Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-08-25
BUREAU OF Mines
HAS become A REALITY and
GETS ORGANIZED.
The Many Problems to Be Closely In
vestigated and Tested-Nearly Half
a Million Appropriated by Congress
for Immediate Use of the Depart
ment-Will Be of Great Benefit.

The act establishing a bureau OF
mines in the department of the Inte-
rior, approved May 16, 1910, became
effective July l. AS originally approved,
the law contemplated the transfer of
the entire technologic branch of the
United States geological survey, the
mine accident Investigations, fuel in
vestigations, structural materials in
vestigations, the entire personnel, prop
erty and equipment, to the bureau of
mines but the sundry civil appropri-
alton act approved June rs, amended
the law to such an extent that the
structural materials investigations, in
GLIDING the personnel and equipment
for these Investigations went to the
bureau Of standards, department of
commerce and labor.
Carrying out the spirit and intent of
the law SO amended, the secretary of
the interior has transferred to the bu-
reau of mines the investigation of mine
accidents and fuels, together with the
personnel and equipment of these in
vestigations and has transferred to the
bureau of standards the structural ma
terials investigations and the employees
of the technologic branch of the sur
vey engaged in these investigations.
The fully equipped testing station at
Pittsburg also goes to the bureau Of
mines.
The bureau Of mines, therefore, in
cludes the mine accidents and fuel in
vestigations for which an appropria-
ton of $4,000 was made by congress.
The total appropriations for the bureau,
including salaries, rent and expenses Of
removal amount TO $500, 200.
The work of the bureau Of mines for
the first year will be a continuation
and expansion Of the work carried on
by the technologic branch Of the geo
logical survey. The law in itself pro-
yides for a variety Of other problems
that properly belong 10 the bureau Of
mines and which should eventually be
undertaken, such as methods Of mining
and metallurgieal processes, but these
activities will be deferred for the most
part until congress gives additional au-
thorization IN the shape Of adequate
appropriations. The spirit Of the de-
bates la congress, both on the bureau
Of mines legislation aud on the APP
propriaiion items, emphasized the de-
sire 10 regard the mine accidents in-
yestigations as urgent aud this viii be
the feature Of the work.
la all, $4,000 Was Appropriated for
mine accident investigations OF this
sum under tbe general plans approved
~ fhe secretary Of the interior, GAO.
900 10 ~ be spent pa che rescue slp.
tiops, $4,000 for housing nine stations,
$4,000 fof equipplng eight neW sin'
ilonf apq $4,000 CO., additional equip
menf fog hge eFlnting stations. Ihe
ailoimepi Gov fhe Investigation ~ ef.
ploHlfof a $4,000 foF electricity IA
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