RI 3536 Annual Report Of The Mining Division, Fiscal Year 1940 ? Introduction (6078742b-1817-425b-9da0-1853b89c8109)

The annual reports of the supervising engineering of the nine sections comprising the Mining Division are assembled in the following pages and constitute the annual report of the division. In planning activities, the aim is to adapt them to changes in conditions, in the needs of the mining industries, and in the public interest; those current activities that contribute most to problems of present concern are emphasized, investigations of less immediate importance being recessed, if necessary.