Sources of Information (4948bcee-1de3-468a-ac43-7ce11e04d1cc)

The selected list of sources of information on geology and mining in this section is provided to facilitate locating the major governmental and private entities in position to furnish such information, including societies and institutes; colleges, universities and technical schools; and magazines, yearbooks and mine directories, plus a number of general texts. In the case of publications, it should be noted that, in addition to those listed, most of the governmental and private organizations publish a wide variety of reports, bulletins, monographs, surveys and the like, including, in the case of governmental agencies, production statistics. The names of the mining schools and colleges in the following, with some exceptions, were taken from the International Handbook of Universities and & her Institutions of Higher Learning, and the Commonwealth Universities Yearbook, with the kind permission of the International Association of Universities, Paris, and the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London, owners of the copyrights. Abbreviations in the listings include the following: A. P., B. P, and C. P., Apartado Postal, Boite Postal and Caixa Postal (post office boxes); Br., Branch; and F., Faculty.