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Narragansett Basin anthracite: sporadic mining; 1974-77 Bureau of Mines sampling

Record

ri-rec-02

State

RI

Category

historical_context · technical_report_abstract

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

OSTI-5103506-NARRAGANSETT-ANTHRACITE

Fields

basin history

Anthracite has been mined from the Narragansett Basin of Rhode Island and Massachusetts sporadically, and with limited success, for more than 170 years.

bureau sampling

During 1974--77 the Bureau of Mines analyzed 28 samples of Basin coals and conducted washing tests on 20 of them.

Evidence

1. basin history: Anthracite has been mined from the Narragansett Basin of Rhode Island and Massachusetts sporadically, and with limited success, for more than 170 years.
   https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5103506 · Abstract sentence 1 · source ri-src-12 · visit ri-visit-12
2. bureau sampling: During 1974--77 the Bureau of Mines analyzed 28 samples of Basin coals and conducted washing tests on 20 of them.
   https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5103506 · Abstract sentence 3 · source ri-src-12 · visit ri-visit-12

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-RI. Still missing: full text resource appraisal.