Handbook for small mining enterprises in Montana
By: [by Uuno M. Sahinen and others
Series: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Bulletin -- 39; Small business management research reports; Bulletin (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology) -- 39
Publisher: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Butte
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources; Mineral industries
Notes: Small business management research reports.

"Prepared by Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology for the Montana State Planning Board, under a grant from the Small Business Administration."

Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Preface --; title: Chapter 1, Geology for the small mine  -- F.N. Earll; title: Introduction --; title: Geologic mapping for the underground mine --; title: Geologic mapping for open pit mines --; title: Map materials, care, and storage --; title: Use of geologic maps in mine development and operations --; title: Chapter 2, Ore reserves  -- F.N. Earll; title: Introduction --; title: Sampling --; title: Calculating reserves of placer deposits and other shallow horizontal bodies --; title: Calculating reserves for vein deposits --; title: Ore-reserves records --; title: Chapter 3, Mineral and rock identification  -- F.N. Earll; title: Introduction --; title: Mineral tables --; title: Instructions for use of rock identification tables --; title: Rock tables --; title: Chapter 4, Ore analysis  -- R.I. Smith; title: Types of analyses --; title: Methods of analysis --; title: Chapter 5, Mine methods and equipment  -- K.S. Stout; title: Introduction --; title: Methods of mining --; title: Mine layout --; title: Capital equipment --; title: Legal agreements --; title: Chapter 6, Production costs  -- K.S. Stout and D.J. Emblen; title: Introduction --; title: Starting costs --; title: Operating costs --; title: Ways to reduce costs --; title: Chapter 7, Taxes and insurance  -- K.S. Stout; title: Introduction --; title: Metallurgical accounting --; title: Cost accounting --; title: Economics --; title: Chapter 10, Marketing of minerals and metallic ores  -- Frank Kelly; title: Introduction --; title: Methods of marketing --; title: Marketing of nonmetallic minerals --; title: Marketing of metals --; title: Summary and conclusions --; title: Chapter 11, Mine financing  -- W.A. Vine; title: Introduction --; title: Estimation of capital requirements --; title: Obtaining the capital --; title: Sources of equity capital --; title: Sources of borrowed capital --; title: Index.