1997 U.S. Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 73 - NATIONAL MINING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM
Sec. 4103 - Objects and purposes of corporation

The objects and purposes of the corporation are those provided in its articles of incorporation including—

(1) to honor citizens, mining leaders, miners, prospectors, teachers, scientists, engineers, inventors, governmental leaders, and other individuals, who have helped to make this Nation great by their outstanding contributions to the establishment, development, advancement, or improvement of mining in the United States of America;

(2) to perpetuate the memory of such individuals and record their contributions and achievements by the erection and maintenance of such buildings, monuments, and edifices as may be deemed appropriate as a lasting memorial;

(3) to foster, promote, and encourage a better understanding of the origins and growth of mining, especially in the United States, and the part mining has played in changing the economic, social, and scientific aspects of our Nation;

(4) to establish and maintain a library and museum for collecting and preserving for posterity, the history of those honored by the corporation, together with a documentation of their accomplishments and contributions to mining, including such items as mining pictures, paintings, books, papers, documents, scientific data, relics, mementos, artifacts, and things relating to such items;

(5) to cooperate with other mining organizations which are actively engaged and interested in similar projects; and

(6) to engage in any and all activities incidental thereto or necessary, suitable, or proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes set forth in this section.

(Pub. L. 100–655, title I, §103, Nov. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 3850.)