Various Conversion Calculators Rescued from the archives, here is an offering of several conversion calculators to help you with those pesky math problems.
Pennsylvania Bituminous Mine Officials Exam Study Guide From the Pennsylvania State University and the PA Bureau of Mine Safety, this 521 page document provides guidance and sample test questions and answers for those preparing for the bituminous mine officials examination.
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2016 Annual Coal Report Here's a copy of the 2016 Annual Coal Report published in November 2017 by the U. S. Energy Information Administration. Provides some eye-opening statistics related to coal production, no. of mines and employees in the United States.
Bagged Stonedust Barriers Discusses types and specifications for a bagged stonedust barrier to the extension of flame.
Anthracite Mine Accident Victims 1899-1932 Great genealogy resource! These files contain alphabetical listings of all fatal and nonfatal accident victims in Anthracite mining from 1899-1932.
The Retsof Salt Mine Collapse On March 12, 1994, at 5:43 a.m., an apparent earthquake of magnitude 3.6 centered near Cuylerville, New York, woke residents and registered on seismographs 300 miles away. MORE
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Serious Metal/Nonmetal Accident A miner was operating a crawler hydraulic blast hole drill and the miner's loose-fitting sweatshirt was caught in the drill steel.
Final Senate Bill 949 The PA Senate introduced SB-949 to update the PA mining laws. This is the final version.
Digital Mining Photograph Archive The MSHA Digital Library photograph collection includes over 1,000 historical mining photographs from the original Bureau of Mines collection. These photographs cover a wide range of topics connected to mining, including underground, community, mine rescue, and historical scenes. New images will be added to the collection on a regular basis.
Coal Mine Health and Safety Act Signed On December 30, 1969, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. Since the Monongah mine disaster in Marion County more than 60 years earlier, Congress had been passing laws to address coal mine safety. However, most were filled with loopholes or lacked funding for enforcement. See more.