(6) Rescue and first-aid work. (7) Causes and prevention of mine fires. (b) Establish mining experiment stations, and mine safety stations or cars, with a view to improving conditions in said industries, by safeguarding life and preventing unnecessary waste of resources. 5 (c) Enforce regulations governing the operation of mineral leases on public domain. 4. (d) Manage the government fuel yard at Washington. (e) Manage the inspection of mines and mineral properties in Indian lands. (f) Conduct various investigations concerning minerals; e. g., lignite. Organization The organization of the Bureau of Mines is shown in Chart 29. The chiefs of the several divisions serve as consulting engineers to the Director and the bureau in matters pertaining to the field work instrusted to them. The Director reports to the Secretary of the Interior. 5 Act March 3, 1915 (38 Stat. 959 [Comp. St. §§ 787a, 787b]). 490 5. Publications (a) Annual Report of the Director of the Bureau of Mines to the Secretary of the Interior. The annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, discusses safety measure for coal mines and in the oil industry; automobile exhaust gases; mine ventilation and sanitation; coal preparation in the Northwest; desulphurization of coke by steam; coal utilization and powdered coal and lignites; coal-mining methods; composition of cannel coals, boghead coals, and fuel shales; ash in anthracite; smoke prevention; oil and gas conservation, production, and refining; motor benzol as automobile fuel; Utah hydrocarbons; oil shale; helium gas; studies in ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy; rare metals, radium; researches in ore dressing, leaching of copper ores, flotation of copper minerals, and purification of copper sulphate solution; research on utilization of nonmetallic minerals. (b) Bulletins, Technical Papers, and Miners Circulars. (c) Papers printed in technical press. Many brief papers are published by the bureau, on results of its scientific work, in the technical journals. (d) See List of Publications of the Bureau of Mines, obtainable by addressing Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington. The bureau also publishes various miscellaneous papers, for example, "Coal-Mine Fatalities," Charts, Handbooks, Leasing Regulations, and Report of Committee on Standardization of Petroleum Specifications. 6 Obtainable from Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.; price, 10 cents. Act March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1104 [Comp. St. §§ 3502-3520]). 492 |