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Minerals In The World Economy - Introduction (ea620add-43ed-42e4-b2a3-287c489a70ba)
By Charles L. Kimbell
This study is intended to serve three roles. First, it represents a global overview and summary to supplement and complement the five regional companion volumes of the 1991 edition of the Minerals Yea
Jan 1, 1993
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Bulletin 48 The Selection of Explosives used in Engineering and Mining Operations
By Clarence Hall, Spencer P. Howell
This bulletin deals with the characteristic features of the principal explosives used in mining and engineering operations, and espe- cially with the tests that show the suitability of different class
Jan 1, 1913
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Training to Improve Emergency Communication Skills
By Launa Mallett
This paper introduces a method for teaching workers to communicate necessary information when giving or receiving emergency warning messages. Research has shown that when an emergency occurs, people m
Jan 1, 2000
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Coal Mine Communications
By Jürgen F. Brune, William H. Schiffbauer
Communication problems are not new. Research in this area goes back as far as 7922 when the US Bureau of Mines performed experiments to detect radio signals from inside their experimental mine in Bruc
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New Water Spray Cooler ? Objective
To cool hot working environments in deep mines more efficiently, while substantially reducing the maintenance required by presently used cooling coil heat exchangers. Approach A mine's chil
Jan 1, 1981
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IC 6549 Physical Chemical Properties of Methane
By H. H. Storch
Methane is the chief constituent of natural gas, and large quantities of it are also obtained in coke-oven gas and in the off-gases from cracking higher hydrocarbons. Perhaps the most important potent
Jan 1, 1932
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Bulletin 175 Experiment Stations of the Bureau of Mines
By VAN. H. MANNING
During the nine years that have elapsed since the Bureau of Mines was established in 1910, the work of the bureau has included many investigations that have proved of high value to the Nation. Eleven
Jan 1, 1919
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IC 6672 Ten years of fatal accidents and two years of accident costs in Indiana coal mining
By C. A. Herbert
"The Workman's Compensation Law of Indiana, enacted in 1915, amended in 1917, 1919, 1923, and 1927, and in 1929 named the Indiana Workmen's Compensation Act of 1929, provides for a weekly compensation
Dec 1, 1932
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RI 7159 Flotation Of Mica From Pegmatites Of Randolph County, Ala.
By Ralph B. Adair
The Bureau of Mines conducted laboratory and small-scale, continuous tests of weathered mica-pegmatite ores from Randolph County, Ala., to determine the feasibility of recovering commercial-grade mica
Jan 1, 1968
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More Water On Upwind Drum Reduces Exposure Of Shearer Operator To Dust - Objective
Reduce longwall shearer operators' dust exposures by more effectively suppressing the dust generated by the upwind cutting drum. Approach Direct more of the shearer water supply to the upwind
Jan 1, 1982
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Recent Advances in Ventilation Simulation
By R. V. Ramani, C. B. Manula, A. Owili-Eger
Recently, a collection of programs that will simulate a ventila¬tion system with extensive analyses and report-generating capabilities and error diagnostics has been developed (Didyk, 1974). It has pr
Jan 1, 1975
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RI 2874 Milling Baboquivari Ores
By Edmund S. Leaver, Jesse A. Woolf
"The Baboquivari mining district is about 60 miles southwest of Tucson, Ariz., the present railroad shipping point. The values are silver and gold. The silver is largely associated with the black oxid
May 1, 1928
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Developments In Coal Pillar Design At Smoky River Coal Ltd., Alberta, Canada
By Peter. PH. D. Cain
Smoky River Coal Ltd. mines low-volatile metallurgical coal by surface and underground methods in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. Current underground operations are confined
Jan 5, 1999
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Hoisting Systems
By David Hoadley, Kenneth R. Maser, Ashok B. Boghani, James E. Billar, D. Randolph Berry, Mackenzie Burnett, Robert H. Trent
7. Hoisting Systems Hoists used solely for emergency escape use should above all, be simple and dependable. The hoist systems' motive power should be independent of all other mine equipment so
Jan 1, 1976
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Conclusions
By Rudolf E. Greuer, Linneas W. Laage, Xinton Chang
The PC version of the program MFIRE contains many improvements and enhancements previously unavailable for the modeling of mine ventilation networks and the interaction of fires with mine ventilation
Jan 1, 1990
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Bulletin 67 Electric Furnaces Making Iron and Steel
By Dorsey A. Lyon, Robert M. Keeney
In the inquiries and investigations that the Bureau of Mines is making with a view to increasing safety, efficiency, and economic development in the metallurgical industries, the application of elec-
Jan 1, 1916
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Bulletin 18 The Transmission Of Heat Into Steam Boilers
By Henry Kreisinger, WALTER T. RAY
The investigation of the transmission of heat into steam boilers is one of several researches now being carried on by the Bureau of Mines that have for their object the testing of methods by which the
Jan 1, 1912
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Introduction (3992d418-9aa3-4dec-ae09-8018b8d0fcf2)
By C. B. Manula, R. L. Sanford, R. A. Rivell
Development of the Rail-Haulage Sub-assembly for the Production Sub-system (UGMHS)* required the use of ,a newly formulated model in order to best satisfy the requirements. Many of the ideas of the fo
Jan 1, 1974
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A Miniature Data Acquisition System With Led Warning Lights
By C. Sunderman, J. Johnson, S. Signer
Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have developed a miniature data acquisition system (MIDAS) that can measure resistance changes and temperature, store data for
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Automatic Elevator Control Systems
By David Hoadley, Kenneth R. Maser, Ashok B. Boghani, James E. Billar, D. Randolph Berry, Mackenzie Burnett, Robert H. Trent
C 6 Automatic Elevator Control Systems An automatic elevator control system, consisting of position sensing devices and a control unit, can be used to control an emergency mine hoist. While autom
Jan 1, 1976