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Reduction Mills in Montana in 1925

Description: List of reduction mills in Montana, compiled in the course of investigations of mineral resources of Montana. It includes information about each loaction including: the process, character of ore, when the mill was operated, and custom work; equipment and power used; and capacity in tons.
Date: March 1927
Creator: Gerry, C. N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Practical Underground Education of the Coal Miner

Description: Report describing information that should be provided for miners when they are first being trained on-site, as well as an explanation about the education program offered by the Practical Mining School at Dawson, New Mexico.
Date: November 1927
Creator: Grove, G. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Subsidence Due to Coal Mining in Illinois

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations on surface subsidence from coal mining in Illinois. The results of the investigations are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1927
Creator: Herbert, Charles Arthur & Rutledge, J. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mining of Thin Coal Beds in the Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on thin coal beds of the anthracite region in Pennsylvania. Results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1927
Creator: Ashmead, Dever C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Ferric Sulphate-Sulphuric Acid Process: With a Chapter on Producing Small Bubbles of Gas in Liquids by Submerged Orifices

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the ferric sulphate-sulphuric acid process. As stated in the introduction, "the work reported here comprises merely a study of the chemistry of the process and the mechanical conditions that would have to be observed in practice" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1927
Creator: Ralston, Oliver C. & Maier, Charles G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technology and Uses of Silica and Sand

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on the production and uses of silica. Forms and different uses for silica are discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1927
Creator: Weigel, W. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fifty-Nine Coal-Mine Fires: How They Were Fought and What They Teach

Description: Introduction: "This bulletin abstracts and reviews essential details of reports on 59 fires in different coal mines in the United States, describes the circumstances of origin and the methods of controlling or extinguishing the fires, and points out the lessons taught."
Date: 1927
Creator: Rice, George S.; Paul, J. W. & von Bernewitz, M. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1925

Description: Report published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines which is a compilation of accidents in quarries located in the United States with data regarding the number and kinds of accidents as well as information about the mining operations (e.g., number of men employed, kinds of quarries, amount of work performed, etc.).
Date: 1927
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gases from Blasting in Tunnels and Metal-Mine Drifts

Description: From Introduction: "This paper gives the results of sampling the gases from blasting drift rounds at five mines-the United Verde Extension, Calumet & Arizona, Old Dominion, Mountain Copper, and the United Verde-and of tunnel rounds at the Big Creek water tunnel and Moffat railroad tunnel. The paper also describes the rounds blasted and the methods of sampling and analyzing the gases. In all, 99 rounds were fired and 376 samples were taken."
Date: 1927
Creator: Gardner, E. D.; Howell, S. P. & Jones, G. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Acid Processes for the Extraction of Alumina

Description: Report presenting the Bureau of Mines' investigation into acid processes of extracting alumina. The paper discusses the sulphuric acid processes and other work with hydrochloric and nitric acids so that the comparative advantages can be appreciated.
Date: 1927
Creator: Tilley, George S.; Millar, Russell Ward & Ralston, Oliver Caldwell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1925

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date: 1927
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1926

Description: Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatalities in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1927
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Dust Explosion Tests in the Experimental Mine, 1919 to 1924, Inclusive

Description: From Introduction and Summary: "This bulletin describes the third series of coal-dust explosion tests by the Bureau of Mines in its experimental mine and covers a period from 1919 to the end of 1924, inclusive. A few related tests made in 1925 are also included."
Date: 1927
Creator: Rice, George S.; Paul, J. W. & Greenwald, H. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Quarry Problems in the Lime Industry

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this bulletin is not to describe individual quarries but to describe general methods of operation and give typical illustrations. The methods employed are discussed critically in an effort to elucidate the best working principles and to assist manufactures of lime in correcting errors and establishing their industry on the most economical and efficient basis."
Date: 1927
Creator: Bowles, Oliver & Myers, W. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production of Sponge Iron

Description: From Review of Sponge-Iron Processes: "This review of the development if the sponge-iron process to its present state gives only the important types of furnaces or processes tried."
Date: 1927
Creator: Williams, C. E.; Barrett, E. P. & Larsen, B. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Problems in the Firing of Refractories

Description: From Introduction: "In large measure the work was an outgrowth of that done by the bureau in the investigation of burning problems for Four Heavy Clay Products Associations."
Date: 1927
Creator: Bole, G. A.; Blizard, John; Rice, W. E.; Ogden, E. P. & Sherman, R. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Safeguarding Workmen at Oil Derricks

Description: From Introduction: "This bulletin presents some of the methods and devices used in the oil fields of the United States for reducing the number of accidents at derricks.
Date: 1927
Creator: Miller, H. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Drilling and Blasting in Open-Cut Copper Mines

Description: From Introduction: "The drilling and blasting practices described in this bulletin are chiefly those in use at the time of these visits. Information, obtained by correspondence, on recent changes at certain mines is also included. The bulletin is confined to descriptions and comparisons of drilling and blasting methods at the six open-cut mines."
Date: 1927
Creator: Gardner, E. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Potash Mining in Germany and France

Description: From Scope of Bulletin: "This paper is confined largely to a discussion of methods of mining potash salts in France and Germany, in view of the possible application of similar methods when mining of the deposits in the southwestern part if the United States is undertaken, but it also includes a brief history of the German and French potash industry, a discussion of the geology of the deposits, a short description of the refining of crude salts for export, and an estimate of the cost of producti… more
Date: 1927
Creator: Rice, George S. & Davis, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Petroleum Refinery Statistics, 1926

Description: Report discussing petroleum refinery statistics for 1926.
Date: 1927
Creator: Hopkins, G. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Petroleum Refinery Statistics, 1916-1925

Description: From Introduction: "The purpose of this report is twofold-to give a permanent printed record of all past data and to present them on the recently adopted basis of barrels instead of gallons."
Date: 1927
Creator: Hopkins, G. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Placer-Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska

Description: From Scope of Bulletin: "This bulletin gives the results of a study of present conditions in Alaska placer mining, including the methods employed and the costs, and will be helpful to placer miners, engineers, and all others interested in the industry."
Date: 1927
Creator: Wimmler, Norman L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Resistance of Metal-Mine Airways

Description: From Introduction: "This report describes the methods used and the results obtained in a series of experiments on the resistance that metal-mine airways offer to the flow of air."
Date: 1927
Creator: McElroy, G. E. & Richardson, A. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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