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TP 11 / THE USE OF MICE AND BIRDS FOR DETECTING CARBON MONOXIDE AFTER MINE FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS, $ 10

TP 22 / ELECTRICAL SYMBOLS FOR MINE MAPS, $ 5

TP 34 / EXPERIMENTS WITH FURNACES FOR A HAND-FIRED RETURN TUBULAR BOILER, $ 5

TP 39 / THE INFLAMMABLE GASES IN MINE AIR , $ 5

TP 43 / THE INFLUENCE OF INERT GASES ON INFLAMMABLE GASEOUS MIXTURES, $ 5

TP 54 / ERRORS IN GAS ANALYSIS DUE TO ASSUMING THAT THE MOLECULAR VOLUMES OF ALL GASES ARE ALIKE, $ 5

TP 81 / THE VAPOR PRESSURE OF ARSENIC TRIOXIDE, $ 5

TP 91 / A CONVENIENT MULTIPLE-UNIT CALORIMETER INSTALLATION, $ 5

TP 114 / HEAT TRANSMISSION THROUGH BOILER TUBES, $ 5

TP 134 / EXPLOSIBILITY OF GASES FROM MINE FIRES, $ 10

TP 135 / BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT LITERATURE ON FLOTATION OF ORES, $ 5

TP 141 / LABORATORY DETERMINATION OF THE EXPLOSIBILITY OF COAL DUST AND AIR MIXTURES, $ 10

TP 142 / VAPOR PRESSURES OF VARIOUS COMPOUNDS AT LOW TEMPERATURES, $ 5

TP 143 / THE ORES OF COPPER, LEAD, GOLD AND SILVER, AFB, 1916, REPORTS FROM THE WESTERN MINING AREAS OF THE U.S. ON MINING ACTIVITES, $ 50

TP 144 / THE QUICK DETERMINATION OF INCOMBUSTIBLE MATTER IN COAL AND ROCK-DUST MIXTURES IN MINES, $ 10

TP 145 / SENSITIVENESS TO DETONATION OF TRINITROTOLUENE AND TETRANITROMETHYLANILIN, $ 5

TP 149 / ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON THE FLOTATION OF ORES, $ 7

TP 150 / LIMITS OF COMPLETE INFLAMMABILITY OF MIXTURES OF MINE GASES AND OF INDUSTRIAL GASES WITH AIR, $ 5

TP 158 / COMPRESSIBILITY OF NATURAL GAS AND ITS CONSTITUENTS WITH ANALYSES OF NATURAL GAS FROM 31 CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, $ 5

TP 163 / PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GASOLINES SOLD THROUGHOUT THE U.S. DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1915, $ 5

TP 167 / MEN WHO RECEIVED BUREAU OF MINES CERTIFICATES OF MINE RESCUE TRAINING, JULY 1, 1914 TO JUNE 30, 1912, $ 5

TP 174 / SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF GASOLINE ENGINES IN MINES, $ 5

TP 176 / BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT LITERATURE ON FLOTATION OF ORES, $ 5

TP 185 / USE OF THE INTERFEROMETER IN GAS ANALYSIS, $ 5

TP 190 / METHANE ACCUMULATIONS FROM INTERRUPTED VENTILATION ,$ 10

TP 191 / CENTRAL STATE HEATING, $ 5

TP 204 / ECONOMIC OPERATION OF STEAM TURBO-ELECTRIC STATIONS, $ 5

TP 208 / HOW TO IMPROVE THE HOT-AIR FURNACE, $ 5

TP 212 / THE DETERMINATION OF COMBUSTIBLE MATTER IN SILICATE AND CARBONATE ROCKS, $ 5

TP 217 / SAVING COAL IN STEAM POWER PLANTS, $ 5

TP 218 / BOILER WATER TREATMENT, $ 2

TP 228 / THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF BRASS, COPPER, AND STEEL GAUZES IN MINERS’ FLAME SAFETY LAMPS, $ 10

TP 230 / DETERMINATION OF MOLYBDENUM , $ 10

TP 234 / SENSITIVENESS OF EXPLOSIVES TO FRICTIONAL IMPACT, $ 5

TP 235 / SAFE STORAGE OF COAL, $ 10

TP 237 / SAFE PRACTICE IN USING WIRE ROPES IN MINES, $ 5

TP 238 / INDICATORS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE AND OXYGEN IN AIR AND FLUE GAS, $ 5

TP 239 / COKE-OVEN ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, $ 5

TP 240 / BOILER AND FURNACE TESTING, $ 5

TP 241 / BLOWHOLES, POROSITY, AND UNSOUNDNESS IN ALUMINUM-ALLOY CASTINGS, $ 10

TP 244 / USE OF STENCHES AS A WARNING IN MINES, $ 8

TP 247 / PERFORATED CASING AND SCREEN PIPE IN OIL WELLS, $ 10

TP 249 / THE DETERMINATION OF OXIDES OF NITROGEN, $ 5

TP 250 / METAL-MINE ACCOUNTING, $ 8

TP 253 / EFFECTS OF GASOLINE REMOVAL ON THE HEATING VALUE OF NATURAL GAS, $ 5

TP 254 / THE ANALYSIS OF SULPHUR FORMS IN COAL, $ 6

TP 259 / PRODUCTION OF EXPLOSIVES IN THE UNITED STATES, $ 5

TP 261 / OIL CAMP SANITATION, $ 5

TP 262 / CERTAIN INTERFACIAL TENSION EQUILIBRIA IMPORTANT IN FLOATATION, $ 10

TP 263 / DESIGN AND OPERATION OF A LOW-PRESSURE ABSORPTION PLANT , $ 10

TP 264 / PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS OF STORAGE BATTERY LOCOMOTIVES, $ 10

TP 268 / PREPARATION AND USES OF TAR AND ITS SIMPLE CRUD DERIVATIVES, $ 5

TP 270 / THE DETECTION AND ESTIMATION OF PLATINUM IN ORES, $ 5

TP 271 / STATE MINING LAWS ON THE USE OF ELECTRICITY IN AND ABOUT COAL MINES, $ 5

TP 272 / PERMEATION OF OXYGEN BREATHING APPARATUS BY GASES AND VAPORS, $ 7

TP 273 / SMOKE ABATEMENT, $ 5

TP 276 / SAFE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN SHAFT SINKING, $ 6

TP 277 / APPLICATION OF THE GEOPHONE TO MINING OPERATIONS, $ 8

TP 278 / THE SUGAR-TUBE METHOD OF DETERMINING ROCK DUST IN AIR, $ 10

TP 287 / PREPARATION OF LIGHT ALUMINUM-COPPER CASTING ALLOYS, $ 10

TP 290 / INCLUSIONS IN ALUMINUM-ALLOY SAND CASTINGS, $ 10

TP 312 / LEACHING NON-SULPHIDE COPPER ORES WITH SULPHUR DIOXIDE, $ 25

TP 313 / PRODUCING OF EXPLOSIVES IN THE UNITED STATES,$ 5

TP 314 / METAL-MINE FIRES, $ 10

TP 321 / ANHYDROUS ALUMINUM CHLORIDE, $ 5

TP 324 / USES OF WATER IN THE OIL-SHALE INDUSTRY, $ 15

TP 331 / METAL-MINE ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1921, $ 15

TP 332A / U.S. GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATION FOR LUBRICANTS AND LIQUID FUELS, $ 5

TP 333 / PERMISSIBLE EXPLOSIVES, MINING EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS APPROVED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1923, $ 5

TP 397 / COMPOSITION OF MATERIALS FROM VARIOUS ELEVATIONS IN AN IRON BLAST FURNACE, $ 5

TP 418 / ELECTRIC-FURNACE CAST IRON, $ 5

TP 424 / THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF OXYGEN AND NITROGEN, $ 5

TP 427 / PROPAGATION OF FLAME IN MIXTURES OF NATURAL GAS AND AIR, $ 5

TP 442 / THE BLAST-FURNACE STOCK COLUMN, $ 10

TP 445 / SPECIFIC HEATS OF GASES AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, $ 5

TP 450 / INFLAMMATBILITY OF MIXED GASES, $ 5

TP 451 / CALCIUM SULPHATE RETARDERS FOR PORTLAND CEMENT CLINKER , $ 5

TP 476 / STOCK DISTRIBUTION AND GAS-SOLID CONTACT IN THE BLAST FURNACE, $ 20

TP 483 / RE-FORMING NATURAL GAS, $ 5

TP 492 / DEOXIDATION OF STEEL WITH SILICON, $ 5

TP 543 / COMPARISON OF SMALL AND LARGE SCALE EXPERIMENTAL CARBONIZING APPARATUS, $ 5

TP 544 / EXPLOSIVE PROPERTIES OF ACETONE-AIR MIXTURES, $ 5

TP 546 / THEORY OF THE TORSION BALANCE, $ 5

TP 553 / PROTECTION OF EQUIPMENT CONTAINING EXPLOSIVE ACETONE-AIR MIXTURES BY THE USE OF DIAPHRAGMS, $ 5

TP 560 / CORROSION OF STEEL BY GASES CONTAINING TRACES OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE: EFFECT OF PRESSURE AND MOISTURE CONDITIONS, $ 5

TP 582 / METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND DETERMINATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE, $ 15

TP 626 / ANALYSES OF WEST VIRGINIA COALS, $ 30

TP 635 / DESIGN OF AIR-BLAST METER AND CALIBRATING EQUIPMENT, $ 5

USBM Technical Progress Reports

TPR 0 / INVESTIGATION OF ODIXATION SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING GOLD RECOVERY FROM CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS, $ 5

TPR 19 / STUDIES ON THE CONTROL OF RESPIRABLE COAL MINE DUST BY VENTILATION, $ 8

TPR 20 / RECOVERING GOLD FROM STRIPPING WASTE AND ORE BY PERCOLATION CYANIDE LEACHING, $ 10

TPR 21 / CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF A JUNK AUTO INCINERATOR , $ 5

TPR 22 / RECOVERY OF HEAVY MINERALS FROM ALABAMA SAN AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS , $ 5

TPR 31 / RECOVERY OF THE NONFERROUS METALS FROM AUTO SHREDDER REJECTS BY AIR CLASSIFICATION, $ 6

TPR 45 / ELECTRONIC COLOR SORTING OF GLASS FROM URBAN WASTE ,$ 5

TPR 33 / ECONOMICS OF RECYCLING METALS AND MINERALS FROM URBAN REFUSE, $ 5

TPR 34 / PRELIMINARY SEPARATION OF METALS AND NONMETALS FROM URBAN REFUSE, $ 5

TPR 54 / FATE OF TRACE MERCURY IN THE COMBUSTION OF COAL, $ 5

TPR 70 / PREDICTING PROBABLE ROOF FALL AREAS IN ADVANCE OF MINING BY GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS, $ 10

TPR 82 / PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION AT HANNA, WYOMING, $ 10

TPR 84 / IN SITU COMBUSTION OF COAL FOR ENERGY, $ 5

TPR 104 / CONTINUOUS RECORDER TO MONITOR MINE ROOF DISPLACEMENT, $ 10

TPR 106 / CONSTRUCTION AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF A DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICULATE FILTER FOR UNDERGROUND USE ,$ 6

TPR 110 / LONG-TERM RESPONSE OF A COAL MINE ROOF TO TIME LAPSE BETWEEN EXPOSURE AND SUPPORT, $ 6

TPR 113 / CONVERGENCE MEASUREMENTS FOR SQUEEZE MONITORING: INSTRUMENTATION AND RESULTS, $ 6

TPR 117 / A NEW SONIC VELOCITY-LOGGING TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS IN NEAR-SURFACE SEDIMENTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO, $ 10

USBM Informational Reports

IR 1101 / GUIDE TO GEOLOGIC FEATURES AFFECTING COAL MINE ROOF, 1979, 18 pages, $ 10

USBM Monographs

M 6 / FLOW OF NATURAL GAS THROUGH HIGH-PRESSURE TRANSMISSION LINES, $ 10

United States Bureau of Mines Yearbooks

Early Yearbooks had one volume only; Listed by year and price

1934, $ 25; 1937, $ 15; 1940, $ 15; 1941, $ 15; 1943, $ 15; 1945, $ 15; 1946, $ 15; 1947, $ 15; 1948, $ 15; 1949, $ 15; 1950, $ 10; 1951, $ 10

Later years had 4 volumes; volumes available are indicated for each year

1952 / VOLUME 1: METALS/MINERALS, VOLUME 2: FUELS, VOLUME 3: DOMESTIC

1953 / VOLUME 1: METALS/MINERALS, VOLUME 2: FUELS

1954 / VOLUME 1: METALS/MINERALS, VOLUME 2: FUELS, VOLUME 3: DOMESTIC

1955 / VOLUME 1: METALS/MINERALS, VOLUME 3: DOMESTIC

1958 / VOLUME 3: DOMESTIC

1962 / VOLUME 2: FUELS

1963 / VOLUME 1: METALS/MINERALS, VOLUME 2: FUELS

1964 / VOLUME 2: FUELS, VOLUME 4: INTERNATIONAL

1965 / VOLUME 2: FUELS, VOLUME 4: INTERNATIONAL

1967 / VOLUME 4: INTERNATIONAL

1968 / VOLUME 3: DOMESTIC, VOLUME 4: INTERNATIONAL

1969 / VOLUME 3: DOMESTIC, VOLUME 4: INTERNATIONAL

1970 / VOLUME 3: DOMESTIC

1978-79 / VOLUME 1: METALS/MINERALS

1981 / VOLUME 1: METALS/MINERALS

USBM Miscellaneous Publications

HIBBARD / DICTIONARY OF MINING, MINERAL, AND RELATED TERMS, $ 40

JACKSON / UNDERGROUND SCRAPING PRACTICE IN METAL MINES, $ 175

KISSEL / METHANE CONTROL IN TUNNELING, $ 5

MOORE / GOLD INDEX AND ABSTRACTS OF BUREAU OF MINES PUBLICATIONS, $ 10

USBM LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, 1910 - 1960, $ 40

USBM LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, 1960 - 1964, $ 25

USBM LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, 1965 - 1969, $ 25

USBM LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, 1985 - 1989, $ 25

USBM SPECIAL MAP / PRINCIPLE MINERAL AREA OF THE U.S.,$ 20

USBM HANDBOOK / SPLICING MINE CABLES, $ 75

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