. Review of reviews and world's work . ls,which by being produced at home would saveprecious ship tonnage for immediate waruses and make America independent of out-side supplies, it was not until the last daysof September that Congress finally passedand the President approved a bill for thosepurposes, carrying with it an appropriationof $50,000,000 for capital and $500,000 foradministrative expenses. Congress did, how-ever, early appropriate $150,000 for theBureau of Mines to use in making a surveyof developmental possibilities and for cooper-ative work with private producers. Withthis small f
. Review of reviews and world's work . ls,which by being produced at home would saveprecious ship tonnage for immediate waruses and make America independent of out-side supplies, it was not until the last daysof September that Congress finally passedand the President approved a bill for thosepurposes, carrying with it an appropriationof $50,000,000 for capital and $500,000 foradministrative expenses. Congress did, how-ever, early appropriate $150,000 for theBureau of Mines to use in making a surveyof developmental possibilities and for cooper-ative work with private producers. Withthis small fund the Bureau created an inves-tigating corps of about fifty scientists, engi-neers, and helpers, supplemented by occa-sional cooperators. Directly or indirectlythe mineral possibilities of the country wereminutely examined from the Atlantic to thePacific, and from Canada to Mexico. Inves-tigations even included Canada and Cuba,and Alaska was not overlooked. As a resultof this work and the natural response to OUR MINERAL RESOURCES 81.
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