Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from National Mine-Rescue and First-Aid Conference, Vol. 62: Pittsburgh, Pa;, September 23-26, 1912
The act (36 Stat, 369) that established the Bureau of Mines in the Department of the Interior defined as part. Of the bureau's province and duty the making of diligent investigation of the methods of mining, especially in relation to safety of miners and the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents, and it authorized the bureau from time to time to make such public reports of its work and investiga tions as the Secretary of the Department of the Interior may direct, with the recommendations of the bureau. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
