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Bureau of Mines

American  

noun

U.S. Government.
  1. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1910, that studies the nation's mineral resources and inspects mines.


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Bureau of Mines as part of a strategy to increase stockpiles of minerals crucial for national defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2023

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

China accounted for only about 11 percent of Taiwan’s natural sand imports in the first half of this year, according to the Bureau of Mines.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022

Bureau of Mines, equipped with oxygen-breathing apparatus, facing the deadly "damps."

From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis