Gambling With Miners' Lives.

Focuses on the plight of coal miners in the U.S. with the loss of thousands of lives on yearly basis in spite of the remarkable advance in technical knowledge and engineering skill to overcome the physical impediments to mining, and despite the development of labor-saving machinery. Prime causes of mine explosions; Pros and cons associated with the use of safety lamps by miners to avoid accidents in the mines; Ignorance of coal companies in the U.S. to regulate safety measures to further prevention of accidents; Account of the work of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in the study of mine explosions, their cause and prevention; Analysis of the work of the Bureau in the field of First Aid and in studying accidents other than mine explosions.