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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
In bituminous coal mining, a person who supervises all operations at the surface of a mine.
Industry:Mining
In bituminous coal mining, a person who tends and fires the boiler generating steam for driving fans used for mine ventilation.
Industry:Mining
In bituminous coal mining, a person who works with a party of miners who operate machines for undercutting, drilling, and loading coal into cars at the working face and are paid on a basis of tonnage of coal mined.
Industry:Mining
In bituminous coal mining, formerly one who kept record of location and has charge of distribution of coal cutting machines, drills, loaders, and other mechanical equipment in and about a mine. Now, one who oversees surface lands and structures.
Industry:Mining
In bituminous coal mining, one of a crew of loaders who shovels coal, blasting from working face, onto a conveyor that transports it from the underground working place to a point where it is loaded into mine cars.
Industry:Mining
In bituminous coal mining, one who assists either the machineman or machine loader to move and set up a coal cutting or loading machine at the working face.
Industry:Mining
In bituminous coal mining, one who builds walls of concrete, stone, or brick and mortar, to close off old passageways or haulageways underground, to maintain ventilation in new workings.
Industry:Mining
In bituminous coal mining, one who drills holes into pillars of coal supporting the roof, charges holes with explosives, and blasts out slabs (skips) of coal to widen haulageway or working place.
Industry:Mining
In bituminous coal mining, one who drills holes into the slate roof of haulageways, and charges and sets off explosives to blast down slate to increase height or improve the safety of the roof.
Industry:Mining
In bituminous coal mining, one who drives an electrically powered truck (shuttle car) in a coal mine to transport coal from the excavation point to the conveyor belt.
Industry:Mining
