in Clark County, Nevada. Physical qualities of the mine, equipment used, and methods of sampling are presented. This report includes tables, and maps.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Geehan, Robert W. & Benson, Willmar T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Summer 1949

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over motor-fuels sold during the summer of 1949. The properties of the fuels sampled are presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Blade, O. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report on the Investigation of the Fire at the Liquefaction, Storage, and Regasification Plant of the East Ohio Gas Co., Cleveland Ohio, October 20, 1944

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations conducted on the 1944 fire at the East Ohio Gas Company. Descriptions of the plant, and construction of the gas tanks are listed. A detailed description of the disaster, and its aftermath are also presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Elliott, M. A.; Seibel, C. W.; Brown, F. W.; Artz, R. T. & Berger, L. B.
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Method of Assaying Oil Shale by a Modified Fischer Retort: Revision of R. I. 3977

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of the processes used in oil-shale assay methods. Updated methods are provided from a previous report on the same topic. This report includes tables, graphs, and illustrations.
Date: June 1949
Creator: Stanfield, K. E. & Frost, I. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Motor-Gasoline Survey: Winter 1947-48

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on the motor-fuels sold during the winter of 1947-1948. Characteristics of the fuel samples obtained are listed. This report includes tables, graphs, and a map.
Date: July 1948
Creator: Blade, O. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Petroleum-Engineering Study of Sheridan Field, Colorado County, Texas

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies conducted at the Sheridan oil field. The methods used for the study are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn & Vogel, Felix A., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Laramie Sponge-Iron Pilot Plant

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the pilot plant in Laramie County, Wyoming. As stated in the introduction, "the purpose of this report is to record information derived from recent experimental work that had as its objective the development and demonstration of one method of producing sponge iron" (p. 2). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: September 1948
Creator: Johnston, T. L. & Mahan, W. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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