NATIONAL MINERALS ACT OF 1949

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINES AND MINING10 1949

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 976, H. R. 2031, H. R. 2406, and related bills

TO STIMULATE THE EXPLORATION, PRODUCTION, AND
CONSERVATION OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL ORES,
METALS, AND MINERALS AND FOR THE ESTABLISH-
MENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OF A MINE INCENTIVE PAYMENTS DIVISION, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

FEBRUARY 16, 17, 18, AND 21, MARCH 9 AND 10,
APRIL 7, 1949

Serial No. 14

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Lands

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINES AND MINING

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 976, H. R. 2031, H. R. 2406, and related bills

TO STIMULATE THE EXPLORATION, PRODUCTION, AND
CONSERVATION OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL ORES,
METALS, AND MINERALS AND FOR THE ESTABLISH-
MENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OF A MINE INCENTIVE PAYMENTS DIVISION, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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FEBRUARY 16, 17, 18, AND 21, MARCH 9 AND 10,
APRIL 7, 1949

CONTENTS

Statement of-

Hon. Mike Mansfield, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Montana_

D. F. Carpenter, Chairman, Munitions Board

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11

Maj. Gen. S. P. Spaulding, Munitions Board.

Evan Just, Director of Strategic Materials Division, ECA.

Robert Lindley Ziegfeld, secretary, Lead Industries Association_.

Allen Hearst, secretary, Northern Mining Association___

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81

Albert E. Petermann, vice president, Calumet & Helca Consolidated

Copper Co.--

Carl H. Wilken, economic analyst, Raw Materials National Council.

J. Reed Denison, representing the Walter H. Denison Manganese Co... -

Prof. Edwin R. Shorey, president, National Minerals Conservation

Council.

James E. Quigley, chairman, Tintic Small Mine Operators, Leasers,

and Prospectors Association

125

O. W. Bilharz, representing the Bilharz Mining Co..

130

C. E. Stover, secretary, Tri-State Zinc and Lead Ore Producers Asso-

ciation.

131

J. H. Buchanan, Nellie B. Mining Co.

132

Frank Eichelberger, mining engineer..

135

Jesse L. Maury, mining engineer.

143

Robert S. Palmer, executive director, Colorado Mining Association _ _

J. Carson Adkerson, president, American Manganese Producers Asso-

ciation

155

165

C. Girard Davidson, Assistant Secretary of the Interior

195

James Boyd, Director, Bureau of Mines.

216

Henning E. Olund, mining engineer, Bureau of Mines..

221

tana_

229

Hon. James E. Murray, United States Senator from the State of Mon-

Hon. Julius A. Krug, the Secretary of the Interior.

APPENDIX

H. R. 976 (81st Cong., 1st sess.), to stimulate the exploration, production,

and conservation of strategic and critical ores, metals, and minerals and

for the establishment within the Department of the Interior of a Mine

Incentive Payments Division, and for other purposes, introduced by Mr.

Engle of California (exhibit 1)..

H. R. 1239 (81st Cong., 1st sess.), to stimulate the exploration, production,

and conservation of strategic and critical ores, metals, and minerals and

for the establishment within the Department of the Interior of a Mine

Incentive Payments Division, and for other purposes, introduced by Mr.

Mansfield (exhibit 2).

H. R. 1962 (81st Cong., 1st sess.), to stimulate the exploration, production,

and conservation of strategic and critical ores, metals, and minerals and

for the establishment within the Department of the Interior of a Mine

Incentive Payments Division, and for other purposes, introduced by Mr.

Meyer (exhibit 3).

H. R. 2047 (81st Cong., 1st sess.), to stimulate the exploration, production,

and conservation of strategic and critical ores, metals, and minerals and

for the establishment within the Department of the Interior of a Mine

Incentive Payments Division, and for other purposes, introduced by Mr.
Baring (exhibit 4).

H. R. 2031 (81st Cong., 1st sess.), to stimulate exploration, development,

mining, production, and conservation of strategic and critical minerals

and metals within the United States and its Territories; to establish an

Office of National Minerals Development, Production, and Conservation

within the Department of the Interior; and for other purposes, intro-

duced by Mr. Lemke (exhibit 5)---