# 30 U.S.C. § 3: Duties of United States Bureau of Mines

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## Section

- **Citation:** 30 U.S.C. § 3
- **Heading:** Duties of United States Bureau of Mines
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** April 17, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING > CHAPTER 1—UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES

## Text

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.

( May 16, 1910, ch. 240, § 2 , 36 Stat. 370 ; Feb. 25, 1913, ch. 72, § 2 , 37 Stat. 681 ; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925 ; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934 ; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b) , May 18, 1992 , 106 Stat. 172 .)

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