One Hundred Years of Federal Mining Safety and Health Research

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Figure 14. President William H. Taft and Dr. Joseph A. Holmes at national mine safety demonstration, Pittsburgh, 1911. Figure 15. Public demonstration of coal dust explosion at Bruceton experimental mine. From its early years, the Bureau placed great emphasis on publicizing its research results, public exhibitions on mine safety and technology, and educating miners and mine managers (see Figures 16-18). 13
Figure 16. U.S. Bureau of Mines exhibit at San Francisco Exposition, CA, 1915. Figure 17. Mine rescue exhibition at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, PA, circa 1918. Figure1 18. USBM exhibit at Century of Progress exhibition in Chicago, IL, 1933. 14
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7. Conclusion: Lessons Learned The
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8. References Amandus HE, Piacitell
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Appendix A: Joseph A. Holmes Biogra
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Table 1. U.S. Bureau of Mines appro
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Table 3. Metal/Nonmetal Fatalities,
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