Budget Recommendations For Mining

FIGURES covering appropriations recommended by the Budget Bureau for the Bureau of Mines at Washington for next year are now available and are as quoted below. APPROPRIATION BUDGET APPROPRIATION 1928 1929 General Expenses $ 86,000` $ 86,000 Investigating Mine Accidents 386,470 399,470 Mining Investigations in Alaska.. 10,860 10,860 Operating Mine Rescue Cars and Stations 327,630 342,630 Testing Fuel 154,000 158,500 Mineral Mining Investigations.... 99,570 125,000 Oil, Gas and Oil-Shale Investiga- tions 198,260 198,260 Oil-Shale Investigations 5,000 80,000 Expenses Mining Experiment Sta- tions 173,000 173,000 Care, etc., Buildings and Grounds, Pittsburgh, Pa 71,360 76,360 Maintenance and Operation, Fuel Yards Balance Balance Helium Investigations :.... 75,000 75,000 Helium Production and Conserva- tion 1,063,000 462.000 Potash Investigations 100,000 100,000 Economics of Mineral Industries. . 225,000 275,000 Totals $2,975,150 $2,562,080