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• Detection and Control of Spontaneous Heating in Coal Mine Pillars-A Case Study
  1/1/1995 - Reports of Investigations
  This U.S. Bureau of Mines study examined spontaneous heating episodes in coal mine pillars in an active underground coal mine. The objective of this study was to discover if the location of future events of pillar spontaneous heating could be inferred ...
• Cause of Floor Self-Heatings in an Underground Coal Mine
  1/1/1992 - Reports of Investigations
  This report presents a Bureau of Mines study to identify the causes of self-heating events beneath the floor of a deep underground coal mine. The combined results led to the conclusion that pyrite oxidation was the prime cause of the heatings.
• Gas-Sampling Capability of Vacutainers
  1/1/1978 - Reports of Investigations
  Tests were conducted to study shelf life of evacuated vacutainer samplers prior to sampling and also to check the stability of sampled gases prior to analysis.
• Use of Vacutainers for Collection of Mine Atmosphere Samples
  1/1/1975 - Reports of Investigations
  To reduce the weight and bulk of equipment that mining personnel must carry underground, the Bureau of Mines and the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) investigated accurate and convenient gas samplers for use by mine inspectors in samp...