The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-21
WORK OF Tile
BUREAU OF MINES
FOR THE. FIRST YEAR 1T WILL sE
a. CONTINUATION OF THAT
CARRIED ON BY GEoLoei-
cAI SURVEY.

cAI SURVEY
The work Of sthe Bureau of Mines
for the tifst year viii be a continu-
alton and q palsion OF the work car
ried sol BY the Teehlnisal branch Of
The Geological Survey. Id all, $4,000,
was appropriated for iilne accident
investigations. OF this sSH under the
general plans approved stiy the Sec
retary of the Interior. $isb, 900 is to
be spent on the rescne statlons, $780,.
900 for housing mine, stations; ss4,-
900 for editpplhg eight5Ssw stations,
and SO 900 for dditionhl equipments
for fye teSisting statiehsl The allot-
ment FOR The ilyestigatlon of explo-
siyess is $4,000; for electricity in
mining. $4,000 appliances for pre-
venting mine accidents, $500; examin-
alton and codlfeation OF mining laws,
$1,000; and other technologic invest.
cations, ore treatment, etc. $4,000.
For the nalyzing and testing of Goals,
lignities, ores, and other mineral fuel
substances belonging TO or for the use
Of the United States, 100000 was APP
propriated OF this amount, $35,00O
will be spent in the chemical and physi
kcal Investigation Of fuels; $4,000 in
the inspection of government fuel
purchase; So, 900 in. fuel efficiency in.
yestigations; $4,000 in Ignite and peat
investigations, and $4,000 IN briquett-
ing investigations. fB , 81 81.
The mine accident Investigations,
which have, been TRANSCRIBED from the
Geological Survey to thsi Bureau Of
| Mines. were first authorized In the
Legislative, appropriation act OF May
%, 1908, carrying for This purpose an
appropriation OF s15O,OO0. This was
followed by a similar appropriation
carried in the act for the sundry civil
expenses of the government for 1910.
A mine experiment station was es.
tablished in Pittsburg in 1908, at
which, since that time, Investigations
Of explosives, coal gas; dust, electri-
city and other possible causes Of mine
explosions have been continually und-
er way. The mining engineering field
force Of the Geological Survey has
already made decided progress in the
study Of underground mining condl-
tons and methods. Practically all OF
the coal mines in which mine explo.
sions have occurred during the last
two years have tbeen carefully examin-
ed, the gases, coke and dust have been
analysed at the laboratory at Pitts
burg and every effort has been made
to determine the explosibility OF the
various. mixtures of gas and air in, the
presence Of shots OF different types of
explosives.
The fuel investigations. underSs the
GeoIosicaa 4 SIR hi Sgpd / which saro
transferred To- the Bureau of Mines
have already resulted in a better real
isatioift tBfpdshopt tlfS country as to
the value of fuels. One result OF this
work is that nearly allsor the fuel
now purchased by Che federal govern.
ment is bought on specifications and
subject 10 the test sof the fuel divis.
ion, or purchased after examination
made of the coal supplied by the
mines from which coal is delivered OF
the government.
The publications Of the Survey re.
lating9t mine and fuel investiga.
tlons, those prepared by the Techno
logic branch, will in the future be dis.
tributed by the Bureau of Mines. The
publications relating to structural ma.
tcrials will continue to be distributed
by the Geological Survey. The last
Of the bulletins of the archaeological
branch 10 be published by the Sur.
vcy will be issued from the Govern.
ment printing office about August L.
The bulletin relates TO the Explosibili.
ty OF Coal Dust and was prepared by
G. s. Rice, with chapters by ]. c,
Frazer, Axel Larsen, Frank Haas and
Carl Scholz. 42 se
Tho first of the Bureau of Mines
bulletins, the Volatile Matter of Coal
by H. c. Porter and F. X. ovitz, will
be published in the next few months
Then will follow, Coal Analyses, by N.
W. Lord and ]. s, Burrows; Final
Data Regarding Steam Tests. by l.
p. Breckenridge; North Dakota Lig,
mite as Boiler SFuel. by ID. T. Ran.
dali and Henry kreisinger:i Producer.
gas Tests in 10O5.19o7, by R. H. Fer.
maid; The Coke Industry as Related
to the Foundry, by Richard Moldenke,
Goals for Illuminating Gas; by A. H.
White and Perry Barker; and Petro.
leum for Combustion under Steam
Boilers, by l. c. Allen.
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