30 U.S.C. § 3 : US Code - Section 3: Duties of United States Bureau of Mines

Search 30 U.S.C. § 3 : US Code - Section 3: Duties of United States Bureau of Mines

It shall be the province and duty of the United States Bureau of
Mines, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to
conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations
concerning mining, and the preparation, treatment, and utilization
of mineral substances with a view to improving health conditions,
and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and
conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining,
quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries; to inquire
into the economic conditions affecting these industries; to
investigate explosives and peat; and on behalf of the Government to
investigate the mineral fuels and unfinished mineral products
belonging to, or for the use of, the United States, with a view to
their most efficient mining, preparation, treatment, and use; and
to disseminate information concerning these subjects in such manner
as will best carry out the purposes of the provisions of sections
1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title.