Annotated bibliography of US government coal preparation publications, 1910-1984

This publication is an annotated biblography of all coal preparation work conducted or funded as part of the Federal coal preparation program, which was administered by the Department of Interior's USBM until 1977, when that function was transferred to the newly created Department of Energy. It includes reports of work conducted by in-house government personnel, as well as final reports by outside contractors funded by the coal preparation program. (Most work and reports were of an in-house nature until the early 1970's.) It is organized and numbered chronologically. Each reference includes the title, the authors, the type of publication, the date (year), the number of pages, and a brief abstract. There is a subject index in the back that directs the user to the relevant references. This publication was conceived as a formal expansion and updating of A.W. Deurbrouck's USBM IC 8059 entitled ''Bureau of Mines Publications on Coal Preparation, 1910-1960,'' written in 1961. It was expanded by adding all papers, journal articles, book chapters, etc., written and published by government personnel involved in coal preparation research, and all final reports from contractors receiving federal coal preparation funding. The above publication was originally limited to only USBM publications (Reports ofmore » Investigation, Information Circulars, Bulletins). Also, the original abstracts were expanded to provide more information about each reference. The publication was updated by adding references of all works from 1960 through 1984. Updated publication lists have been distributed by PETC's Coal Preparation Division over the last few years, but this publication is meant to supersede them because it is more inclusive, informative, and current. 373 refs.« less