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For most of the 20th century, the United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources. The Bureau was abolished in 1996.
The 1910 public law commissioned the United States Bureau of Mines to conduct future investigations of mining accidents exempting the United States Geological Survey. [2] [3] The H.R. 13915 bill was passed by the 61st United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the President William Howard Taft on May 16, 1910.
The Main Building of the U.S. Bureau of Mines is the former main building of the United States Bureau of Mines Central Experiment Station. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" [1] and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau of ...
Through an administrative action in 1973, the United States Secretary of the Interior created the MESA as an agency within the Department of the Interior. Because of concern about the apparent conflict of interest between the health and safety enforcement functions of the United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) and its production-focused oversight of mineral resources, USBM's safety operations ...
James Boyd (December 20, 1904 – November 24, 1987) was an American mining engineer and educator. He led the Metals and Minerals Branch of the Commodities Division of the Army–Navy Munitions Board during World War II and served as the 8th director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
Rhea Lydia Graham (born August 11, 1952) [1] is an American retired geologist with a background in environmental consulting and engineering geology and was made the last director of the United States Bureau of Mines, as well as the first female as well as African-American director, by President Bill Clinton and the United States Senate in 1994.
Forbes was appointed as director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines by President Harry S. Truman, succeeding James Boyd on November 15, 1951, during a congressional recess. [3] [6] [7] He was not confirmed by the U.S. Senate until February 20, 1952. [8] In 1954, Forbes decreased the number of regional directorates to five in the bureau. [5]: 204