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

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

Atlas Powder Company, HANDBOOK OF ELECTRIC BLASTING, Dallas, 1976, pb, 93 pages, - 3 -, $ 28  [lists the 6 kinds of blasting caps, gives planning of the electric circuit, good blasting practices, shows diagrams of correct positioning of blasting circuits, give 5 sources of extraneous electricity, misfires, tables, more...]

BARBER GREENE BITUMINOUS CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK, Barber-Greene Company, Aurora, Illinois, 303 pages, - 3 -, $ 35  [Contents: bituminous mixtures, viscosity, asphalts, aggregates, emulsions, base construction, field testing procedures, engineering data; illustrated]

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

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

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

Compressed Air and Gas Institute / COMPRESSED AIR AND GAS HANDBOOK, 3rd Edition, New York, 1961, cl, divided into 8 sections, 18 page index, - 3 -, $ 30 [A Reference Book on all phases of industrial air and gas compressors and compressed air-powered portable tools and rock drills used by industry]

Compressed Air and Gas Institute / PREVENTIVE MAINTENACE FOR ROCK DRILLS, New York, 1963, cl, - 3 -, $ 40

CS CARD MINE HAULAGE AND HANDLING EQUIPMENT, CATALOG NO. 40, Denver, 1940, cl, 120 pages, Catalog is divided into 6 sections: Mine Car Wheels and Trucks; Coal Mine Cars; Ore and Industrial Cars; Rope Haulage Equipment, Rollers, Sheaves, etc.; Tipple Equipment, Dumps, Cages, Screens, etc.; Track Equipment, Frogs, Switches, Crossings, etc., $ 200 [Contents: Lots of pictures and descriptions of old mining equipment: mine car wheels, trucks and parts, axles, pedestals; ore car types with illustrations, rope haulage equipment, types of sheaves, rollers; illustrations of Card Equipment at mine sites; loading booms, cages, skips, dumps; track equipment, frogs, turnouts, switches, crossovers, all illustrated]

Cumming, J. D. / DIAMOND DRILL HANDBOOK, Toronto, 1980, cl, 547 pages, - 3 -, $ 55

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]

Ensign Bickford Company / PRIMACORD DETONATING CORD, WHAT IT IS....HOW TO USE IT, Simsbury, 1963, pb, 68 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 [This 9th printing in booklet form]

GOODMAN MINING HANDBOOK for Coal and Metal Mine Operators, Managers, etc., 2nd Edition, Chicago, cl[2], 152 pages, - 3 -, $ 100  [gold leaf on page edges, shows pictures of mining machinery manufactured by the Goodman Company: has tables of 1) electric wire by gauge gives its characteristics, 2) stranded copper and aluminum wire, 3) weight of copper wire, 4) breaking strengths of copper and aluminum wire and cable, many more such tables; mine locomotives: hauling capability, hoisting (with numerous graphs), pipes, tanks, beams, photographs of Goodman locomotives with descriptions, much more...]


Gousseland, P., et.al. / MATERIALS FOR THE MINING INDUSTRY, Symposium sponsored by Climax Molybdenum Company, Vail, 1974, cl, 218 pages, - 5 -, $ 35 [Mines, Metals and Materials; Hardening of Cast Steels; Abrasion Resistance and Toughness; Weldability of Steels; Factors affecting selection and performance of hard-facing alloys; Corrosion principle; more....]

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 -, $ 50

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

Jones, A. V. and Tarkenter, R. P. / ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY IN MINING: The Dawn of a New Age, London, 1992, cl, 207 pages, - 5 -, $ 28

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

Lake Shore, Inc. / MINING CATALOG, Iron Mountain, 1976, spiral bound, - 3 -, $ 30 [Mine cars, car dumps, sheaves, skips, guide rollers, safety dogs, hoists, skip loaders, Wagner Equipment, more...]

MACWHYTE WIRE ROPE CATALOG G-18, 4th Edition, Kenosha, 1991, pb, 260 pages, glossary and index, - 1 -, $ 45 [classification of wire ropes, inspection, lubrication, manufacture of, stretch of wire ropes, structure of slings and assemblies]

MACWHYTE WIRES, DRILLING CATALOG D - 11, Kenosha, 1939, spiral bound, 75 pages, index, illustrated, - 3 -, $ 20

Meyer, R. F. / THE FUTURE OF SMALL SCALE MINING, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference for Training and Research (UNITAR), 1980, cl, 501 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Miller, J. A. / THE PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE WORKING MINER AND PROSPECTOR AND THE MINING INVESTOR, London, 1897, cl, 234 pages, wear along from edge of spine, wear on spine, ovg, - 2 -, $ 150   [Contents: tools, fundamental principle of work; blasting; work of men, animals, and machines; machinery; timbering; mining geology; prospecting; opening mines; lessons for the mining investor; reduction of ores; mine surveying, with appendices, more...]

Power Crane & Shovel Association / POWER CRANES - SHOVELS - DRAGLINES - ATTACHMENTS - TRACTION - OPERATION, TECHNICAL BULLETIN 4, New York, 1959, pb, 60 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

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

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...]

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

THE MINE & SMELTER SUPPLY COMPANY, CATALOG No. 54, Dealers, Manufacturers and Importers of Assayers’ and Chemists’ Supplies, Laboratory Equipment for Schools and Colleges, Scientific Apparatus and Instruments, Denver, 1912, cl, 595 pages, - 2 -, $ 200 [Contains everything for the assayer, with pictures of most items including muffle, bullion and assay furnaces, much more]

UNITED STATES STEEL, LOW TEMPERATURE AND CRYOGENIC STEELS, Materials Manual, 3rd Edition Revised Reprint, Pittsburg, 1968, spiral bound, 194 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

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

W. S. TAYLOR COMPANY: WOVEN WIRE SCREENS: Their Selection, Application and Uses, Catalog 55, 1927, Cleveland, cl, 139 pages, book shows slight wear along spine, ovg, - 3 -, $ 100 [Catalog contains photographs of screens and the application of each screen is discussed]

W. S. TAYLOR COMPANY: WOVEN WIRE SCREENS: Their Selection, Application and Uses, Catalog 80, 1954, Cleveland, cl, 139 pages, book shows very little wear, - 3 -, $ 175 [Catalog contains photographs of screens and the application of each screen is discussed]

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

Brochures [Listed by identification number, company, content, priced as indicated]

1 / DELSTEEL INCORPORATED / Pneumatic chipping / breaker tools, $ 20

2 / BESTOLIFE CORPORATION / Lubricants and compounds for rock drilling, $ 10

3 / CHICAGO PNEUMATIC / Bulletin 871 (3rd Edition): Equipment and Supplies for Diamond Drills, $ 25

4a / BRUNNER & LAY CATALOG 280 / Breaker tools, hand tools, couplings, rok bits, $ 20

4b / BRUNNER & LAY CATALOG D-174 / Striking bars, couplings, carbide rok bits, drill steel, intraset, $ 20

5 / FAGERSTA SECOROC (Sweden) / Tapered rod equipment, rock drilling products, $ 25

6 / MORSE - STARRETT COMPANY / Wire rope cutters, $ 25

7 / ALIMAK EQUIPMENT / for mining and underground works, raise climbers, drill jumbos (BU 141 and BBD 141), air winch LH3, winches, hose brake valve, universal hoist U500R and air winches, $ 35

8 / APACHE POWDER COMPANY / METHODS OF CONTROLLED BLASTING, Benson, 10 pages, $ 10

9 / CF& I STEEL CORPORATION / Wire rope products, steel bars, beams, casing, hisi rails, tie plates, $ 45

10 / AMERICAN IRON & STEEL INSTITUTE / Perforated plate for coal handling, $ 15

11 / MCNALLY COAL BREAKING AND CRUSHING / Breakers, crusher rolls, impactor, recommendations, maintenance, 36 pages, $ 25

12 / JEFFREY DRESSER / Coal Jigs, Catalog 1149-2.1.1, $ 5

13 / JEFFREY DRESSER / Type AB Hammermills, Catalog 1149-1.3, $ 15

14 / BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION / SHS in Deep Mine Shafts (shank sinking scaffolds), tubing, $ 25

15 / AISI / American Iron and Steel Institute / Effective use of stainless steels in fgd scrubber systems, 31 pages, references, $ 15

16 / ATLAS COPCO HYDRAULIC DRILLS / hydraulic rock drilling, crawler drill ROC 810H, and Sandvik Coromant threaded button bits, $ 25

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18 / LEBUS INTERNATIONAL / Engineering spooling, shaft hoists, automatic compensator, $ 40

19 / ASSORTED PACKAGE OF WIRE ROPE ATTACHMENTS / Rope cappels, rope blocks, pendants, sling guide, rope tester, hitches, sockets, sheaves, catches, $ 25

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21 / CHICAGO PNEUMATIC / Bulletin 315-2: Diamond Drills and Drilling Equipment (exploratory, blast hole, coring), $ 28

22 / LAKE SHORE, INC. / Jeto skips, bottom/front/incline dumps, with drum and friction hoists, $ 20

23 / TURMAG BORING MACHINES AND DRILLING EQUIPMENT / pumps, fans and main shaft fans, $ 25

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25 / HOFFMAN BROS. DRILLING COMPANY / Volume II: Oriented Diamond Drill Bits, $ 25

26 / CHRISTENSEN DIAMOND PRODUCTS COMPANY / Equipment and Supplies for Diamond Drills (drill rods, casings, core barrels), ,$

25

27 / LINDEN - ALIMAK / Alimak H- range and L - range drill jumbos, Alidrill AD 101 / 102, $ 25

28 / WATSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY / Watson rotary drills with detailed diagrams and specifications, $ 35

29 / CHRISTENSEN DIAMOND PRODUCTS COMPANY / Wire Line Core Barrel (Series B) and Hydraulic Core Barrel (Series BH), $ 5

30 / LONGYEAR / Transmission Pumps, Single Speed Pumps, Air-Powered Pumps, Pumping Units for Clear, $ 25

31 / INGERSOLL - RAND / Hydraulic drilling jumbos, hydra-booms, air drifters, $ 25

32 / DURKEE ATWOOD / Maintenance Manual for Belt Drive Systems, 30 pages, Minneapolis, $ 25

33 / UNITED STATES STEEL / Tiger brand wire rope catalog, fittings, glossary, and index, $ 40

34 / DORR - OLIVER - LONG / New back - dump skip system, $ 40

35 / J. K. SMIT & SONS DIAMOND PRODUCTS LIMITED / The Bon Core Grinder, $ 6

36 / MOBILE DRILLING COMPANY, INC. / Core/Rotary Tools and Accessories Catalog 960, $ 25

37 / ALIMAK / V-Hammer, Wat-Shot / Hydraulic drilling machines, tunneling drill carriers, drill jumbos, $ 40

38 / SPRAGUE & HENWOOD, INC. / Diamond Bits Bulletin 420-2, $ 20

39 / CHRISTENSEN DIAMOND PRODUCTS / Diamond Bits, Core Barrels, Reaming Shells, Casing Shoes, Casing Bits, Reamers, $ 25

40 / TIMKEN COMPANY / Removable rock bits, $ 30

41 / ARMCO STEEL / Abuses and correct uses of wire ropes and slings, abrasion resistant steel plate, high-strength A, B, C, Shaf-Ten steel, $ 48

42 / MACWHYTE WIRE ROPE COMPANY / Correct spooling of rope on drum, $ 5

43 / Romar Pipe & Rail Company / Steel sheet and H piling brochure, $ 20

44 / TRELLEBORG (Sweden) / Trelleborg mill and chute linings, $ 20

45 / ANTON SMIT & COMPANY / ASCO Diamond Drill Bits, $ 6

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47 / SCHOPF (Germany) / Underground loaders, trucks, $ 30

48 / PROCESS EQUIPMENT ENGINEERED SYSTEMS / Flow valves; slide gates; train loading facilities; with detailed diagrams, $ 24

49 / HEEDE INTERNATIONAL LTD. / Raise Equipment, Raise-Burmac Shaft Mucker; excellent diagram of an operation with climbing
jacks, shaft mucker, and drilling assembly, $ 15

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51 / PENNWALT CORPORATION / Keystone Wire Rope Dressings, Bulletin WRD-137, $ 26

52 / WIRE ROPE CORPORATION OF AMERICA / Wire Rope Handbook, Wire Ropes for Surface Mining, Surface Mining User's Guide, $
30

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56 / PHOENIX PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. / Extreme Vibration and Shock in Strip Mining Prove Real Test for Sturdilites (floodlights),
, $ 10

57 / KOKEN BORING MACHINE COMPANY, LTD. / Big Man Raise Drill, specifications, dimensions, features, drill string, optional equipment, $ 10

58 / HEEDE INTERNATIONAL, INC. / Heede 4000 underground vertical transportation system for personnel with details illustrations of the system, $ 10

59 / ALIMAK RAISE CLIMBER / How to drive high inclined raises using an Alimak Raise Climber and Alitrolley to drive a 2,460 foot long raise in 37 weeks, $ 10

60 / MASCHINENFABRIK SCHARF GMBH / Transport Systems Eliminate Transport Problems, $ 25


61 / JOSEPH T. RYERSON & SON, INC. / Mono-Line Pipe System, $ 25

62 / J.K. SMIT & SONS / Portable Gear Shift Diamond Drill
Winkie, Model SW 15, $ 10

63 / CF&I - ROEBLING WIRE ROPE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CATALOG, 1953, $ 40

64 / CF&I STEEL LIGHT RAILS & ACCESSORIES, Pueblo [shows the rails sizes available with detailed drawings of the rail shapes, etc.], $ 36

65 / J.K. SMIT & SONS / JKS 500 Hydraulic Drill, $ 5

66 / AUSTIN POWDER CATALOG / Cleveland, pb, punched for binder, $ 32

67 / ALIMAK EQUIPMENT / Universal Hoist U - 500, $ 5

68 / DIXIE-DREDGE CORPORATION / Portamodules (portable dredges) built by Dixie, Miami, $ 45

69 / DRH Inc., JOHNSON BLOCKS PRICE LIST, ‘71 / 29 pages, $ 24

70 / DRH Inc., JOHNSON BLOCKS AND WIRE ROPE ACCESSORIES / Catalog ‘70, 78 pages, $ 40

71 / POWER CRANE AND SHOVEL ASSOCIATION / Technical Bulletin # 2: Estimating Cost and Ownership of Power Shovels, Hoes, Draglines, Clamshells, and Cranes, $ 25

72 / POWER CRANE AND SHOVEL ASSOCIATION / Technical Bulletin # 3: Proper Sizing of Excavators and Hauling Equipment, $ 25

73 / PNEUMATISK TRANSPORT AB / Portanol: Ejector Loaders for AN/FO Blasting Agents, $ 5

74 / RAISE EQUIPMENT COMPANY / Raise Air Welder, $ 5

75 / GENERAL ELECTRIC / Dynamic Braking Promotes Efficiency in Slope Hoisting, $ 8

76 / PNEUMATISK TRANSPORT AB / Anol Jet-Anol for Pneumatic Loading of AN/FO Blasting Agents, $ 5

77 / PNEUMATISK TRANSPORT AB / Mixanol for pneumatic AN/FO Mixer of Stainless Steel, $ 5

78 / PNEUMATISK TRANSPORT AB / Berg-Jet: Pneumatic Grouter for Rock Reinforcement, $ 5

79 / INGERSOLL-RAND / H/HC Motorpumps, Cradle Mounted Centrifugal Pumps, $ 5

80 / INGERSOLL-RAND / The type CIR Rubber-Lined Rhino Slurry Pump, $ 5

81 / INGERSOLL-RAND / The Type MIR Ni-Hard Slurry Pump, $ 5

82 / J.K. SMIT & SONS / JKS 400 Hydraulic Drill, $ 5

83 / CHRISTENSEN / Hard Metal Stabilizers, $ 5

84 / CHRISTENSEN / “C” System Wireline Core bits, $ 5

85 / HARNISCHFEGER / P&H Conveyors, Elevator Drives, Slope Hoist Drive, $ 10

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