Downloading publications

• Downloadable Mining Publications - a complete list of all downloadable mining publications
• Safety and Health Topic Pages - selected lists of downloadable publications and other web content organized by topic

Other ways to obtain publications

• Ordering paper copies of our publications (including older U.S. Bureau of Mines publications.)
• NIOSHTIC-2 - a searchable bibliographic database of all NIOSH occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and other communication products, including ones that aren't currently available for download.

Other mining publications of interest

• "This is Mining" (PDF, 5571 KB, 1995) - A 31-page booklet describing different types of mining and the dangers involved.
• "New Forces at Work in Mining: Industry Views of Critical Technologies" by D. J. Peterson, Tom LaTourrette, and James T. Bartis (http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1324/) - an overview of technologies critical to the economic health of the mining and quarrying industries in the United States.