Pennsylvania State Archives
RG-45
Records of the DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES
The Department of Mines was created in 1903 to succeed the Bureau of Mines, which
had been established in the Department of Internal Affairs in 1897. The name of
the Department was changed in 1956 to Mines and Mineral Industries. In keeping
with its primary responsibility of protecting coal miners from unsafe working
conditions, the Department enforced the anthracite and bituminous coal mining
laws of the Commonwealth, inspected mines and collieries, investigated serious
accidents, and supervised the examination and certification of applicants for
certain mining jobs. The Department also supervised the restoration of strip-mine
areas, promoted research relating to new uses and markets for coal, and published
the annual reports of the coal mine inspectors. In 1971 the Department of Mines
and Mineral Industries was abolished and its powers and duties transferred to
the newly created Department of Environmental Resources.
- Anthracite and Bituminous Mine Inspection Reports, 1968-1970.
[*series continues in RG-43] (16 cartons) {#45.1}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Anthracite and Bituminous Mine Inspectors' Monthly Tonnage,
Man-Hour and Accident Reports, 1969-1970. [*series
continues in RG-43] (2 cartons) {#45.2} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Bituminous Mine Certification Records for Assistant Foremen,
1911-1923. [*Anthracite Foremen Certification Records
can be found in RG-66] (6 volumes) {#45.3} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Bituminous Mine Certification Records for Assistant First and Second Grade
Foremen, 1923-1963. [*Anthracite Foremen Certification
Records can be found in RG-66] (5 volumes) {#45.4} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Bituminous Mine Certification Records for Electricians, 1939-1963. (2 volumes)
{#45.5} [Description] [Holdings]
- Bituminous Mine Certification Records for Fire Boss Examiners, 1912-1963.
(12 volumes) {#45.6} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Bituminous Mine Certification Records for First Grade Foremen, 1903-1963.
[*Anthracite Foremen Certification Records can be found
in RG-66] (10 volumes) {#45.7} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Bituminous Mine Certification Records for Second Grade Foremen, 1903-1963.
[*Anthracite Foremen Certification Records can be found
in RG-66] (9 volumes) {#45.8} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Colliery Inspection Registers, 1899-1920. (18 volumes) {#45.9} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Correspondence of Anthracite Division Mine Inspectors, 1903-1951. (4 cartons)
{#45.10} [Description] [Holdings]
- Correspondence of Bituminous Division Mine Inspectors, 1903-1930, 1936-1939,
1949. (7 cartons) {#45.11} [Description]
[Holdings]
- General Correspondence, 1903-1970. (25 cartons, 1 box) {#45.12} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Mine Disaster File, 1939-1964. (3 cartons) {#45.13} [Description]
[Holdings]
- Registers of Mine Accidents for the Anthracite Districts,
1899-1972. (19 volumes) [*series continues in RG-66]
{#45.14} [Description] [Holdings]
[Database of Accidents for years 1899-1918, 1924-1972]
- Registers of Mine Accidents for the Bituminous Districts, 1899-1972. (20
volumes) {#45.15} [Description] [Holdings]
[Database of Accidents for years 1899-1972]
Last minimal processing update: 12/15/2010, acc. #3517 (bmr)