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The United States Bureau of Mines of the Department of the Interior was established in 1910 by the Department of the Interior and abolished on March 30, 1996.

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United States Bureau of Mines : Report of Investigations
10x8:, soft-bound. Staple bound. Most are illustrated. Many illustrations in earlier reports are in addition to the numbered pages.
* * * “PLUS Illus.” means illustration pages are NOT numbered and are in addition to the page count listed.
Please note that many early USBM reports were rather crudely printed, especially the text pages - illustrations are often better..

Covers change over the years, the earliest are the same paper as the interior pages.

USBM Report of Investigations 3039 : 1930 : The Trauzl block strength of dynamites. By N. A. Tolch and G. St. J. Perrott. 10p. PLUS 3 figures. Blasting, Trauzl lead blocks. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 3056 : 1931 : A device for determining work input to a laboratory ball mill. By Gross and Zimmerley. 4p., illus. $1

USBM Report of Investigations 3120 : 1931 : Determination of magnetite in copper slags by Lathrop E. Roberts and R. L. Nugent. 14p., illus. (lower margin water marked) $1

USBM Report of Investigations 3169 : 1932 : Absorbents for liquid-oxygen explosives : their relation to sensitiveness to impact and other properties of L.O.X. by L. V. Clark. 21p., illus. (Poor - noticeably water marked, but not stuck. Legible) $1

USBM Report of Investigations 3218 : 1933 : Volatilization of impurities from zinc concentrates by G. L. Oldright, W. E. Keck, and F. K. Shelton, with a chapter on Thermodynamic calculations – further theoretical study of the separation of Cadmium and Zinc by Chas. G. Maier. 51p., illus. (Poor - water marked, but legible and not stuck) $1

USBM Report of Investigations 3223 : 1934 : Progress reports – Metallurgical division 1. Mineral physics studies by R. S. Dean, V. H. Gottschalk, John Gross, J. Koster, C. W. Davis, and C. E. Wood. 37p., illus, including photos. (cover creased, rust marks at spine) $8

USBM Report of Investigation 3223 Includes:
Magnetic separation of minerals.
Deformation of solids.
Progress in explosive shattering of minerals.
Measurement of crushing resistance of minerals by the Scleroscope.
Preliminary report on dust settling.

USBM Report of Investigations 3235 : 1934 : Some physical properties and characteristics of fuse by N. A. Tolch and J. E. Tiffany. 21p., illus. $5

USBM Report of Investigations 3242 : 1934 : Progress reports – metallurgical division. 7. Studies in Lead metallurgy by George L. Oldright and Virgil Miller. Includes “Smelting in the Lead blast furnace – handling zinciferous charges”. 11p., Work was done at the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada at Trail, British Columbia. (faintly water marked) $2

USBM Report of Investigations 3269 : 1935 : Special multiple-shot blasting units by A. B. Hooker and E. J. Coggeshall. 10p., illus. (Poor - Noticeably water marked, but nothing stuck. Legible) $1

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USBM Report of Investigations 3292 : 1935 : Factors that decrease the light of electric cap lamps. By A. B. Hooker and D. H. Zellers. 10p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 3320 : 1936 : Diesel mine locomotives – development and use in European coal mines. By George S. Rice and F. E. Harris. 52p. Trains. $12

USBM Report of Investigations 3336 : 1937 : Beneficiation of spodumene by decrepitation. By Foster Fraas and Oliver C. Ralston. 13p. Lithium aluminum silicate. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 3344 : 1937 : Chloride volatilization of Lithium from Spodumene by Foster Fraas and Oliver C. Ralston. 11p., PLUS 4 figures.

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Poor (rippled, cover creased, rust marks at spine) - $1

USBM Report of Investigations 3377 : 1938 : Primary crushing – Progress report no. 1. By Mark Sheppard and C. N. Witherow. 11p. PLUS 18 figures. (see also USBM RI 3380, 3390, 3432) $3

USBM Report of Investigations 3380 : 1938 : Primary crushing – Progress report no. 2. By Mark Sheppard. 16p. PLUS 12 figures. (see also USBM RI 3377, 3390, 3432) $3

USBM Report of Investigations 3390 : 1938 : Primary crushing – Progress report no. 3. By Mark Sheppard. 10p. PLUS 11 figures. (see also USBM RI 3377, 3380, 3432) $3

USBM Report of Investigations 3395 : 1938 : Extinction of propylene flames by diluting with nitrogen and carbon dioxide and some observations on the explosive properties of propylene by G. W. Jones and R. E. Kennedy. 14p., illus. (rust marks at spine) $3

USBM Report of Investigations 3400 : 1938 : Progress reports – metallurgical division 24. Mineral Physics studies. 85p., illus. (Fair – rumpled) $12

Contents of USBM Report of Investigations 3400 :
Physicochemical nature of metallic interfaces.
Development and application of the coercimeter.
Construction and operation of a magnetic balance.
Coercive force of rods deformed by torsion.
Sonic flocculator as a fume settler – theory and practice.
Effect of lattice discontinuities on the magnetic properties of magnetite.

USBM Report of Investigations 3404 : 1938 : The pegmatites at Tinton, South Dakota. By Frank L. Hess and Barnabas Bryan, Jr. 19p. PLUS 2 figures (one of them is a 3 page fold-out color geologic map!). $19

USBM Report of Investigations 3432 : 1939 : Primary crushing – summary of field tests. By Mark Sheppard. 51p. PLUS 5 figures. (see also USBM RI 3377, 3380, 3390). $5

USBM Report of Investigations 3436 : 1939 : Progress reports – metallurgical division, 29. Silver-recovery studies – Some factors affecting the flotation of silver minerals. By E. S. Leaver and J. A. Woolf. 25p. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3439 : 1939 : Mount Weather testing adit, Progress report 1. By McHenry Mosier and Wing G. Agnew. 12p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 3469-R : 1940 : Progress reports – metallurgical division 32. Ore-dressing studies. “Properties of suspension mediums for float-and-sink concentration.” By F. D. DeVaney and S. M. Shelton. 25p., including photo of the consistometer. $5

USBM Report of Investigations 3477 : 1939 : Progress reports – metallurgical division 33. Manganese and its alloys. By R. S. Dean, C. Travis Anderson, Cresap Moss, and P. M. Ambrose. 47p., illus., including photos. $9

USBM Report of Investigations 3507 : 1940 : Gaseous products from explosives 1. Some factors affecting test results by John C. Holtz. 14p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 3508 : 1940 : Diesel engines underground, Part 1 – Composition of exhaust gas from engines in proper mechanical condition. By John C. Holtz, L. B. Berger, M. A. Elliott, and H. H. Schrenk. 48p. PLUS 10 figures. (see also USBM RI 3541, 3584, 3700) $6

USBM Report of Investigations 3509 : 1940 : Stemming in metal mines – progress report 1. by John A. Johnson, Wing G. Agnew, and McHenry Mosier. 27p. PLUS 8 figures, including great photo of two miners returning to the surface with samples of noxious gases and dust produced by blasting, Mount Weather testing adit. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3513 : 1940 : Concentration of manganosiderite ore from Leadville, Colorado. By F. D. DeVaney and S. M. Shelton. 6p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 3515 : 1940 : Progress Reports – Metallurgical division, 39. Ore-testing studies – II. Primarily precious metals. By Edmund S. Leaver, Jesse A. Woolf, and A. P. Towne. 76p. Gold, silver, lead, cyanide process, more. $14

USBM Report of Investigations 3521 : 1940 : Measurement of pressures on Rock Pillars in underground mines, part 2. By Leonard Obert. 11p. PLUS 9 figures, including photo. (rust marks on spine) $1

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USBM Report of Investigations 3528 : 1940 : Stemming in metal mines, progress report 2. By John A. Johnson, Wing G. Agnew, and McHenry Mosier. 39p., illus., including photo of drilling at Mount Weather testing adit. (upper edge bumped). $6

USBM Report of Investigations 3530 : 1940 : A twenty years’ survey of the use of sheathed explosives in Belgium. By Ad. Breyre. 10p., illus. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3538 : 1940 : Annual report of the nonmetals division, Fiscal year 1940. By Oliver C. Ralston and John E. Conley. 47p., PLUS 19 figures, includes some very good photos of lab equipment and measuring devices. With a section on Pacific Northwest olivine. (heavy owners stamps on cover) $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3541 : 1940 : Diesel engines underground, II. Effect of adding exhaust gas to intake air. By L. B. Berger, M. A. Elliott, John C. Holtz, and H. H. Schrenk. 18p. PLUS 4 figures. (see also USBM RI 3508, 3584, 3700) $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3558 : 1941 : Froth flotation and agglomerate tabling of micas. By James E. Norman and R. G. O’Meara. 14p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 3566 : 1941 : Comparison of manganese steel with carbon steel for detachable-bit drill rods. by Wing G. Agnew. 8p., illus. $1

USBM Report of Investigations 3578 : 1941 : Softening water with nonmetallic minerals. By S. J. Broderick. 18p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 3585 : 1941 : Diesel engines underground, 3. Effect on exhaust-gas composition of operating engines in mixtures of normal air and natural gas. By Martin A. Elliott, John C. Holtz, L. B. Berger and H. H. Schrenk. 50p. PLUS 18 figures. (see also USBM RI 3508, 3541, 3700) $8

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USBM Report of Investigations 3594 : 1941 : Safe opening and determination of construction of detonators. By R. L. Grant and A. B. Coates. 16p., illus., including photos. $5

USBM Report of Investigations 3593 : 1941 : Permissible blasting units by L. C. Ilsley and A. B. Hooker. 14p., illus. including some great photos of storage battery units, dry-cell battery units, and refill-type dry-cell battery units. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3596 : 1941 : Annual report of the mining division, Fiscal year 1941. By Chas F. Jackson. 47p., illus., including photos of Explosion gallery 5, Wind tunnel, and “mining in action” photos from Ladd manganese mine (California), drilling at Phillipsburg (Montana), Diamond-drill at Nye (Montana), Coso Springs (California), Yellow Pine (Idaho), Batesville-Cushman (Arkansas). (Lower margin barely water touched at back) $12

USBM Report of Investigations 3605 : 1941 : Practical fire-sensitivity of liquid-oxygen explosives treated with fire-retardents. By A. R. T. Denues. 6p. (Fair - bumped edge, rust marks at spine) $1

USBM Report of Investigations 3612 : 1942 : Stemming in metal mines, progress report 3. Relative advantages and disadvantages of different types of stemming and no stemming when used with 60-percent ammonia gelatin dynamite at the Mount Weather Testing adit. By John A. Johnson, Wing G. Agnew, and McHenry Mosier. 16p. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3613 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, 3. ore-dressing studies of manganese ores. Concentration of manganese nodules from Chamberlain, South Dakota. By F. D. DeVaney, S. M. Shelton, and F. D. Lamb. 21p., 16 tables, 1 figure.

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USBM Report of Investigations 3620 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, 6. Ore-dressing studies of manganese ores. Concentration of manganese ores from the Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico. By F. D. DeVaney, M. M. Fine, and S. M. Shelton. 9p. (bumped corner) $5

USBM Report of Investigations 3621 : 1942 : Variations in oxygen condition between individual cartridges and between cases of permissible explosives. By A. P. Rowles with A. R. T. Denues. 29p. (no cover sheet) $5

USBM Report of Investigations 3623 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, 10. Ore-dressing studies of manganese ores. Concentration of manganese-bearing ore from the Interstate Manganese Company, Johnson County, Tennessee. By T. L. Johnston, S. M. Shelton, M. M. Fine, and W. A. Calhoun. 13p., (bumped corner, rust marks at spine) $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3624 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, 9. Ore-dressing studies of manganese ores. Concentration of manganiferous Iron Ore from the Armour No. 1 mine, Ironton, Minnesota. by M. M. Fine, S. M. Shelton, and J. B. Zadra. 13p. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3625 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, 8. Pyrometallurgical studies of manganese ores. Sintering or Nodulizing of Ferrograde Manganese Mill products and fine ores for smelting purposes. By Virgil Miller, F. B. Petermann, J. A. Pike, and R. G. Peterson. 14p., illus. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 3626 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, 7. Hydrometallurgical studies of manganese ores. Nitrogen dioxide process for recovery of manganese from ores. By R. S. Dean, A. L. Fox, and A. E. Beck. 30p., illus. $5

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USBM Report of Investigations 3628 : 1942 : Progress reports – metallurgical division, 52. Ore-testing studies of the ore-dressing section, Fiscal year, 1941. By A. L. Engel and S. M. Shelton. 36p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 3629 : 1942 : Progress reports – metallurgical division, 53. Ore-testing studies of the precious metals section. By Edmund S. Leaver, Jesse A. Woolf, and A. P. Towne. 155p. Ores selected to be representative of the various mining districts in California, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Georgia, and North Carolina. Gold, Silver, Lead. $18

USBM Report of Investigations 3632 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, 13. Ore-dressing studies of manganese ores. Concentration of Manganese-bearing ore from the Mayfield property, Van Horn, Texas. By J. B. Zadra, M. M.. Fine, S. M. Shelton and T. L. Johnston. 18p. (bumped edge) $5

USBM Report of Investigations 3635 : 1942 : Progress reports – metallurgical division, 54. Magnesium by Electrothermic Reduction. 47p., illus., including photos of Distillation units, Reduction units, Motor generator, automatic feeder, much more – great paper. (no cover sheet) $14

USBM Report of Investigations 3641 : 1942 : Effects of carbonaceous blasting accessories on gaseous products from explosives. By John C. Holtz and E. J. Murphy. 24p., illus. including photo of CJ apparatus.$4

USBM Report of Investigations 3646 : 1942 : Stemming in metal mines, progress report 4 – Firing through stemming. By Wing G. Agnew, John A. Johnson, and McHenry Mosier. 4p., illus. (bumped edge, no cover sheet) $1

USBM Report of Investigations 3649 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, 14. Hydrometallurgical studies of manganese ores. Laboratory experiments on sulfur dioxide-sulfuric acid leaching of Black and Brown manganiferous iron ores of the Cuyuna Range of Minnesota. by C. Travis Anderson. 38p., illus. (no cover sheet, stapled a bit crooked) $6

USBM Report of Investigations 3651 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, 15. Hydrometallurgical studies of manganese ores. Electrodeposition of manganese. By David Schlain. 28p., illus., including photo. (no cover sheet) $5

USBM Report of Investigations 3652 : 1942 : Manganese investigations – metallurgical division, Ore-dressing studies of manganese ores. 17. Concentration of wad ore from the Ayedalotte property, Batesville, Arkansas. By S. M. Shelton, M. M. Fine, and R. B. Fisher. 17p. (no cover sheet) $5

USBM Report of Investigations 3654 : 1942 : Use of subaudible noises for the prediction of rock bursts, part II. By Leonard Obert and Wilbur Duvall. 22p., illus. (rust marks at spine, no cover sheet) $3

USBM Report of Investigations 3698 : 1943 : Work of the safety division, fiscal year 1942. 140p., illus, includes photos of Mine rescue truck, mine rescue class, first aid class, more. This is an absolutely great report documenting current mine safety practices, training and the scope of training across the USA. (minimal soil on cover sheet) $38

USBM Report of Investigations 3700 : 1943 : Diesel engines underground, Part 4 – Effect on composition of exhaust gas of variable influencing fuel injection. By John C. Holtz, L. B. Berger, M. A. Elliott, and H. H. Schrenk. 24p. PLUS 2 figures. (see also USBM RI 3508, 3541, 3585) $3

USBM Report of Investigations 3708 : 1943 : Damage from air blast, progress report 2. By S. L. Windes. 50p., nicely illus. For example, this paper reports on broken windows in buildings near test blasts and such. (rust marks at spine) $14

USBM Report of Investigations 3709 : Determination of tungsten in low-grade ores. By H. E. Peterson and W. L. Anderson. 15p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 4393 : 1949 : Investigation of limestone deposits near Arlington, Snohomish county, Washington. By Constantine C. Popoff. 7p., PLUS illus. (3 figures). $3

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BOUND COPY OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINE ROCK. Softcover, Comb Bound. Contains all 4 parts below $48
USBM Report of Investigations 4459 : 1949 : Physical properties of Mine Rock : Part 1. By S. L. Windes. 79 p., 10 figures, 15 tables.
USBM Report of Investigations 4727 : 1950 : Physical properties of Mine Rock : Part 2. By s. L. Windes. 37p., 7 figures, 9 tables.
USBM Report of Investigations 5130 : 1955 : Physical properties of Mine Rock : Part 3. By B. E. Blair. 69p., 12 figures, 13 tables.
USBM Report of Investigations 5244 : 1956 : Physical Properties of Mine Rock, Part 4, including indexes to parts 1, 2, 3, and 4. By B. E. Blair. 69p., 17 figures, 16 figures.

USBM Report of Investigations 4481 : 1949 : Diamond drilling in the Metaline district, Pend Oreille county, Washington. By N. L. Wimmler and W. B. Cole. 25p., 4 tables., PLUS illus. (11 figures). (cover has some red filing marks) $14

USBM Report of Investigations 4493 : 1949 : The Leadville drainage tunnel, Lake county, Colorado. By Robert A. Elgin, M. E. Volin, and James W. Townsend. 37p. PLUS 21 figures. Describes how the Bureau of Mines drove more than a mile of tunnel into the famed Leadville mining district of Colorado during World War II as part of proposed 2 ½ mile drainage tunnel designed to drain several underground areas of excessive water and reestablish lead and zinc mining. (this is a photocopy, unbound. Some of the pages are a bit unclear due to ink bleed-through common in the originals of this time. Everything is readable.) $16

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USBM Report of Investigations 4545 : 1949 : Concentration of oxide manganese ores from the Tintic district, Eureka, Juab county, Utah. By A. O. Ipsen, H. D. Snedden, and H. L. Gibbs. 18p., 9 tables. (small sticker and two staples in cover) 43

USBM Report of Investigations 4559 : 1949 : Grouting diamond-drill holes at the Christmas mine, Gila county, Arizona. With notes on the setting properties of cements and the use of liquid carbon dioxide as a pressuring agent in grouting. By Stanton L. Tainter. 10p., PLUS illus (5 figures). (cover faintly soiled) $8

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USBM Report of Investigations 4586 : 1950 : Magnetic surveys in the Iron Springs district, Iron county, Utah. By Kenneth L. Cook. 78p., 8 tables, PLUS illus (44 figures). A large publication. $26

USBM Report of Investigations 4597 : 1949 : Experimental diamond core-drilling in the Phosphoria formation in Southeastern Idaho. By Albert E. Long. 29p., 9 tables, PLUS illus (9 figures). $12

USBM Report of Investigations 4601 : 1949 : Investigation of the Huber – Rydalch manganese deposits, Tooele county, Utah. By Eugene Fry and Stephen R. Wilson. 7p., 2 tables, PLUS illus. (9 figures) $14

USBM Report of Investigations 4620 : 1950 : Laboratory concentration of mercury ores from Oregon, California, Idaho, and Nevada. By R. R. Wells. 19p., 19 tables. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 4626 : 1950 : Investigation of the Tem Piute tungsten deposit, Lincoln county, Nevada. By E. O. Binyon, G. H. Holmes, Jr., and A. C. Johnson. 16p., PLUS illus. (23 figures). (edges lightly bumped) $22

USBM Report of Investigations 4628 : 1950 : Effects of core recovery, diamond size and quality on cost of core drilling in gneiss. 11p., illus. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 4678 : 1950 : Investigation of Nightingale Tungsten deposit, Pershing county, Nevada. By J. H. East, Jr. and Russell R. Trengove. 8p., PLUS illus (8 figures). $14

USBM Report of Investigations 4721 : 1950 : A study of certain uncommon minerals found in the Pacific Northwest. By A. J. Kauffman, Jr., D. M. Mortimore, and H. D. Hess. 22p. Allanite, antimony, boulangerite, chromium mica, geocronite, glaucodot, kotschubeite, manganophyllite, plumbojarosite, pseudomalachite, pyromorphite. $5

USBM Report of Investigations 4769 : 1951 : Green River oil-shale reserves of Northwestern Colorado. Oil shale. By Carl Belser. 13p., 4 tables, PLUS illus. (49 figures). $14

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USBM Report of Investigations 4776 : 1951 : The oil-shale industries of Europe. Oil Shale. By Boyd Guthrie and Simon Klosky. 73p., 16 tables, PLUS illus. (64 figures). $26

USBM Report of Investigations 4786 : 1951 : Selective flotation concentration of Lead – zinc ores from the Musick and Helena mines, Bohemia district, Oregon. By T. A. Hendrickson, W. A. Stickney, and R. R. Wells. 9p., 8 tables. This is a nice, probably vintage, copy – three-hole punched. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 4818 : 1952 : Concentration of oxide manganese ores from Black Rock, Kramer, and Morgan – Cromar properties, Tooele and Juab counties, Utah. By J. V. Batty and R. Havens. 17p., 13 tables. $7

USBM Report of Investigations 4820 : 1951 : Investigation of the Cougar spar fluorspar deposit, Beaver county, Utah. By floyd d. Everett and Stephen R. Wilson. 12p., 5 tables, PLUS illus. (17 figures). $18

USBM Report of Investigations 4841 : 1952 : Beneficiation of high-iron Arkansas bauxite ore. By W. A. Calhoun, H. E. Pwell, and J. F. Hodshire. 12p., 9 tables. $7

USBM Report of Investigations 4851 : 1952 : Mineral dressing investigation of titanium ore from the Christy property, Hot Sprping county, Arkansas. By M. M. Fine and D. W. Frommer. 7p., 2 tables. $7

USBM Report of Investigations 4860 : 1952 : Diamond drilling at Torpedo Copper mine, Organ mining district, Dona Ana county, New Mexico. By John H. Soule. 21p., 8 tables, PLUS illus. (4 figures). (Noticeably bent corner). $8

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USBM Report of Investigations 4902 : 1952 : Treatment of titaniferous magnetite ore from Iron Mountain, Wyoming. By A. E. Back, C. J. Chindgren, and R. G. Peterson. 15p., 11 tables, PLUS illus (5 figures). $8

USBM Report of Investigations 4928 : 1952 : Progress report on pegmatite investigations in South Dakota, for fiscal year ended June 30, 1951. By S. M. Runke, D. H. Mullen, and J. B. Cunningham. 46p., 8 tables. (cover may have crease) $7

USBM Report of Investigations 4939 : 1953 : Investigation of the New Anniversary – Bucky pegmatite, Gunnison county, Colorado. By S. R. Wilson and W. A. Young. 7p., PLUS illus. (3 figures). $12

USBM Report of Investigations 5025 : 1954 : Determination of porosity by a Bureau of Mines method : a list of porosities of oil sands (revision of Report of Investigations 4548). 24p., illus. $5

USBM Report of Investigations 5157 : 1955 : Cowlitz clay deposits near Castle Rock, Washington. By C. C. Popoff. 60p., 7 tables, 9 figures. $10

USBM Report of Investigations 5243 : 1956 : Selective extraction of mercury and antimony from cinnabar – stibnite ore. By E. G. Erspamer and R. R. Wells. 15p., 8 tables, 1 figure. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 5261 : 1956 : Beneficiation studies of nickeliferous ores from the Shamrock mine, Jackson county, Oregon, and the Congress Mine, Ferry county, Washington. By J. E. Shelton. 8p., 10 tables. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 5321 : 1957 : Oil yields of sections of Green River oil shale in Colorado, 1952-54. By K. E. Stanfield, C. K. Rose, W. S. McAuley, and W. J. Tesch, Jr. 132p., 78 tables, 50 figures. $18

USBM Report of Investigations 5328 : 1957 : A field test for selenium. By H. E. Peterson, C. L. Jensen, and R. G. Anderson. 7p., 1 figure. $4

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USBM Report of Investigations 5346 : 1957 : Electric smelting of Cuban serpentine and laterite nickel ores. By Wallace E. Anable and Lloyd H. Banning. 24p., 4 figures, 18 tables. $9

USBM Report of Investigations 5375 : 1958 : A comparative study of statistical analysis and other methods of computing ore reserves, utilizing analytical data from Maggie Canyon Manganese deposit, Artillery mountains region, Mohave county, Arizona. 188p., 29 tables, 33 figures. SCARCE. (number written on spine) $44

USBM Report of Investigations 5530 : 1960 : Manganese deposits of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. By E. A. Magill. 82p., 1 table, 54 figures. SCARCE. $26

USBM Report of Investigations 5553 : 1959 : Refractory Clay deposits of Colorado. By Joel N. Van Sant. 156p., 53 figures (many are fold-out maps), 15 tables. (Fair. Generally Good, but paper rough over lower spine). $18

USBM Report of Investigations 5576 : 1960 : Utilization studies on Chromite from Seiad Creek, California. By w. L. Hunter and G. V. Sullivan. 37p., 9 figures, 27 tables. $18

USBM Report of Investigations 5693 : 1960 : Fersmite : a rare calcium-Columbate mineral from Montana. By H. D. Hess. 9p., 2 figures, 4 tables. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 5718 : 1961 : Three chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria important to leaching operations at Arizona copper mines. By John D. Corrick and Joseph A. Sutton. 8p., 3 tables. $1

USBM Report of Investigations 5856 : 1962 : Hafnium content of domestic and foreign Ziconium minerals. By H. D. Hess. 62p., 15 tables. (may have minor marks on cover) $22

USBM Report of Investigations 6013 : 1962 : Inyo beryl deposit, Inyo county, California. By W. T. Benson. 8p., 1 table, 2 figures. $6

USBM Report of Investigations 6016 : 1962 : A preferential stain for beryl. 4p. $1

USBM Report of Investigations 6059 : 1962 : Washability characteristics of the Lower Hartshorne (Spadra) coal bed near Clarksville, Arkansas. 13p. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 6081 : 1962 : Lake Superior Iron Resources : metallurgical evaluation and classification of nonmagnetic taconite drill cores from the West Central Mesabi range. 62p. (see also USBM Report of Investigations 6104). $12

USBM Report of Investigations 6082 : 1963 : Flotation of Siegenite in a complex sulfide table middling from southeast Missouri. 13p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 6104 : 1962 : Lake Superior Iron Resources : Further metallurgical evaluation of Mesabi Range nonmagnetic taconites (reduction roasting and magnetic separation). 47p. (see also USBM Report of Investigations 6081). $9

USBM Report of Investigations 6121 : 1962 : Extraction of Manganese from low-grade dolomitic materials by a roast-leach process. By G. V. Sullivan, L. L. Brown, and R. G. Petersen. 24p., 8 figures, 8 tables. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 6214 : 1963 : Reconnaissance of beach sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska. By Robert V. Berryhill. 48p., 23 tables, 15 figures. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 6218 : 1963 : Mount Gran coal deposits, Victoria Land, Antarctica. 66p. $16

USBM Report of Investigations 6244 : 1963 : Carbonizing properties of Kanawha county, West Virginia coals. 21p. $3

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USBM Report of Investigations 6319 : 1963 : Titanium placer deposits of Idaho. By R. H. Storch and D. C. Holt. 69p., 8 tables, 20 figures. $10

USBM Report of Investigations 6320 : 1963 : Underground combustion oil-recovery experiment in the Venango First Sand, Warren county, Pennsylvania. 39p. $10

USBM Report of Investigations 6324 : 1963 : Drillability studies – diamond drilling. 32p. $5

USBM Report of Investigations 6326 : 1963 : Removing methane (degasification) from the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed in southern West Virginia. 39p. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 6330 : 1963 ; Bovill clay and sand deposit, Latah county, Idaho : Geology, Mineralogy, and beneficiation tests. By Hal J. Kelly, George J. Carter, and George H. Todd. 56p., 20 tables, 16 figures. $16

USBM Report of Investigations 6331 : 1963 : Willett range coal deposits, Mackay Glacier area, Victoria land, Antarctica. By John J. Mulligan and others. 67p., 35 figures, 10 tables. . $18

USBM Report of Investigations 6342 : 1963 : Preparation characteristics of coal from Russell county, Virginia. 32p. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 6365 : 1964 : Titanium placer resources in western Montana. By Dean C. Holt. 39p., 15 figures, 18 tables. $15

USBM Report of Investigations 6448 : 1964 : Beneficiating low-grade chromites from the Stillwater complex, Montana. 29p. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 6463 : 1964 : Preparation characteristics of coal from Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, and Marshall counties, West Virginia. 34p. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 6468 : 1964 : Petrographic study and classification of western phosphate ores. By c. P. Mabie and H. D. Hess. 95p., 64 figures, 10 tables. $26

USBM Report of Investigations 6470 : 1964 : Hydrogenation of New Mexico coal at short residence time and high temperature. 28p. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 6525 : 1964 : Optical activity in oils derived from coals. 31p. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 6532 : 1964 : Flotation treatment of experimental iron ore tailing from Champion mine, Marquette range, Michigan. 13p. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 6548 : 1964 : Vapor-phase hydrogenation of oils derived from coal and oil shale. 53p. $6

USBM Report of Investigations 6751 : 1966 : Petrographic and flotation studies on the Meade Peak, Idaho, phosphate samples. By J. W. Town. 15p., 9 tables, 2 figures. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 6991 : 1967 : Lake Superior iron resources : reexamination of nonmagnetic taconite occurrences in the Hibbing, Minnesota, area by flotation, magnetic separation, and petrographic methods. By L. F. Heising, C. B. Daellenbach, and E. E. Anderson. 21p., 8 tables, 8 figures. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 7083 : 1968 : Liquidus temperatures of Titaniferous slags (In three parts), Part 2. TiO2-Al2)3-FeO-SiO2-CaO-MgO. By Wesley T. Holmes II, Lloyd H. Banning, Lawrence L. Brown, and Gerald G. Thompson. 17p., 23 figures. $3

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USBM Report of Investigations 7172 : 1968 : Characteristics of Green River formation oil shales at Bureau of Mines Wyoming corehole No. 1. By John Ward Smith, Laurence G. Trudell, and Kenneth E. Stanfield. 92p., 6 tables, 6 figures. $18

USBM Report of Investigations 7232 : 1969 : Liquidus temperatures of Titaniferous slags (in three parts), part 3. Production of nominal slag compositions. By Wesley T. Holmes II and William A. Stickney. 21p., 3 figures, 12 tables. (bumped edges) $3

USBM Report of Investigation 7470 : 1971 : Microseismic and displacement investigations in an unstable slope. By Raymond M. Stateham and John S. Vanderpool. 22p. 20 figures. Tripp-Veteran pit, Kennecott Copper Corporation, Ruth, Nevada. $6

USBM Report of Investigations 7486 : 1971 : Statistical analysis of assay data from Round Mountain silver prospect, Custer county, Colorado. By George S. Koch, Jr. 32p., 16 tables, 11 figures. $12

USBM Report of Investigations 7495 : 1971 : Statistical analysis of gold assay and other trace-element data. By Richard F. Link, George S. Koch, Jr., and John H. Schuenemeyer. 127p., 34 tables, 22 figures. $18

USBM Report of Investigations 7555 : 1971 : Sampling gold lode deposits, Bluff, Seward peninsula, Alaska. By John J. Mulligan, with a section on petrography by Walter L. Gnagy. 40p., 20 tables, 7 figures. $15

USBM Report of Investigations 7584 : 1971 : Geophysical measurements of gold-bearing gravels, Nevada county, California. By Benton L. Tibbetts and James H. Scott. 32p, 34 illustrations (5 in pocket), 1 table. (bumped corner) $22

USBM Report of Investigations 8072 : 1975 : Detection and delineation of faults by surface resistivity measurements : Conda mine, Caribou county, Idaho. 20p., illus. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8073 : 1975 : Drillability determination – a drillability index for percussion drills. 20p., illus. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 8128 : 1976 : A method for computing stabilization pressures for excavations in incompetent rock, with computer user information. By J. D. Dixon and M. A. Mahtab. 41p., 8 illus., 4 tables. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8216 : 1977 : Physical properties of western coal waste materials. By R. R. Backer, R. A. Busch, and L. A. Atkins. 29p., 17 illus. 9 tables. $12

USBM Report of Investigations 8226 : 1977 : Geology and methane content of the Upper Freeport coalbed in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. 17p. , illus. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 8231 : 1977 : Directionally controlled drilling to horizontally intercept selected strata, Upper Freeport coalbed, Greene county, Pennsylvania. 21p., illus. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8234 : 1977 : Beneficiation of coal by selective flocculation, a laboratory study. 16p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 8235 : 1977 : Coal mine combustion products : ingredients of conveyor belts. 15p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 8236 : 1977 : In Situ Leaching Research in a Copper Deposit At the Emerald Isle Mine. By Dennis V. D’Andrea, William C. Larson, Larry R. Fletcher, Peter G. Chamberlain, and William H. Engelmann. 43p., 35 illus., 16 tables. (Kingman, Arizona) $14

USBM Report of Investigations 8239 : 1977 : Coal-pyrite flotation in concentrated pulp : a pilot plant study. 12p. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 8241 : 1977 : Water infusion of coalbeds for methane and dust control. By Joseph Cervik, Albert Sainato, and Maurice Deul. 27p., 26 illus., 4 tables. $14

USBM Report of Investigations 8247 : 1977 : Geology and gas content of coalbeds in vicinity of Bureau of Mines, Bruceton, Pennsylvania. 22p., illus. $6

USBM Report of Investigations 8260 : 1977 : Effects of hydraulic stimulation on coalbeds and associated strata. 22p., illus. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 8274 : 1978 : Coal mine floor heave in the Beckley coalbed, an analysis.By James R. Aggson. 32p., 20 illus., 3 tables. $7

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USBM Report of Investigations 8275 : 1978 : Instrument to measure the initial deformation of rock around underground openings.By Michael J. Beus, Earl L. Phillips, and Galen G. Waddell. 36p., very nicely illustrated, 27 illus., 3 tables. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8278 : 1978 : Pillar failure analysis and in situ stress determinations at the Fletcher Mine near Bunker, Missouri. . By Frank G. Horino and James R. Aggson. 19p., 6 illus., 17 tables. (may have three lines high-lighted). $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8285 : 1978 : Prediction of failures in mines – an overview. By B. T. Brady. 16p., 8 illus., 1 table. (Includes Ahmeek mine, Star coal mine) $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8287 : 1978 : Computer Modeling of Five-spot Well Pattern Fluid Flow During In Situ Uranium Leaching. By Donald I. Kurth and Robert D. Schmidt. 76p., 8 illus. $7

USBM Report of Investigations 8291 : 1978 : Humidity: A Cyclic Effect in Coal Mine Roof Stability. By Raymond M. Stateham and Daryl E. Radcliffe. 19p., 16 illus. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8295 : 1978 : Methane drainage: Experience with hydraulic stimulation through slotted casing. By Stephen W. Lambert and Michael A. Trevits. 16p., 9 illus. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8297 : 1978 : Mechanical properties of cores obtained from the unleached saline zone, Piceance Creek Basin, Rio Blanco county, Colorado. By Frank G. Horino and Verne E. Hooker. 21p., 7 illus., 15 tables. Includes errata sheets. $12

USBM Report of Investigations 8298 : 1978 : Effects of time between exposure and support on mine roof stability, Bear Coal Mine, Somerset, Colorado. By Daryl E. Radcliffe and Raymond M. Stateham. 13p., 12 illus., 1 table. $7

USBM Report of Investigations 8300r : 1978 : A flexible helical rock bolt. By Clarence O. Babcock. 26p., 23 illus. Tests done at Kaiser Steel York Canyon mine. $12

USBM Report of Investigations 8302 : 1978 : Electromagnetic technique for locating boreholes. By H. Kenneth Sacks, 14p., 11 illus., 1 table. Mine rescue work. $9

USBM Report of Investigations 8306 : 1978 : Extracting uranium from low-grade ore from the Coso Mountains, California. By J. H. Maysilles, I. L. Nichols, and D. C. Seidel. 14p., 2 illus., 11 tables. $6

USBM Report of Investigations 8315 : 1978 : Tungsten recovery from Searles Lake brines. By P. B. Altringer, W. N. Marchant, R. O. Dannenberg, and P. T. Brooks. 15p., 7 tables, 5 figures. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8338 : 1979 : Stress-induced failures in mine roof. By James R. Aggson. 16p., 8 illus., 1 table. $7

USBM Report of Investigations 8345 : 1979 : Flexible, fiberoptic stratascope for mining applications. By James R. FitzSimmons, Raymond M. Stateham, and Daryl E. Radcliffe. 12p., 13 figures. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 8350 : 1979 : Corrosion Studies in Brines of the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, Imperial Valley, California. By J. P. Carter, F. X. McCawley, S. D. Cramer, and P. B. Needham, Jr. 35p., 24 illus., 15 tables. $15

USBM Report of Investigations 8354 : 1979 : Geology of the Lower Kittanning coalbed and related mining and methane emission problems in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. By A. T. Iannacchione and D. G. Puglio. 31p., 24 illus., 1 table. $18

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USBM Report of Investigations 8365 : 1979 : Slickenside occurrence in coal mine roof of the Valley Camp no. 3 mine near Wheeling, West Virginia. By John L. Ellenberger. 17p., 15 illus. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8366 : 1979 : Recovering byproduct heavy minerals from sand and gravel, placer gold, and industrial mineral operations. By J. M. Gomes, G. M. Martinez, and M. M. Wong. 15p., 10 tables, 5 figures. $14

USBM Report of Investigations 8367 : 1979 : Relationship of mineral habit to size characteristics for Tremolite cleavage fragments and fibers. By William J. Campbell, Eric B. Steel, Roert L. Virta, and Michael H. Eisner. 18p., 3 tables, 20 figures. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 8375 : 1979 : Grouting horizontal drainage holes in Coalbeds. By George N. Aul and Joseph Cervik. 16p., 11 illus., 1 table. $7

USBM Report of Investigations 8380 : 1979 : Directional drilling for coalbed degasification: Program goals and progress in 1978. By David C. Oyler, William P. Diamond, and Paul W. Jeran. 15p., 7 illus. $7

USBM Report of Investigations 8381 : 1979 : Rock preconditioning to prevent rock bursts: Report on a field demonstration. By William J. Karwoski, William C. McLaughlin, and Wilson Blake. 47p., 32 illus., 9 tables. $18

USBM Report of Investigations 8388 : 1979 : Enhancing percolation rates in heap leaching of gold – silver ores. By H. J. Heinen, G. E. McClelland, and R. E. Lindstrom. 20p., 4 tables, 12 figures. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8393 : 1979 : Extraction of uranium from carbonaceous sandstone materials. By I. L. Nichols, A. G. Lawrence, and D. C. Seidel. 16p., 3 illus., 13 tables. $7

USBM Report of Investigations 8398 : 1979 : Effects of electrolytes on the electrophoretic mobilities of Florida phosphatic Clay wastes. By Alexander May and A. G. Smelley. 14p., 5 illus., 9 tables. $6

USBM Report of Investigations 8399 : 1979 : Long-term rock noise plotting techniques. By Richard C. Repsher and D. Jan Black. 10p., 8 illus. Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Dutch Creek No. 1 mine. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 8402 : 1979 : Geology of the single-entry project at Sunnyside Coal Mines 1 and 2, Sunnyside, Utah. By Barbee J. Scheibner. 106p., 61 illus., 40 tables. San Rafael Swell, Carbon County. Nice photos. $32

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USBM Report of Investigations 8413 : 1980 : Development of a method to detect geologic faults and other linear features from LANDSAT images. By Richard G. Burdick and Robert A. Speirer. 74p., 16 figures, 1 table. $9

USBM Report of Investigations 8414 : 1980 : Least squares calculation of horizontal stress from more than three diametral deformations in vertical boreholes. By Wilbur I. Duvall and James R. Aggson. 12p., 3 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8415 : 1980 : Laboratory Corrosion Studies in low- and high-salinity geobrines of the Imperial Valley, California. By S. D. Cramer and J. P. Carter. 30p., 12 illlus., 9 tables. $9

USBM Report of Investigations 8435 : 1980 : Shaft design in the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Idaho: Results of in situ stress and physical property measurements. By Michael J. Beus and Samuel S. M. Chan. 39p., 19 illus., 13 tables. $20

USBM Report of Investigations 8440 : 1980 : Stress distribution around resin-grouted bolts. By Daryl E. Radcliffe and Raymond E. Stateham. 39p., 15 figures. $9

USBM Report of Investigations 8444 : 1980 : Helium – Its relationship to geologic systems and its occurrence with the natural gases, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and argon. By Claude A. Tongish. 176p., 9 illus., 28 tables. $38

USBM Report of Investigations 8465 : 1980 : Well engineering and sampling variables in the evaluation of geobrines. By W. D. Riley, R. P. Walters, F. X. McCawley, G. R. Conner, and P. B. Needham, Jr. 20p., 12 illus., 9 tables. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8478 : 1980 : Controlled burnout of wasted coal on abandoned coal mine lands. By Robert F. Chaiken. 23p., 8 illus., 1 table. $12

USBM Report of Investigations 8479 : 1980 : Computer modeling of fluid flow during production and environmental restoration phases of in situ uranium leaching. By Robert D. Schmidt. 70p., 16 illus., 1 table. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 8485 : 1980 : Structure Response and Damage Produced By Airblast From Surface Mining. By David E. Siskind, Virgil J. Stachura, Mark S. Stagg, and John W. Kopp. 111p., 47 illus., 21 tables. $21

USBM Report of Investigations 8494 : 1980 : Inorganic cement for mine roof-bolt grouting. By R. E. Simpson, J. E. Fraley, and D. J. Cox. 32p., 16 illus., 8 tables. $5

USBM Report of Investigations 8498 : 1980 : Dewatering of industrial clay wastes. By Annie G. Smelley, Bernard J. Scheiner, and Jalna R. Zatko. 13p., 3 illus., 11 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8501 : 1980 : Characterization of residues from selected coal conversion processes. By E. Martin and G. V. Sullivan. 13p., 3 illus., 6 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8504 : 1981 : Corrosion of Materials and Scaling in Low-salinity East Mesa Geothermal Brines. By F. X. McCawley, S. D. Cramer, W. D. Riley, J. P. Carter, and P. B. Needham, Jr. 17p., 10 illus., 5 tables. Imperial Valley, California. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 8553 : 1981 : Beneficiation of potential platinum resources from Southeastern Alaska. By D. C. Dahlin, A. R. Rule, and L. L. Brown. 14p., 2 illustrations, 8 tables. $3

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USBM Report of Investigations 8562 : 1981 : Characterization and beneficiation of Phosphate-bearing rocks from Northern Michigan. By L. L. Brown, A. R. Rule, and C. B. DAellenbach. 16p., 10 illustrations, 13 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8564 : 1981 : Factor of safety charts for estimating the stability of saturated and unsaturated tailings pond embankments. By D. R. Tesarik and P. C. McWilliams. 97p., 173 figures, 1 table. $14

USBM Report of Investigations 8585 : 1981 : Monitoring ground movements near caving stopes – methods and measurements. By Louis A. Panek and Willard J. Tesch. 108p., 63 figures, 5 tables. $14

USBM Report of Investigations 8836 : 1983 : Removal of cyanide and metals from ineral processing waste waters. By Joseph E. Schiller. 8p. 5 tables. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 8868 : In-line aeration and treatment of acid mine drainage. By T. E. Ackman and R. L. P. Kleinmann. 9p.,, 5 figures, 5 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8875 : 1984 : Estimating horizontal drain design by the finite-element and finite-difference methods. By D. R. Tesarik and C. D. Kealy. 26p., 67 illustrations, 2 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8902 : 1984 : Effect of clay stabilizers on permeability of Clayey ore. By Kenneth E. Hjelmstad. 13p., 7 figures, 3 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8929 : 1985 : Ground control study of a mechanized longwall coal operation in West Virginia. By Paul H. Lu. 34p., 36 figures, 2 tables. Federal No. 2 mine of Eastern Associated coal Corporation west of Morgantown, West Virginia. $5

USBM Report of Investigations 8937 : 1985 : Pull and creep tests on gypsum-bonded roof bolts. By J. S. Hansen and S. J. Gerdemann. 36p., 22 figures, 13 tables. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 8950 : 1985j : Rock stability analysis using acoustic spectroscopy. By D. R. Hanson. 21p., 27 figures, 2 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 8981 : 1985 : Fracture zone dewatering to control ground water inflow in underground coal mines. By Robert D. Schmidt. 84p., 27 figures, 8 tables. $14

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USBM Report of Investigations 9077 : 1987 : Acoustic emission monitoring of fracture development. By Sterling J. Anderson and Peter L. Ruzzi. 15p., 13 figures, 1 table. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 9102 : 1987 : Accurate directional borehole drilling : a case study at Navajo dam, New Mexico. By S. J. Karvits, A. Sainato, and G. L. Finfinger. 25p., 20 figures, 3 tables. $4

USBM Report of Investigations 9103 : 1987 : Zeta potential control for simultaneous enhancement of penetration rates and bit life in rock drilling. By William H. Engelmann, Pamela J. Watson, Patrick A. Tuzinski, and John E. Pahlman. 18p., 7 figures, 7 tables. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 9109 : 1987 : Mechanical behavior of coal measure rocks : elastic – inelastic behavior. By Sathit Tandanand and Richard E. Thill. 27p., 1 tables, 21 figures. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 9136 : 1987 : Size scaling of gas explosions : Bruceton Experimental mine versus the Lake Lynn mine. By M. J. Sapko, E. S. Weiss, and R. W. Watson. 23p., 4 tables, 19 figures. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 9168 : 1988 : Factors affecting strength and stability of wood cribbing : height, configuration, and horizontal displacement. By Thomas M. Barczak and Carol L. Tasillo. 23p., 26 figures, 2 tables. $5

USBM Report of Investigations 9181 : 1988 : Leaching gold-silver ores with sodium cyanide and thiourea under comparable conditions. By J. A. Eisele, A. H. Hunt, and D. L. Lampshire. 7p., 1 table. (see also USBM RI 9022) $2

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USBM Report of Investigations 9286 : 1990 : Stress determination in rock using the Kaiser effect. By Michael J. Friedel and Richard E. Thill. 20p., 15 illustrations, 2 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 9291 : 1990 : In-mine test of the Bureau of Mines preproduction wireless survey system. By Stephen J. Kravits and John Millhiser. 22p., 24 figures, 4 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 9311 : 1990 : Effect of nonionic surfactants on Chalcopyrite leaching under dump chemical conditions. By S. P. Sandoval, D. L. Pool and L. E. Schultze. 12p., 6 illustrations, 12 tables. $3

USBM Report of Investigations 9318 : 1990 : Leaching of Pyroxmangite ore with calcium fluoride and sulfuric acid. By S. R. Droes, K. P. V. Lei, and T. G. Carnahan. 8p., 5 illustrations, 4 tables. $2

USBM Report of Investigations 9356 : 1991 : Tin and silver recovery from Coal Creek, Alaska. By J. L. Johnson and T. Parker. 21p., 10 figures, 20 tables. Coal creek deposit, Talkeetna mountains. $8

USBM Report of Investigations 9393 : 1991 : Characteristics of mining-induced seismicity and rock bursting in a deep hard-rock mine. By P. L. Swanson and C. D. Sines. 12p., 13 illus. (noticeably bumped corners) $6

USBM Report of Investigations 9465 : 1993 : Hexagonal phase transformation in the engineered scavenger compound lithium titanate. By W. K. Collins, W. D. Riley, and B. W. Jong. 11p., 9 figures, 4 tables. $2

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