Mining research in the Bureau of Mines: safety - efficiency - environmental quality. Special pub

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:6759211

From the beginning, research on mine health and safety has been a dominating concern of the Bureau of Mines, a responsibility that expanded markedly as a result of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. Until the mid-1970's, research on fuel technology and coal production also was an important part of the Bureau's work. But in the 4 years following the 1973 oil crisis, Congress established a reorganized Federal energy research apparatus in which all fossil fuel research--encompassing extraction, use, and conservation--was centralized. Today, the Department of Energy houses Federal research on coal mine production technology, while research on coal and noncoal mine health and safety and environmental technology, and on noncoal mine production technology, remains with the Interior Department as a continuing responsibility of the Bureau of Mines. This pamphlet presents both short- and long-term research programs that are conducted by the Bureau in its search for solutions to current problems, and laying the groundwork for a smooth transition from today's technology to an upgraded mining technology of the future.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6759211
• Report Number(s): PB-283053; BM-SP-1-78
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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