30 U.S.C. § 13 : US Code - Section 13: Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance

Search 30 U.S.C. § 13 : US Code - Section 13: Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States
Bureau of Mines, is authorized and directed to establish, equip,
and maintain a research laboratory in the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania to conduct researches and investigations on the
mining, preparation, and utilization of anthracite coal and to
develop new scientific, chemical, and technical uses and new and
extended markets and outlets for anthracite coal and its products.
Such laboratory shall be planned as a center for information and
assistance in matters pertaining to conserving resources for
national defense; to the more efficient mining, preparation, and
utilization of anthracite coal; and pertaining to safety, health,
and sanitation in mining operations and other matters relating to
problems of the anthracite industry.