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Bishop, Frank, safety committeeman, Jones & Laughlin Vesta No. 5 mine,

Vestaburg, Pa..

Boyle, W. A. "Tony", President, United Mine Workers of America; ac-
companied by Edward Carey, chief counsel, UMW; Lewis Evans, direc-
tor of safety, UMW; and Loren Kerr, M.D., director of occupational
Health, UMW..

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Britvich, Michael, Nick De Vince; Henry Knight, Jr., and Elmer Murray,

comprising a panel__

Gutshall, Mazie B., executive deputy secretary, Department of Mines and

Mineral Industries, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; accompanied by

Charles B. Manula, deputy secretary of the Bituminous Coal Division__

Kerr, Lorin E., M.D., director, Department of Occupational Health, UMWA,
Washington, D.C., prepared statement_-_.

Key, Marcus M., M.D., Director, Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health,
Environmental Control Administration, Environmental Health Service,
Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare

Kilcullen, John L., counsel, National Independent Coal Operators Asso-

ciation

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Leeber, James, President, District 29, UMWA; accompanied by Charles H.
Browning, safety coordinator of District 29.
Nader, Ralph, author, consumer advocate____
Ozonish, John, safety committeeman, Gateway Mine, Gateway Coal Co.,
Clarksville, Pa__

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Contract between U.S.A. and the National Academy of Public In-
formation ---

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Articles, publications, etc.-Continued

Homer City Mine, Helen Mining Co., P.O. box drawer "D", Homer
City, Pa., brief history-‒‒‒

"Mines Bureau Health and Safety Activities Reorganized," Depart-

ment of the Interior news release, Office of the Secretary, Jan. 15,

1969

Mines presently employing the long wall system of mining....
Section 103 (1) of Federal Coal Mine Safety Act of 1969 with coal
mines in which spot inspections must be made every 5 days----
"Title 42-Public Health-Rules and Regulations," from the Federal
Register, vol. 35, No. 161, Aug. 19, 1970___.

"Training Course for Coal Mine Safety Committeemen," by Bureau of

Mines, Mount Hope, W. Va., Coal Mine Safety District B___.

Communications to:
Charmbury, Hon. H. B., Secretary of Mines and Mineral Industries,
Harrisburg, Pa., from L. D. Kimmel, 16th bituminous district;
G. A. Kephart, 15th bituminous district; Lawrence Jones, 19th bitu-
minous district; and Albin O. Johnson, electrical inspector, Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Mines and Mineral
Industries, Edensburg, Pa., June 26, 1970__.
Dent, Hon. John H., Chairman, General Subcommittee on Labor, Com-
mittee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Wash-
ington, D.C., from Hollis M. Dole, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior, Aug. 10, 1970__.

Dole, Hon. Hollis M., Assistant Secretary, Mineral Resources, Depart-

ment of Labor, Washington, D.C., from Clarice R. Feldman and

Joseph A. "Chip" Yablonski, attorneys for Miners for Democracy,

June 18, 1970__.

Ehrlichman, John, assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs,

The White House. Washington, D.C., from R. Nader, Washington,

D.C., June 17, 1970----

Hickel, Hon. Walter J., Secretary of the Interior, Department of the

Interior, Washington, D.C., from Hon. John N. Dent, chairman,

Hon. Philip Burton, and Hon. Ken Hechler, Representative in the

Congress of the United States, Committee on Education and Labor,

General Subcommittee on Labor, Washington, D.C, April 22, 1970__

Staats, Hon. Elmer B., Comptroller General of the United States, from

Hon. Harrison A. Williams, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of

New Jersey, chairman, Subcommittee on Labor:

August 13, 1970.

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The President, The White House, Washington, D.C., from Hon. Harri-
son A. Williams, Jr.; Hon. Jennings Randolph, Hon. Claiborne Pell,
Hon. Richard S. Schweiker, U.S. Senators (telegram)_.

Walker, W. D., Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa.; W. R. Park, Bureau

of Mines, Mount Hope, W. Va.; J. S. Malesky, Bureau of Mines,

Norton, Va.; H. A. Schrecengost, Bureau of Mines, Vincennes, Ind.;

and A. C. Moschetti, Bureau of Mines, Denver, Colo., from James

Westfield, Assistant Director, Coal Mine Health and Safety, Depart-

ment of the Interior, April 24, 1970 (telegram)_

Wheeler, Henry P.. Acting Director, Health and Safety, U.S. Bureau
of Mines, Department of the Interior, from Joseph A. Yablonski,
c/o law offices of Rauh and Silard, Washington, D.C..
Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., chairman, Subcommittee on Labor
of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, from:
Kerr, Lorin E., M.D., director. Department of Occupational
Health, UMWA, Washington, D.C., August 21, 1970----
Moody, Joseph E., president, Bituminous Coal Operators' Associa-
tion, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 1970__.

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Owens, Williard P., counsel, UMWA, Washington, D.C., Sept.
9, 1970-

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Riley, Paul C., deputy director, Department of Mines, State of
West Virginia, Aug. 12, 1970, with enclosure_-.

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Communications to-Continued

Yablonski, Joseph A., Esq., c/o Rauh and Silard,, Washington, D.C.,
from:

Morrell, Gene P., Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of
the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D.C., June 19,
1970

Wheeler, Henry P., Jr., Acting Deputy Director, Health and
Safety, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines,
Washington, D.C., July 21, 1970----

Letters of Information to the Gateway Coal Co., Clarksville, Greene Coun-
ty, Pa., June 3, 1970:

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Notice of:

Abatement or extension, from the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Mines, to Gateway Coal Co., Clarksville, Greene County,
Pa., June 4, 1970__

Penalty, from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, to Gateway Coal Co., Clarksville, Greene County, Pa., April 4, 1970__ Violation, from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, to Gateway Coal Co., Clarksville, Greene County, Pa., April 4, 1970__ Violation, from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, to Gateway Coal Co., Clarksville, Greene County, Pa., June 3, 1970__ Questions submitted by Hon. Harrison A. Williams, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey, to the Department of the Interior.. Record of meetings and briefings held by the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Mines in connection with coal mine health and safety legislation

Congress
Industry

Reports:

Coal mine gas (frictional) ignition, Gateway Mine, Gateway Coal Co.,
Clarksville, Greene County, Pa., by E. M. Rudolph, Federal Coal
Mine Inspector, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines,
coal mine safety District A:

May 26, 1969__.

June 9, 1969, by Henry Zavora, Federal coal miner inspector (roof control) Coal mine gas (frictional) ignition, Vesta No. 5 Mine, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Vesta-Shannopin Coal Division, Vestaburg, Washington County, Pa., by Henry Zavora, federal coal mine inspector (roof control), U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, coal mine safety District A, March 30, 1970___ Coal-mine inspection. Homer City Mine, the Helen Mining Co., Homer City, Indiana County, Pa., April 6-8, 1970, by Stanley J. Smetana, federal coal-mine inspector.

Coal mine inspection, Maple Creek Mine, United States Steel Corporatioi, coal operations-raw materials, Frick District, New Eagle, Washington County, Pa., by James B. Shannon, federal coal mine inspector, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, March 30-31, 1970.

Coal mine explosion, Homer City Mine, The Helen Mining Co., Homer
City, Pa., April 10, 1970, by Ralph L. Krek, federal coal-mine
inspector (electrical), Warren K. Lewis, and Harry C. Thompson,
federal coal-mine inspector_.

Maple Creek Mine, U.S. Steel Corp., coal operations-raw materials,
Frick District, New Eagle, Washington County, Pa., by Richard H.
Reid, federal coal mine inspector, Dec. 3–5, 10-12, 15-19, 22-23,
1969; Jan. 12–16, 19-23, and 25, 1970_-

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Selected tables:

Bureau of Mines, Health and Safety, summary of fund distribution, Page fiscal years 1970-1971__-.

Chronological listing of PHS accomplishments under Public Law
91-173

Coal mines in which spot inspections shall be made pursuant to Sec.
103 (i) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969__
Fatal accidents and causes from 1897 to 1969 (inclusive) in W. Va___
Fatalities-Jan. 1, 1970 to July 31, 1970__

Lost time injuries and accidents by occupation & causes, etc---
Mines that have been spot-inspected..
Prosecutions and violations, 1969-1970_.
Recapitulation of mines, production and distribution, summary of
reports

709

784

239

679

678

672-675

242

676

677

Schedule for walk-in examinations of personnel seeking mine-inspection jobs and location___.

765

Unobligated funds appropriated to the Bureau of Mines for health and safety for fiscal year 1970 as of June 30, 1970

749

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