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United States Bureau of Mines Bulletins

This page was updated on 11 April 2008

When ordering please refer to this catalog #:

Catalog # 2 / USBM / 2008

 

 

All bulletins are paper bound, unless indicated otherwise
All bulletins listed here are in good condition, unless indicated otherwise


USBM Bulletins:


B 1 /  The Volatile Matter of Coal, 1910, $ 25

B 2 /  North Dakota Lignite as a Fuel for Power-Plant Boilers, 1910, $ 28

B 3 /  The Coke Industry of the United States as Related to the Foundry, 1910, $ 24

B 4 /  Features of Producer-Gas Power-Plant Development in Europe, 1911, $ 23

B 6 /  Coals Available for the Manufacture of Illuminating Gas, 1911, afb, $ 100

B 7 /  Essential Factors in the Formation of Producer Gas, 1911, afb, $ 49

B 8 /  The Flow of Heat through Furnace Walls, 1911, $ 50

B 10 /  The Use of Permissible Explosives, 1912, $ 85

B 12  /  Apparatus and Methods for the Sampling and Analysis of Furnace Gases, 1913, $ 45

B 13  /  Resume of Producer-Gas Investigations October 1, 1904 - June 30, 1910, 1911, slight chipping to the tops of several pages, afb, $ 20

B 14  /  Briquetting Tests of Lignite at Pittsburgh, PA., 1908-9 with a Chapter on Sulphite-Pitch Binder, 1911, $ 24

B 15  /  Investigations of Explosives Used in Coal Mines with a chapter on the natural gas used at Pittsburgh, 1912, afb, $ 100

B 16  /  The Uses of Peat for Fuel and Other Purposes, 1911, $ 11

B 17  /  Primer on Explosives for Coal Miners, 1911, $ 79

B 18  /  The Transmission of Heat into Steam Boilers, 1912, $ 20

B 22  /  Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904, and June 30, 1910 Part II Descriptions of Samples, $ 35

B 24  /  Steaming Tests of Coals and Related Investigations September 1, 1904, to December 31, 1908, 1912, afb, $ 50

B 25  /  Binders for Coal Briquets Investigations made at the Fuel-Testing Plant St. Louis, MO., 1911, afb, $ 30

B 27  /   Tests of Coal and Briquets as fuel for House-Heating Boilers, 1911, afb, $ 20

B 33  /  Comparative Tests of Run-of-Mine and Briquetted Coal on the Torpedo Boat Biddle made with the collaboration of Lieut. Commander Kenneth McAlpine, U. S. N. and Ensign J, W. Hayward, U. S. N., 1911, $ 26

B 36  /  Alaskan Coal Problems, 1911, $ 26

B 38  /  The Origin of Coal with a chapter on the Formation of Peat, 1913, $ 55

B 38 /  The Origin of Coal, bound in two afb, $ 60

B 40  /  The Smokeless Combustion of Coal in Boiler Furnaces with a Chapter on Central Heating Plants, 1912, $ 38

B 41  /  Government Coal Purchases Under Specifications with Analysis for the Fiscal Year 1909-1910 with a Chapter on the Fuel Inspection Laboratory of the Bureau of Mines, 1912, $ 20

B 43  /  Comparative Fuel Values of Gasoline and Denatured Alcohol in Internal-Combustion Engines, 1912, $ 100

B 44  /  First National Mine-Safety Demonstration Pittsburgh, PA., October 30 and 31, 1911 with a Chapter on the Explosion at the Experimental Mine, 1912, $ 55

B 45  /  Sand Available for Filling Mine Workings in the Northern Anthracite Basin of Pennsylvania, 1913, $ 20

B 46  /  An Investigation of Explosion-Proof Motors, 1912, $ 45

B 48  /  The Selection of Explosives used in Engineering and Mining Operations, 1914, $ 95

B 49  /  Smoke Abatement and City Smoke Ordinances, 1912, $ 35

B 56  /  First Series of Coal-Dust Explosion Tests in the Experimental Mine, 1913, $ 55

B 60  /  Hydraulic Mine Filling - Its Use in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Fields, A Preliminary Report, $ 60

B 61  /  Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from October, 1912, to March 1913, $ 20

B 62  /  National Mine-Rescue and First-Aid Conference Pittsburgh, PA., September 23-26, 1912, $ 26

B 68 Switches for Use in Gaseous Mines, 1913, $ 45

B 72 Occurrence of Explosive Gases in Coal Mines, 1915, $ 95

B 73 Brass-Furnace Practice in the United States,1914, $ 65

B 74 Gasoline Mine Locomotives in Relation to Safety and Health with a Chapter on Methods of Analyzing Exhaust Gases, 1915, afb, $ 55

B 75 Rules and Regulations for Metal Mines, 1915, afb, $ 75

B 76 United States Coals Available for Export Trade, 1914, $ 15

B 77 The Electric Furnace in Metallurgical Work, 1914, afb, $ 54

B 79 Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from March to December, 1913, 1914, afb, $ 30

B 83 The Humidity of Mine Air with especial reference to coal mines in Illinois, 1914, $ 30

B 84 Metallurgical Smoke, 1915, afb, $ 30

B 90 Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from December, 1913, to September, 1914, 1915, afb, $ 34

B 90 Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from December, 1913, to September, 1914, 1915, afb, $ 30

B 95 /  A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry cl, $ 40

B 95 /  A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry pb, $ 20

B 95 /  A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry pb, more wear, $ 10

B 97  /  Sampling and Analyzing Flue Gases, 1915, $ 28

B 99  /  Mine-Ventilation Stoppings with Especial Reference to Coal Mines in Illinois, 1915, $ 45

B 100  /  Manufacturing and Uses of Alloy Steels, 1915, $ 28

B 110  /  Concentration Experiments with the Siliceous Red Hematite of the Birmingham District, Alabama, 1917, 1 plate, afb, $ 40

B 111  /  Molybdenum: Its Ores and Their Concentration with a Discussion of Markets, Prices, and Uses, 1916, $ 35

B 113  /  Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from May to September, 1915, 1916, $ 30

B 114 /  Manufacture of Gasoline and Benzene-Toluene from Petroleum and other Hydrocarbons, $ 40

B 118  /  Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from October to December, 1915, 1916, $ 30

B 120 /  Extraction of Gasoline from Natural Gas by Absorption Methods, $ 20

B 122  /  The Principles/Practice of Sampling Metallic Metallurgical Materials with special reference to the Sampling of Copper Bullion, $ 20

B 124 /  Sandstone Quarrying in the United States, $ 30

B 125  / The Analytical Distillation of Petroleum, 1916, $ 45

B 126  /  Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from January to April, 1916, 1917, afb, $ 30

B 131  /  Approved Electric Lamps for Miners, $ 38

B 133  /  The Wet Thiogen Process for Recovering Sulphur from Sulphur Dioxide in Smelter Gases, A Critical Study, 1917, $ 28

B 134 /  The use of Mud-Laden fluid in Oil and Gas Wells, $ 20

B 136 /  Deterioration in the Heating Value of Coal during storage, $ 24

B 138  /  Coking of Illinois Coals, 1917, $ 24

B 139 /  Control of Hookworm Infection at the Deep Gold Mines of the Mother Lode, California, 1917, $ 45

B 143  /  Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from May to August, 1916, 1917, $ 27

B 147  /  Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from September to December, 1916, 1917, $ 30

B 148  /  Methods for Increasing the Recovery from Oil Sands, 1917, $ 60

B 149 /  Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances, 1915, $ 15

B 151 /  Recovery of Gasoline from Natural Gas by Compression and Refrigeration, $ 20

B 152  /  Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining reported from January to April, 1917, 1917, $ 30

B 154 /  Mining and Milling of Lead and Zinc Ores in the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma Zinc District, 1918, $ 75

B 155  /  Oil-Storage Tanks and Reservoirs with a brief discussion of losses of oil in storage and methods of prevention, 1918, $ 65

B 156  /  The Diesel Engine, its fuels and its uses, 1918, afb, $ 50

B 157 /  Innovations in the Metallurgy of Lead, $ 35

B 158  /  Cost Accounting for Oil Producers, $ 15

B 159  /  Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining, May - August, 1917, $ 30

B 160  /  Rock Quarrying for Cement Manufacture, $ 18

B 161  /  California Mining Statutes Annotated including all California Mining Laws, 1918, $ 28

B 163  /  Methods of Shutting Off Water in Oil and Gas Wells, 1918, $ 40

B 164  /  Abstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining, September - December, 1917, $ 30

B 165 /  Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances in 1916, $ 18

B 166 /  A Preliminary Report on the Mining Districts of Idaho, $ 75

B 168  /  Recovery of Zinc from Low-Grade and Complex Ores, 1919, $ 55

B 170 /  Extinguishing and Preventing Oil and Gas Fires, $ 28

B 171  /  Melting Brass in a Rocking Electric Furnace, 1918, $ 50

B 174  /  Abstract of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining, reported from May to September, 1918, 1919, $ 26

B 176 /  Recent Developments in the Absorption process for recovering Gasoline from Natural Gas, $ 18

B 177  /  The Decline and Ultimate Production of Oil Wells, with Notes on the Valuation of Oil Properties, 1919, $ 60

B 179  /  Abstract of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining, reported from September to December, 1918,1919, $ 26

B 182  /  Casing Trouble and Fishing Methods in Oil Wells, $ 18

B 183  /  Abstract of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining, reported May-August, 1919, 1920, $ 26

B 190  /  Coal-Mining Problems in the State of Washington, 1924, $ 35

B194  /  Some Principles Governing The Production of Oil Wells, 1921, $ 45

B 195  / Underground Conditions in Oil Fields, 1921, afb, $ 45

B 201  /  Prospecting and Testing for Oil and Gas, 1922, $ 40

B 206  /  Petroleum Laws of All America, 1921, $ 10

B 210  /  Oil-Shale, An Historical, Technical, and Economic Study, 1922, $ 90

B 212 /  Analytical Methods for Certain Metals including Cerium, Thorium, Molybdenum, $ 25

B 217 /  Preparation, Transportation, and Combustion of Powdered Coal, $ 8

B 220  /  Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances, 1921, 1923, $ 15

B 221 /   Production and Briquetting of Carbonized Lignite, $ 8

B 222 /  The Metallurgy of Quicksilver, $ 65

B 224 /  Surface Machinery and Methods for Oil-Well Pumping, $ 35

B 228  /  Estimation of Underground Oil Reserves by Oil-Well Production Curves, 1924, $ 45

B 232 /  Manual for Oil and Gas Operations including Operating Regulations to Govern the Production of Oil and Gas, 1923, $ 8

B 233 /  Protection of Oil and Gas Field Equipment Against Corrosion, $ 12

B 236 /  Plastic Magnesia, $ 5

B 239 /  Iron Ore (Hematite) Mining Practice in the Birmingham District, Alabama, $ 40

B 240 /  Electric Shot-firing in Mines, Quarries, and Tunnels, $ 28

B 243 /  Diamond Drilling with Special Reference to Oil-Field Prospecting and Development, $ 28

B 245 /  Mining of Thin Coal Beds in the Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania, $ 12

B 249  /  Manual of Testing Methods for Oil Shale and Shale Oil, $ 90

B 250 /  Oil-Field Emulsions, $ 8

B 252 /  Beneficiation and Utilization of Georgia Clays, $ 10

B 254 /  Smoke-Abatement Investigation at Salt Lake City, Utah, $ 28

B 256 /  Garnet: Its Mining, Milling, and Utilization, $ 30

B 259 /  Placer-Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska, $ 60

B 262 /  Underground Limestone Mining, $ 30

B 266 /  Technology and Uses of Silica and Sand, $ 8

B 272 /  Safeguarding Workmen at Oil Derricks, $ 18

B 277 /  Safety in Coal Mining [A Handbook], $ 20

B 278 /  Magnetic Concentration of Iron Ores of Alabama, $ 22

B 284 /  Production and Development Problems in the Powell Oil Field, Navarro County, Texas, $ 12

B 295 /  Subsidence and Ground Movement in the Copper and Iron Mines of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan, $ 75

B 304 /  Ochers and Mineral Pigments of the Pacific Northwest, $ 16  SOLD

B 306 /  Mining Methods and Practice in the Michigan Copper Mines, $ 85  SOLD

B 311 /  Drilling and Blasting in Metal-Mine Drifts and Crosscuts, $ 32

B 312 /  Bauxite, Float-and-Sink Fractionations and Flotation Experiments, 1929, $ 20

B 317  /  Rock-Strata Gases of The Cripple Creek District, Colorado and Their Effect on Mining, 1930, $ 45

B 322 /  Effect of Vacuum on Oil Wells, $ 8

B 323 /  Gas-Lift Method of Flowing Oil Wells (California Practice), $ 6

B 333 /  Refining of Light Petroleum Distillates, $ 8

B 349 /  Liquid-Oxygen Explosives, $ 25

B 351 /  Mining Petroleum by Underground Methods, $ 12

B 356 /  Sampling and Estimation of Ore Deposits, 1932, $ 36

B 356 /  Sampling and Estimation of Ore Deposits, 1932, afb, $ 55

B 357 /  Shaft Sinking Practice and Cost, afb, $ 85

B 390 / Stoping Methods and Costs, afb, $ 125

B 396 /  Sponge-Iron Experiments at Morocco, $ 12

B 402 /  Crushing and Grinding, $ 38

B 403 /  Asbestos, $ 35

B 405 /  Copper Mining in North America, $ 110

B 412 /  Composition of Coal Tar and Light Oil, $ 6

B 419 /  Metal-Mining Practice, afb, $ 85

B 419 /  Metal-Mining Practice, cl, $ 120

B 432  /  Quarry Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1938, 1940, $ 28

B 433 /  Open-Cut Metal Mining, $ 195  [Photographs of mines, details of mining activity, comparisons between mines, etc.]

B 436 /  Sponge Chromium, $ 12

B 439 /  Some Essential Safety Factors in Tunneling, $ 30

B 460 /  Diatomites of the Pacific Northwest as Filter-Aids, $ 20

B 505 /  Studies of the Extraction and Coking of Coal and their significance in relation to its structure, $ 15

B 513 /  Core Drilling at Shaft Sites of Proposed Mine-Water Drainage Tunnel, $ 25

B 537 /  Air Pollution: A Bibliography, $ 5

B 575 /  Occurrence and Determination of Germanium in coal ash from power plants, $ 8

B 587 /  Design of Underground openings in competent rock, $ 17

B 583 /  A Glossary of the Diamond-Drilling Industry, $ 25

B 621 /  Some Statistical Techniques for Analyzing Mine & Mineral Deposit Sample and Assay Data, $ 20

B 644 /  Tunneling: Recommended Safety Rules (Revision of USBM B 439), $ 20

B 656 /  Blasting Vibrations and their effects on Structures, $ 30

B 669 / The Electroslag Melting Process, $ 45

B 692 /  An Appraisal of Minerals Availability for 34 Commodities, $ 25


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