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The John Graves Scenic Riverway: A Report to the 83rd Legislature of Texas

Description: This report is a response increased citizens concerns for environmental impacts from development and expansion operations. The John Graves Scenic Riverway and other pilot programs were developed to to address water quality from rock, sand, and gravel mining.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas. Commission on Envirornmental Quality. Office of Compliance and Enforcement.
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Underground Injection Control Technical Assistace Manual: Subsurface Disposal and Solution Mining

Description: Report providing a comprehensive analysis of current injection well practices in Texas and information for the general public about current practices and how they protect the quality of water resources. It is also intended to be a general guide for persons considering or planning an underground injection project.
Date: April 1983
Creator: Greene, Charles J.
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State Mine Inspector of Texas Annual Report: 1914

Description: Annual report of the State Mine Inspector of Texas describing the status of coal mining, including statistics about mines that have closed or are in the process of opening, fatal and non-fatal accidents, state regulations, and characteristics of open mines.
Date: 1915
Creator: Texas. State Mine Inspector.
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Tube-Mill.

Description: Patent for improvements in tube-mills (employed for ore and other substances) which is meant to help support and drive rotating drums or cylinders of the mills allowing for more full appearances.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Bergman, Julius G.
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Load-Indicator

Description: Patent for a load indicator that can be attached to the sustaining cable of a drill, allowing its operators to more carefully control the amount of weight applied to the drill bit while it is in use - making it less likely to be crushed during the process of drilling.
Date: unknown
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
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Well-Boring Apparatus

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in well boring apparatus. The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character described embodying a rotary table and a novel means for connecting the same to the string of pipe, which extends down into the well and which is rotated by said table and in turn rotates the boring tool carried by the lower end of said spring of pipe" (lines 9-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
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Well-Auger.

Description: Patent for a well-boring auger is designed to improve the drilling process by multi-functional features of the auger that can be placed inside of a well-casing to cut a hole or can be used itself to cut through the casing.
Date: November 3, 1903
Creator: Hutchins, Charles N.
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Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient well sinking or drilling mechanism, especially meant for bit-securing devices, and the drill bits can be easily removed without removing the well tubing from the hole. The inventor uses "a stem or core carrying the drill bit and adapted to fit snugly in the bore of the tubing, together with a simple combination of devices whereby such stem or core can be locked against longitudinal and rotary movement by the manipulation of an operating rod which ex… more
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
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Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an Artesian or oil well drilling apparatus that has a detachable drill-bit in its tubing and has an "improved means whereby an expansion drill bit or blade of any preferred construction can be secured to or detached from the drill tubing without removing the latter from the well" (lines 12-15). The tubing does not accidentally detach, and the tubing can rotate in either direction.
Date: October 2, 1894
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
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Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a well-drilling apparatus that easily attaches drill-bits to the ends of drill-tubes without removing the tubes from the well. It is meant for Artesian well-boring machines.
Date: April 9, 1895
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
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Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a well-drilling apparatus meant "to provide improved means for adjusting and withdrawing drill-tools without removing the drill-rod to provide a folding reamer and means for adjusting the blades thereof, and to provide means for conveying water to the drill, whereby the drillings are carried up outside of the drill-rod or barrel" (lines 9-16).
Date: December 24, 1895
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
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Well-Drilling Machine.

Description: Patent for a simple and efficient well-drilling machine that is meant for drilling Artesian and other wells. This invention is a "mechanism for reciprocating and turning the tool during the drilling operation, and to provide for the lowering of the drill as the latter advances to the work and for the withdrawal of the same from the well when required for any desired purpose" (lines 8-15). It is also designed to remove water, mud, slush, etc. from the well while drilling.
Date: February 4, 1896
Creator: Catlin, Eli
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Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a well-drilling apparatus for boring Artesian and other wells. It is meant to "provide simple, efficient, and durable means for expanding or spreading the reamer-blades after the bit-carrying devices have been lowered sufficiently to arrange the reamer-blades below the plane of the lower end of the tubular drill-rod" (lines 10-17). Water pressure is also used to remove the cuttings from the boring-blades. Sections of cable that suspend and lower drill-bit carrying parts into the dril… more
Date: February 18, 1896
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
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Well-Bucket.

Description: Patent for a simple and efficient well-bucket that are used in bored, drilled, and dug wells. This invention will not get caught on things when it is being raised and lowered, can, by design, can withstand wear, and is meant to be automatically filled and emptied of its contents.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
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Mining Sulfur.

Description: Patent for a method of mining sulfur and other things that have similar melting points that is less expensive and more efficient than previous methods. A machine sprays hot fluid at fissures where the mineral exists, melts it, and carries it away in the stream.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo & Carroll, George W.
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Under-Drilling Bit.

Description: Patent for improvements in the design of under drilling bits in order to "reduce labor, time and expense of drilling" and "to permit the drilling of a more perfect hole" (lines 25-27), including illustrations and a description of the design.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: English, Harry White
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Mineral-Prospecting Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an "apparatus for drilling and obtaining samples or specimens of minerals" (lines 12-13), and obtaining accurate samples of ores in situations where they would otherwise be washed away by water or broken apart. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1913
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin
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Mine-Door.

Description: Patent for an mine door that has an improved locking mechanism. A rope is strung through pulleys, and is operated by pushing a lever that moves the rope and the door swings open.
Date: March 6, 1894
Creator: Warren, Governor D.
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Process of Separating Ores &c

Description: Patent for a process of separating oxid or carbonate metallic ores from a surrounding mineral through the use of a mixture of an oily liquid, water, and an alkali metal.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Lockwood, Alfred Arthur
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Pneumatic Jet for Conveyers

Description: Patent for a pneumatic jet that uses steam jets to provide power for various tasks such as distributing seed cotton or elevating coal. Illustrations included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Rice, Earley W.
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