Acknowledgments

Many persons participated in the various activities of the 1992 Census of
Mineral Industries. The overall planning and review of the census
operations were performed by the Economic Census Staff of the Economic
Planning and Coordination Division.

Manufacturing and Construction Division prepared this report.  Barry A.
Rappaport, Assistant Chief for Construction and Mineral Censuses, was
responsible for the overall planning, management, and coordination of the
census of mineral industries. Planning and implementation were under the
direction of Patricia L. Horning, Chief, Construction and Mineral Census
Branch, assisted by M. Susan Bucci, Section Chief, with primary staff
assistance by Susan L. DiCola, Nancy I. Higgins, John F. Roehl, Eva J.
Snapp, and Robert A. Wright.

Brian Greenberg, Assistant Chief for Research and Methodology Programs,
assisted by Stacey Cole, provided the mathematical and statistical
techniques as well as the coverage operations.

Charles T. Lee, under the direction of A. William Visnansky, Chief, Special
Reports Branch, performed overall coordination of the publication process.
Julius Smith, Jr. and Andrew W. Hait provided primary staff assistance.

The Economic Planning and Coordination Division provided the computer
processing procedures. Shirin A. Ahmed, Assistant Chief for Post Data
Collection Processing, was responsible for editing and the analysts'
interactive database review and correction system. Design and
specifications were prepared under the supervision of Dennis L. Wagner,
Chief, Post Collection Census Branch, assisted by S. Mark Schmidt and
Robert A. Rosati.

The staff of the Data Preparation Division, Judith N. Petty, Chief,
performed mailout preparation and receipt operations, clerical and
analytical review activities, data keying, and geocoding review.

The Geography Division staff developed geographic coding procedures and
associated computer programs.

The Economic Statistical Methods and Programming Division, Charles P.
Pautler, Jr., Chief, developed and coordinated the computer processing
systems. Martin S. Harahush, Assistant Chief for Quinquennial Programs, was
responsible for design and implementation of the computer systems. Gary T.
Sheridan, Chief, Manufactures and Construction Branch, assisted by Hugh
P. Watters, supervised the preparation of the computer programs.

Computer Services Division, Marvin D. Raines, Chief, performed the computer
processing.

The staff of the Administrative and Customer Services Division, Walter C.
Odom, Chief, performed publication planning, design, composition, editorial
review, and printing planning and procurement for publications and report
forms. Cynthia G. Brooks provided publication coordination and editing.

Special acknowledgment is also due the many businesses whose cooperation
has contributed to the publication of these data.  If you have any
questions concerning the statistics in this report, call 301-457-4680.