Garland R. Dever, Jr.
As part of the U.S. Bureau of Mines' state-activities function, the Bureau and the Kentucky Geological Survey collected and compiled information about Kentucky's mineral industry for many years. The information was disseminated through Bureau of Mines publications such as the "Minerals Yearbook," "Annual Report," and "Mineral Industry Surveys."
The state-activities function of the Bureau of Mines was discontinued on October 1, 1994, following an extensive reorganization and program review in the agency. Multipage chapters on state mineral industries will no longer be prepared for the minerals yearbooks and annual reports. The Bureau has announced that it plans to publish, with input from state geological surveys, an annual two-page summary of state mineral industry activities in its "Mineral Industry Surveys" (MIS) format. In addition to releasing an individual MIS for each state, all state MIS's will also be published together in a new version of the minerals yearbook.
KGS will continue to monitor and compile information on Kentucky's mineral industry. The information will be used to answer public-service inquiries and to prepare reviews of industry activities.