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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of the Electric Point and Gladstone Lead-Zinc Mines, Stevens County, Washington

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines regarding studies conducted on lead-zinc mines in Stevens County, Washington. As stated in the introduction, "this report presents the factual data obtained from the trenching and sampling operations" (p. 1). This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: January 1949
Creator: Cole, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Diamond Drilling in the Metaline District, Pend Oreille County, Washington

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on exploration by diamond drilling in Pend Oreille County. Results of the exploration are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: June 1949
Creator: Wimmler, Norman L. & Cole, W. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cle Elum Iron-Nickel Deposits, Kittitas County, Washington

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the iron-nickel deposits of Kittitas County, Washington. As stated in the introduction, "the investigation consisted of road building, diamond drilling, sampling, and metallurgical tests" (p. 1). This report includes tables and maps.
Date: February 1948
Creator: Zoldok, S. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of the Young American Lead-Zinc Deposit, Stevens County, Washington

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations of mines in Stevens County, Washington. The history, geology, and physical features of the mines are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: November 1949
Creator: Hundhausen, Robert J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Beneficiation of Chromite Ores From Western United States

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the sampling of chrome ore deposits in the western United States. Physical properties of the samples collected are presented. This report includes tables.
Date: June 1947
Creator: Batty, J. V.; Mitchell, T. F.; Havens, R. & Wells, R. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the Nonmetals Division: Fiscal Year 1942

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the operations of the Nonmetals Division during 1942. The work done by the division is discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1942
Creator: Ralston, Oliver C. & Stern, A. George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparative Yields of Light Oil, Tar, and Constituents from Carbonization Tests at 800 Degrees, 900 Degrees, and 1,000 Degrees Celsius

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on testing done on a variety of American coals collected from 32 coal beds across the country. The carbonizing properties of samples tested at 3 different temperatures are presented. This report includes tables, and graphs.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Holmes, C. R.; Wilson, J. E. & Davis, J. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Columbia River Magnetite Sands, Clatsop County, Oregon, and Pacific County, Washington, Hammond and McGowan Deposits

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on investigations of the magnetite-bearing sands near the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington. Properties of the sands and magnetite deposits are listed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: February 1947
Creator: Kelly, James V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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United States Earthquakes 1940

Description: Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1940. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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United States Earthquakes 1941

Description: Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1941. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1941
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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United States Earthquakes, 1943

Description: Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1943. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1943
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Manganese Resources of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington: a Preliminary Report

Description: Abstract: The northern, eastern, and southern parts of the Olympic Peninsula, Wash., contain many small deposits of manganese. Most of the deposits consist of complex manganese silicates with some carbonates, although 16,275 tons of hausmannite (Mn304) ore was mined at the Crescent mine during 1924-26. About a hundred tons of silicates have been mined from various properties, mainly for experimental purposes. Future production probably will not be large, because the silicate ores are of low gra… more
Date: 1942
Creator: Park, Charles Frederick, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nickel-gold deposit near Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington

Description: From Introduction: "The Mount Vernon nickel-gold deposit is 4 1/2 miles southeast of the city of Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Wash. The writers believe that the nickel was originally present in the serpentinized peridotite and that it was dissolved and redistributed by ascending hydrothermal gold-bearing solutions while the serpentine was being altered into the silica-carbonate rock."
Date: 1941
Creator: Hobbs, S. W. & Pecora, W. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tin and Tungsten Deposits at Silver Hill, Spokane County, Washington

Description: From abstract: Tin and tungsten minerals occur in pegmatites and quartz veins at Silver Hill, in secs. 23 and 24, T. 24 N., R. 43 E., 11 miles southeast of Spokane, Wash.
Date: 1942
Creator: Page, Lincoln R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Diatomites of the Pacific Northwest as Filter-Aids

Description: From Introduction Purpose of Investigation: "To determine some of the physical and chemical properties of known Pacific Northwest diatomites, the present investigation was started in 1938 by the Bureau of Mines in cooperation with the College of Mines, University of Washington.
Date: 1944
Creator: Skinner, Kenneth G.; Dammann, Arthur A.; Swift, Roy E.; Eyerly, George B. & Shuck, Gordon R., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report Submitted to the Trail Smelter Arbitral Tribunal

Description: From Forward: "The first part of this report discusses the details of the plant equipment and procedure. The second part of the report discusses in detail the relationship between between meteorological conditions in the valley and atmospheric diffusion processes. The third part gives the provisional operating regimes in force during the investigation, the amount of sulfur fixed and amount emitted to the atmosphere, and summary of data from the permanent recorders."
Date: 1944
Creator: Dean, R. S. & Swain, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Burning Washington Coals on Different Types of Domestic Stokers in the Same Hot-Water Boiler: Comparison with Hand and Oil Firing

Description: From Purpose and Scope: "This bulletin presents the results of an investigation of domestic stokers at the Northwest Experiment Station of the Bureau of Mines. Previous publications have dealt with the burning characteristics of Washington coals on a domestic overfeed stoker, a clinker-type domestic underfeed stoker, and an ash-removal-type domestic underfeed stoker designed for burning anthracite. This report includes all the principal results obtained on the three domestic stokers tested and … more
Date: 1949
Creator: Yancey, H. F.; Johnson, K. A.; Cordiner, J. B., Jr.; Lewis, A. A. & Lunde, K. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Exploration, Reserves, Bed Characteristics and Strip-Mining Possibilities of a Lignite Deposit Near Toledo, Lewis County, Washington

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing exploration of Lewis County lignite deposits in Washington. History, development, and drilling methods are presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1947
Creator: Toenges, Albert L.; Turnbull, Louis A. & Cole, Willard A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the annual report over the research and technology of coal during 1941. As stated in the foreword, "these investigations increase our fund of exact knowledge on the properties and composition of American coals and lead to better methods in mining, preparing, storing, and utilizing coal" (p. 4). This report includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl & Schmidt, L. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Haulage and Hoisting Hazards in Western Mines

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing safety hazards in western mines. Mine hoisting and haulage accidents are presented. Accident prevention is also discussed. This report includes tables.
Date: December 1942
Creator: Denny, E. H. & Humphrey, H. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Loss of Life Among Wearers of Oxygen Breathing Apparatus

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing fatalities of mine workers while wearing self-contained oxygen breathing apparatuses. Descriptions of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 26 workers are presented. This report includes a table.
Date: April 1944
Creator: Grove, G. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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