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• How Smoke Hinders Escape from Coal Mine Fires
  1/1/1992 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This study predicts the level of smoke that miners might meet while trying to escape a coal mine fire and describes how smoke would impede their safe escape.
• Summary of Combustion Products from Mine Materials: Their Relevance to Mine Fire Detection
  1/1/1990 - Information Circulars
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines evaluated product-of-combustion characteristics of combustible materials used in coal mining in experiments conducted in an intermediate-scale fire tunnel, and evaluated each material's effectiveness for mine fire detection.
• Ringelmann Smoke Chart
  5/1/1967 - Information Circulars
  A revision of a previous Bureau of Mines publication, this IC provides the history, method of preparation and details regarding the proper use of the Ringlemann Smoke Chart.