General Records.

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General Records.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86118885

Included are central correspondence, with indexes, 1910-50, and records relating to Bureau organization; general policy; legislation; rules and regulations; cooperative relationships with other Government agencies and private institutions; rescue and general fieldwork; mining operations, safety, and health; management and labor; ores and ore dressing; metallurgy; helium; mineral technology; fuel lands and their leasing; coal technology; lignite; peat; Government fuel yards; petroleum and natural gas; and activities of the War Minerals Division, the Division of Mineral Resources and Statistics, field stations, and laboratories.

3,447 linear ft.

National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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SNAC Resource ID: 8339462

National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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