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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 ...
A coal basin that originated near the sea--as opposed to a limnic coal basin.
Industry:Mining
A coal beneficiation process in which an oil is used to preferentially wet the coal particles, which have an affinity to agglomerate into masses that are then selectively removed by screening, e.g.
Industry:Mining
A coal blasting technique that consists of firing an explosive charge in a borehole filled with water under pressure. The water is introduced through an infusion tube that also seals the hole. When the charge is fired, it produces in the water a high-pressure impulse that is transmitted into the numerous water-filled cleavage planes and slips and thus breaks the coal. The energy from the explosive is used more efficiently than when blasting in the conventional manner, and better coal preparation is obtained.
Industry:Mining
A coal constituent similar to material derived from finely macerated vegetation.
Industry:Mining
A coal constituent transitional between vitrain and fusain, and showing plant cell structure. The cell walls are soaked with vitrain, where the cell cavities are empty. It is not a mixture but a transition. Accepted by the Heerlen Congress of 1935 to designate material transitional between vitrain and fusain with fusain being predominant. Compare: fusovitrain.
Industry:Mining
A coal constituent transitional between vitrain and fusain. It displays gradual disappearance of cell structure, hardness, and yellowish color when observed in thin sections. Same as vitrifusain.
Industry:Mining
A coal cutter in which the cutting member was a projecting rotating bar armed with picks throughout its length. The bar cut a kerf in the seam as the machine traveled along the face. The first patent for a bar machine was taken out in 1856. The cutter is now obsolete.
Industry:Mining
A coal cutter in which the horizontal jib can be adjusted vertically to cut at different levels in the seam, for example, an overcut. The center of gravity of such a machine makes it top heavy and less stable than the ordinary undercutter.
Industry:Mining
