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Discusses causes of fires in coal and metal mines; statistics show average over 25 men killed annually by fires in coal mines; from 1917 to 1926, 229 men killed by fires in metal mines; Bureau of Mines has assisted at 69 mine fires in past five years; individual consideration of several causes, under main heads of foreign heat ignitions and spontaneous combustions; most of answers to problems of fire prevention are self-evident. (see also Min. Jl. (Phoenix, Ariz.), vol. 12, no. 11, Oct. 30, 1928, pp. 7-8)
Discusses causes of fires in coal and metal mines; statistics show average over 25 men killed annually by fires in coal mines; from 1917 to 1926, 229 men killed by fires in metal mines; Bureau of Mines has assisted at 69 mine fires in past five years; individual consideration of several causes, under main heads of foreign heat ignitions and spontaneous combustions; most of answers to problems of fire prevention are self-evident. (see also Min. Jl. (Phoenix, Ariz.), vol. 12, no. 11, Oct. 30, 1928, pp. 7-8)
How fires start in mines
U. S. Bur, Mines -- Information Cir
Marshall, K.L. (author)
1928
4 pages
Report
English
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