Mining Publication: Methane Emission from U.S. Coal Mines in 1973, A Survey: A Supplement to IC 8558
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Original creation date: January 1974
This Bureau of Mines survey of methane emissions indicates that total daily emissions have declined from 227 mm ft3 in 1971 to 214.7 mm ft3 in 1973. The highest average daily emissions in million cubic feet per day observed in U.S. bituminous coal mines were, in decreasing order, Monongalia County, West Virginia, 40.7; Marion County, West Virginia, 23.1; Buchanan County, Virginia, 22.1; Washington County, Pennsylvania, 12.4; Greene County, Pennsylvania, 11.7; McDowell County, West Virginia, 11.4; Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 9.8; Jefferson County, Alabama, 9.5; Wyoming County, West Virginia, 6.0; Marshall County, West Virginia, 4.8; and Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 4.8.
Authors: MC Irani, PW Jeran, M Deul
Information Circular - January 1974
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10000595
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 8659, 1974 Jan; :1-47
See Also
- Composition Change Model for Sealed Atmosphere in Coal Mines
- Methane Control by Isolation of a Major Coal Panel - Pittsburgh Coalbed
- Methane Emission from U.S. Coal Mines in 1975, A Survey : A Supplement to Information Circulars 8558 and 8659
- Methane Emission from U.S. Coal Mines, A Survey
- Methane Emission Rate Studies in a Central Pennsylvania Mine
- Methane Emission Rate Studies in a Northern West Virginia Mine
- Methane Emissions from an Advancing Coal Mine Section in the Pittsburgh Coalbed
- Methane Emissions from U.S. Coal Mines in 1980
- Removing Methane (Degasification) from the Pittsburgh Coalbed in Northern West Virginia
- Reservoir Rock Properties of Coal Measure Strata of the Lower Monongahela Group, Greene County (Southwestern Pennsylvania), from Methane Control and Production Perspectives
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program