The United States Bureau of Mines was established by the Department of the Interior on July 1, 1910.
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- 100 Years of Respiratory Protection History | NPPTL | NIOSH | CDC (archive.cdc.gov)
- https://www.usbr.gov/history/borhist.html (usbr.gov)
- https://www.osmre.gov/about/history (osmre.gov)
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