Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910
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Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910 was a United States statute passed for the purposes of establishing the United States Bureau of Mines as a federal agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The Act of Congress authorized investigations of mining methods with an emphasis regarding the safety of miners while recovering combustible fossil fuels and confronting occupational dust exposure.
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Long title | An Act to establish in the Department of the Interior a Bureau of Mines. |
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Nicknames | Federal Mines Accident Prevention and Safety Act of 1910 |
Enacted by | the 61st United States Congress |
Effective | July 1, 1910 |
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Public law | Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 61–179 |
Statutes at Large | 36 Stat. 369-b, Chap. 240 |
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Titles amended | 30 U.S.C.: Mineral Lands and Mining |
U.S.C. sections created | 30 U.S.C. ch. 1 § 1 et seq. |
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In 1897, the United States Geological Survey created a mining geology program providing geological studies of mining districts (e.g., Comstock Lode and Leadville mining district) and examinations relevant to efficient mining extraction technologies of fossil fuel and precious metal materials.[1] 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.