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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
An early name for violet-colored fluorite when cut as a gem. Other colors of the same mineral were called false emerald, ruby, sapphire, or topaz.
Industry:Mining
An early oil flotation process. The oil was added to several times its weight of ore and mixed in a slowly revolving drum or tube. The process at one time had quite a large application. The process used but little water (25% to 30%) and no acid.
Industry:Mining
An early type of coal miners' lamp. It had a glass chimney surrounded by a wire gauze about 2 in (5.1 cm) in diameter. The glass chimney was covered by a perforated copper cap, and the air was fed to the flame from below through small holes and wire gauze in a lateral extension of the oil vessel. The lamp was unsafe; it passed flame when the velocity of the air current exceeded about 8 ft/s (2.4 m/s).
Industry:Mining
An early type of universal rolling mill provided with both vertical and horizontal rolls so that a part could be rolled on all sides in one operation.
Industry:Mining
An early-model pick machine used to undermine or shear coal by heavy blows of sharp steel points attached to a piston driven by compressed air.
Industry:Mining
