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RI 3951 Exploration of Leasing Block No. 28 in the Nenana Coal Field, Alaska
By F. A. Rutledge, H. Marstraander, J. H. Hulbert, G. A. Apell
"INTRODUCTION The inability of Alaska coal mines to supply the quantity of coal required by public and private consumers and by the armed forces in Alaska caused the Coal Procurement Section of the Al
Nov 1, 1946
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MLA 19-83 - Mineral Investigation Of The Miranda Pine Rare II Area (No. 5114), Santa Barbara County, California - Summary
By Lucia Kuizon
The Miranda Pine Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE II) study area (No. 5114) comprises 12,600 acres (5,100 ha) in Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County, California, about 15 mi (2
Jan 1, 1983
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MLA 75-86 - Mineral Resources Of The King Hill Creek Study Area, Elmore County, Idaho ? Summary
By Andrew M. Leszcykowski
In 1985 at the request of the Bureau of Land Management, personnel from the U.S. Bureau of Mines examined a 27,680-acre portion of the 30,420-acre King Hill Creek Wilderness Study Area (10-19-2) in or
Jan 1, 1986
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RI 8245 Estimating Methane Content of Bituminous Coalbeds From Adsorption Data (a8d17583-2825-4814-8aa5-57702d844b7c)
By Ann G. Kim
The Bureau of Mines estimated the methane content of a coal, which depends primarily upon rank and pressure, from the adsorption equation V kpn, where k and n are constants related to rank. By incorpo
Jan 1, 1977
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IC 6435 Safety cars of the US Bureau of Mmines
By M. J. Ankeny, J. J. Forbes
"One of the main functions of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, as authorized by Congress, is to investigate safety and health conditions, to disseminate information regarding safe and unsafe practices in mi
Mar 1, 1931
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RI 3219 The National Safety Competition of 1932
By W. W. Adams
"The eighth National Safety Competition, that for 1932, conducted by the United States Bureau of Mines, was participated in by 322 mines and quarries operating in 34 States. Tables 2 to 6 show the rel
Jul 1, 1933
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RI 2532 Drilling and Broaching in Slate Quarries
By Oliver Bowles
"Conservation of slateWaste slate is a problem of outstanding importance in the slate industry, for a very large proportion of all slate quarried is thrown on the waste heap. While many uses for waste
Oct 1, 1923
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Mineral Industries Of Asia And The Pacific - Introduction
By Edmond Chin
The area encompassed by the political entities included in this study com-prises 11 million square miles or about 15 percent of the total Earth's land area. The bulk of the region is contained on
Jan 1, 1992
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IC 6873 A Note On The Use Of Ultraviolet Lamps In Mines For Rapid Detection Of Scheelite In Ores By Fluorescence - Introduction
By William O. Vanderburg
The fluorescence of many minerals, when excited by different wave lengths, of ultraviolet radiation, has long been recognized as a spectacular laboratory phenomenon. Since the original display in the
Jan 1, 1935
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RI 9463 - Thermal Modeling of Portable Power Cables
By P. Cole Gregory, Michael R. Yenchek, John C. Edwards
The U.S. Bureau of Mines investigated the performance of portable power cables under transient conditions. This research had a twofold purpose: (1) to define the thermal characteristics of electricall
Jan 1, 1993
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Applications Of The Point Estimation Method For Stochastic Rock Slope Engineering
By Edward L. McHugh, Stanley M. Miller, Jeffrey K. Whyatt
The point estimation method can be applied to the safety factor (SF) equation for any specified rock slope failure mode (such as plane shear, step path, or wedge) to obtain reliable estimates of the m
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Electromagnetic Theory Of Techniques For The Non-Destructive Testing Of Wire Ropes
By David A. Hill, James R. Wait
This report contains a summary of analytical research on electromagnetic methods of nondestructive testing of cylindrical conductors. The principal objective is to provide theoretical insight to the o
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Root Causes Of Groundfall Related Incidents In U. S. Mining Industry
By R. Karl Zipf, Kousick Biswas
The main objective of occupational health and safety research is to minimize or eliminate the events that may cause fatal or non-fatal injuries to human workers. A commonly used technique is to devis
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Cable Handling In Surface Mines - Objective
To find solutions for common safety problems encountered in the handling of trailing cables, based on observations at many different surface mining operations. Approach Practices in handling tra
Jan 1, 1982
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RI 4241 North Carolina Mica Spots- Macon, Mitchell, Gaston, Yancey Cos.
By F. K. McIntosh, L. A. Dahmers
"INTRODUCTION North Carolina has been the leading producer of mica in the United States, accounting for roughly 50 percent of the Nation's output. The producing area is a belt some 100 miles in width
Apr 1, 1948
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OFR-31-89 Results Of 1988 Bureau Of Mines Investigations In The Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska
By Michael D. Balen
The U.S. Bureau of Mines (Bureau) is currently conducting a four-year study to assess the mineral resources and the mineral development potential of the 5.7 million acre Valdez Creek Mining District
Jan 1, 2011
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Isolation and Culture of Type II Pulmonary Epithelial Cells
By S. R. Rannels, D. E. Rannels
"I. IntroductionThe alveolar surface of the lung is covered by two populations of pneumocytes, type I and type II epithelium. The type I cell, which accounts for most of the alveolar surface area and
Dec 1, 1995
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RI 9003 - Large-Scale Laboratory Drag Cutter Experiments in Hard Rock
By R. J. Morrell
The Bureau of Mines conducted a series of laboratory experiments to test a cutting technique for hard rock using large-scale drag cutters. Cutting experiments were performed on rocks ranging in compre
Jan 1, 1986
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RI 4632 Investigation Of The Beecher No.2 Lithium-Bearing Pegmatite, Custer County. S. Oak.
By John Paul Gries
During World. War II, when the curtailment of imports led to an unprecedented demand for domestic mica, beryl, spodumene, and other pegmatite minerals, the Bureau of Mines and the Geological Survey en
Jan 1, 1950
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Study of Fracture Mechanisms in Coal Subjected to Various Types of Surface Tractions Using Holographic Interferometry (acc54afc-2cfd-4fc3-9f50-590983d2bd8c)
By A. Wahab Khair
"This paper presents an analysis of fracture mechanisms in coal subjected to bi-axial state of stresses, indentation of laterally confined coal specimen. Coal specimens were loaded to failure by the s
Jan 1, 1988