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• Methane Drainage Study Using an Underground Pipeline, Marianna Mine 58
  1/1/1981 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines has completed an underground degasification project in which an underground piping system was used to transport methane from the coalbed to the surface. In a 10-month period four horizontal holes were drilled to an average depth of 1...
• Direct Method Determination of the Gas Content of Coal: Procedures and Results
  1/1/1981 - Reports of Investigations
  Describes a simple, inexpensive test to measure the methane content of coal samples obtained from exploration cores. The results of tests are summarized in tabular form. These results include data on the gas content of 125 coalbeds in 15 states.
• Face Ventilation Measurement with Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
  1/1/1980 - Reports of Investigations
  The face ventilation measurement method developed by the Bureau of Mines involves releasing a small volume of tracer gas (SF6) on the off-curtain side of the working face at the start of the mining cycle.
• A Fail-Safe Control System for a Mine Methane Pipeline
  1/1/1980 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines has designed and put into operation a fail-safe control system for use in underground coal mines equipped with methane drainage pipelines. This control system can detect certain unsafe conditions and respond by automatically shutting...
• Three Coal Mine Gob Degasification Studies Using Surface Boreholes and a Bleeder System
  1/1/1980 - Reports of Investigations
  The use of vertical surface degasification boreholes with bleeder systems and the use of a timbered bleeder system to degasify gob areas were studied by the Bureau of Mines. This report describes three gob degasification studies conducted in the Pittsbu...
• Drainage of Methane From the Overlying Pocahontas No. 4 Coalbed From Workings in the Pocahontas No. 3 Coalbed
  1/1/1979 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines conducted an experimental degasification project in Island Creek Coal Company Virginia Pocahontas No. 5 Mine. Methane from the overlying Pocahontas No. 4 Coalbed was entering mine workings in the Pocahontas No. 3 Coalbed through frac...
• Methane Content and Geology of the Hartshorne Coalbed in Haskell and Le Flore Counties, Okla.
  1/1/1979 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines developed data on the methane content of the Hartshorne coalbed, Haskell and Le Flore Counties, Oklahoma. The methane content is calculated to be between 1.1 and 1.5 trillion cubic feet. Methane increases with depth, but the rate of ...
• Geology, Mining, and Methane Content of the Freeport and Kittanning Coalbeds in Indiana and Surrounding Counties, Pa.
  1/1/1979 - Reports of Investigations
  This study covers 25 underground mines that were active in the Upper and Lower Freeport and Lower Kittanning coalbeds in 1976. The coal ranges from low to medium volatile in rank.
• Forecasting Methane Hazards in Metal and Nonmetal Mines
  1/1/1979 - Reports of Investigations
  Because of the high number of accidental methane gas ignitions in metal and nonmetal mines, the Bureau of Mines searched for a simple guideline that would allow mine personnel to evaluate the methane hazard in a given mine.
• Methane Emissions from Gassy Coals in Storage Silos
  1/1/1978 - Reports of Investigations
  The methane gas emitted from coal samples collected from the conveyor belts dumping into silos was measured. Approximately 50 pct of the total gas desorbed into a sealed can within 1 week was released during the first 24 hours. No simple correlation bet...