The Mineral Research Program of the Bureau of Mines

Abstract

This article is the first of a series describing the Bureau of Mines research program for minerals, excluding the mineral fuels. Mr. Merrill describes the processes of planning, budgeting, and directing metallurgical and mining research. In a second article to be published in the December issue, H. G. Iverson, chief, Branch of Metallurgy Research, Division of Minerals, will cover the Bureau’s metallurgical research program and its management. In a third article to appear in the January issue, Frank D. Lamb, research director, College Park Metallurgy Research Center, Division of Minerals, will set forth the operation of a typical metallurgy research center.