USGS offers CD-ROM packages

The U.S. Geological Survey has compiled a set of eight computer software packages previously released by the now-defunct Bureau of Mines.

The software, available on CD-ROM, includes prefeasibility spreadsheets, the CES (cost estimation) program, and cost and taxation indexing software to adapt CES to mining projects outside the U.S.

The CD-ROM (stock no. 024-004-02430-5) is available from the U.S.

Superintendent of Documents, Box 371954, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15250-7954. The cost to customers outside the U.S. is US$17.50, and US$14 for U.S. residents.