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Brochures, Catalogs and Handbooks

Related to Mine and/or Mill Construction, Structure, Design, or the Operation Thereof;

also Tools, Techniques, Mining Equipment, and other Mining Related Activities

Brochure Section (most brochures typically contain 15 pages or less, exceptions noted below):

Catalogs, Manuals and Handbooks (typically these are larger and contain more than 15 pages):

Adams, R. W., et.al. / MINING CHEMICALS HANDBOOK, Revised Edition, American Cyanamid Corporation, 1986, pb, 178 pages, - 2 - $ 25

ALLIS CHALMERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Texrope Catalog, 1950, bound in black binder, $ 30 [describes drives, sheaves, speed changers, and belts available]

AMERICAN CHAIN AND CABLE COMPANY, MODERN WIRE ROPE DIGEST, Wilkes Barre, 1941, cl, 253 pages, front hinge cracked, ovg, - 3 -, $ 100 [covers structure, hardness, lubrication, splicing and other various applications]

ATLAS COPCO MINING EQUIPMENT 1967, Stockholm, 1967, pb, 46 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 [Contains illustrations and specifications on mining equipment manufactured by ATLAS COPCO in 1967]

ATLAS COPCO COMPRESSOR INSTALLATION MANUAL, Stockholm, 1967, pb, $ 25

BARBER GREENE BITUMINOUS CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK, Barber-Greene Company, Aurora, Illinois, 303 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

BLASTERS’S HANDBOOK: A Manual Describing Explosives and Practical Methods of Use, 11th Edition, Wilmington, 1958, cl, 525 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

BLASTERS’S HANDBOOK: A Manual Describing Explosives and Practical Methods of Use, Sesquicentennial Edition, cl, Wilmington, 1952, 477 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

BLASTERS’S HANDBOOK: A Manual Describing Explosives and Practical Methods of Use, 14th Edition, Wilmington, 1958 -1963, same edition produced for several years, cl, 525 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

BLASTERS’S HANDBOOK: A Manual Describing Explosives and Practical Methods of Use, 15th Edition, Wilmington, 1969, cl, 525 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Brantley, J. E. / ROTARY DRILLING HANDBOOK, Los Angeles, 1936, cl, 304 pages, - 3 -, $ 24

British Standards Institution, WIRE ROPES FOR LIFTS AND HOISTS, 1957, 23 pages, $ 10

CEMA, CONVEYOR EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, BELT CONVEYORS FOR BULK MATERIALS: A Guide to design and application engineering practices, Washington, D. C., 1966, cl, 332 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Climax Molybdenum Company, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PROCESSING OF HIGH SPEED STEELS, 1970, 36 pages, $ 25

Climax Molybdenum Company, HIGH PERFORMANCE HIGH HARDNESS HIGH SPEED STEELS, 1970, 76 pages, $ 30

COLUMBIA STEEL – AMERICAN TIGER BRAND WIRE ROPE, A DIVISION OF USS, WIRE ROPE ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, San Francisco, 1946, cl, 140 pages, tabular index along right margin of pages, $ 75, [excellent illustrations of wire rope; also techniques for using, splicing, etc.]

COLUMBIA – GENEVA STEEL DIVISION OF USS, TIGER BRAND WIRE ROPE HANDBOOK, San Francisco, 1959, spiral bound, 194 pages, $ 100, excellent illustrations of wire rope; also techniques for using, splicing, etc.

CROSBY LAUGHLIN FORGED FITTINGS FOR WIRE ROPE AND CHAIN, Catalog RS-5A, 1969, 87 pages, $ 40

CROSBY LAUGHLIN FORGED FITTINGS FOR WIRE ROPE AND CHAIN, Catalog 950-5A, 130 pages, $ 50

Cumming, J. D. / DIAMOND DRILL HANDBOOK, Toronto, 1956, cl, 655 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

DURO METAL PRODUCTS / LILLY HOIST CONTROLLER MODEL D, CATALOG D-26, INCLUDES AUXILLARY EQUIPMENT FOR STEAM, AIR AND ELECTRIC MINE HOISTS WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING AND ADJUSTING, 1926, pb, 57pages, - 3 -, $ 55 [slight wrinkling to pages typical of normal use]

Ensign Bickford Company / PRIMACORD DETONATING CORD, WHAT IT IS....HOW TO USE IT, Simsbury, 1963, pb, 72 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 [This 8th printing is both stapled as a booklet and punched in case you want to place it in a 3-ring binder]

Gaylord, E. H., Jr. and Gaylord, C. N. / STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, New York, 1968, cl, book is divided into 26 sections + appendix + index, - 3 -, $ 60

Gilbert, C. S. / IN ARIZONA ITS PRATT-GILBERT, CATALOG A-55, Phoenix, 368 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

GOODMAN MINING HANDBOOK for coal and Metal Mine Operators, Managers, etc., 2nd Edition, Chicago, cl[2], 152 pages, - 3 -, $ 80 [gold leaf on page edges, shows pictures of mining machinery manufactured by the Goodman Company]

HEWITT-ROBBINS CONVEYOR BELT CATALOG, including screens, idlers, dewaterizers, control units, elevator belts, vibrating screens and vibration dampeners, models and types of conveyors, more, Los Angeles, in three ring binder, - 3 -, $ 100

INGERSOLL-RAND, DRILLING TERMINOLOGY, IR Rotary Drill Division, Garland, 1985, pb, 125 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, The I-R Drill Doctor’s Book, 1st Edition, New York, date unknown, 72 pages, - 3 -, $100 [shows illustrations of Ingersoll-Rand jackhammers, shanks, mountings, “stopehammers,” operation of drills, hose couplings, illustrations of jack bits, drill steel sharpeners, etc.]

Iowa Manufacturing Company, POCKET REFERENCE BOOK, 10th Edition, crusher data, screen data, conveyor data, feeder data, asphalt plants, miscellaneous, $ 25

Joy Manufacturing Company, ABRASIVE MATERIAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM OF THE FUTURE, folded brochure, $ 5

KNOWLES STEAM PUMP WORKS / Knowles Boiler Feed and Tank Pumps, single and duplex, Bulletin K - 814, New York, 1908, pb, 20 pages, find pump photographs, - 5 -, $ 28

LOGAN ENGINEERING COMPANY: The Lilly Hoist Controller, Gravity-Electric, Model D, Catalog and Manual D44, Chicago, 1944, pb, 57 pages, contains both fine illustrations and structural diagrams of hoist controllers, - 3 -, $ 40

LOGAN ENGINEERING COMPANY: Model D LILLY HOIST CONTROLLER (As shown in Catalog and Manual D 44), PARTS CATALOG D - 49, Chicago, no date, 35 pages, $ 25

MACWHYTE WIRE ROPE CATALOG G-17, Kenosha, 1970, spiral bound with tabular index, 246 pages, glossary and index, - 3 -, $ 35 [classification of wire ropes, inspection, lubrication, manufacture of, stretch of wire ropes, structure of slings and assemblies]

MACWHYTE WIRE ROPE CATALOG G-18, 4th Edition, Kenosha, 1991, pb, 260 pages, glossary and index, - 1 -, $ 30 [classification of wire ropes, inspection, lubrication, manufacture of, stretch of wire ropes, structure of slings and assemblies]

Marshall-Wells Company, ZENITH HARDWARE CATALOG # 341 FOR THE MINING, MILL AND RAILROAD TRADE, Duluth, 1919, cl, 1688 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Merriman, T. and Wiggin, T. H. / AMERICAN CIVIL ENGINEERS’ HANDBOOK, 5th Edition, New York, 1945, cl, 2263 pages, crease in cover, wear on edges of cover, - 3 -, $ 35 [includes sections on shafts, tunnels, mills, etc.]

Reliance Rope Attachment Company, Ltd., NOTES ON THE ARRANGEMENT, INSTALLATION AND TENSIONING OF GUIDE AND RUBBING ROPES FOR VERTICAL MINE SHAFTS USING DRUM, KOEPE OR MULTIROPE WINDING, Cardiff, 48 pages <and> RELIANCE ROPE ATTACHMENTS CATALOG R2161, $ 100

Roebling, J.A., and Sons Company, WIRE ENGINEERING, Trenton, 1938, 149 pages, $ 100 [includes a pamphlet on how to inspect sheaves used with wire rope]

Savill, L. P. / LOCKED COIL ROPES FOR MINE SHAFTS, Whitecross Company Limited, 64 pages, Warrington, England, $ 65

Sika Chemical Corporation / SIKA-ENGINEERED PRODUCTS FOR TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION, Passaic, 3-ring binder full of brochures and documents related to tunnel construction, - 2 -, $ 65

Slope Indicator / APPLICATIONS GUIDE: Geotechnical, Environmental, and Structural Instrumentation, 2nd Edition, Seattle, 1994, pb, text is divided into 12 sections, - 3 -, $ 40 [Contents cover: soil mechanics, piezometers, beam sensors, tiltmeters, borehole extensometers, inclinometers, strain gauges, more...]

Slope Indicator / GEOTECHNICAL AND STRUCTURAL INSTRUMENTATION, Bothell, 1996, pb, 92 pages, - 2 -, $ 40 [Contents cover: digitilt inclinometer probe, digipro software, piezometer, total pressure cell, pneumatic settlement cell, heave/settlement points, fiberglass-rod extensometer, beam sensor, more...]

SME MINING ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, 2 volume set, New York, 1973, cl, - 3 -, $ 40

Sprague & Henwood, Inc., CORE DRILLS & EQUIPMENT, Scranton, catalog is divided into 8 sections: Model # 142, Models # 325 & # 550, Model # 30, Model L-2, Corel Drill Equipment and Supplies, Series M Double Tube core Barrels, Soil Sampling Equipment, Diamond Bits & Reaming Shells, - 3 -, $ 45

WILLIAMSPORT WIRE ROPE POCKET CATALOG, Williamsport, 104 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

YOUNGSTOWN TECHNICAL DATA: STANDARD AND LINE PIPE, Youngstown, 1964, spiral bound, 173 pages, - 3 - $ 30