Bureau of Mines
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A hypothetical magnitude 7 earthquake near Las Vegas could cause about $21 billion in damage, ripping through vulnerable buildings and infrastructure, according to the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Claude Prepetit, a geologist and engineer with Haiti’s Bureau of Mines and Energy, told Radio Caraibes that smaller earthquakes that occurred earlier this year in southern Haiti led to the bigger one that struck Tuesday.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023
New Earth MRI-funded survey work in these areas will help define the full extent of these resources, says Faulds, who directs Nevada's state Bureau of Mines and Geology.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2023
He spent the next dozen or so years working as a research chemist for oil companies and for the United States Bureau of Mines.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Bureau of Mines, supplied a writer in the Boston Transcript with material for a special feature story on the dangers involved in the use of the pulmotor.
From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor
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