Highway Department and the State Department of Industrial Develop¬ ment in a study of Nevada's tourist industry, now being prepared for publication. The bureau also assisted other state agencies whenever called upon, including the State Planning Board, the State Budget Com¬ mission, and the State Employment Security Commission.The mailing list of the Nevada Business Review grew from 2,750 to 3,250 during the biennium. The Nevada Business Index, reported each month in the publication, has been revised with a new series to appear in January 1965. A cost of living study was under way throughout the biennium and prices of food were reported in April 1963, March 1964, and May 1964. It is expected that the complete cost of living index should be available within a year.Research projects which were begun during the biennium and which will prove beneficial to the State include "The Annual Yield in Dis¬ counted Paper and Certain Installment Contracts," "The Utilization of Water Resources in the Truckee and Carson Basins of Nevada," and "Regulation of Public Utilities in Nevada and the Western States."MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINESThe Nevada Bureau of Mines and the Nevada Mining Analytical Lab¬ oratory, as public service divisions of the Mackay School of Mines, continue their numerous research projects, which include studies on: the beryUium deposits of Nevada; the cobalt-nickel deposits of Nevada; the geology and mineral resources of Washoe County; the isotopic age of Nevada igneous rocks; the tungsten resources of Nevada; a bibliography of Nevada geology; and many others.The bureau and the laboratory continued geological and geochemical studies on the Shoal Project, for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. The results of this project will be published by the AEC, Oak Ridge, early in 1965. A collection of geologic columnar sections and correlation charts dealing with the stratigraphy of the State of Nevada and contigu¬ ous areas of the State were assembled for public use.Statewide aerial photos were made available for research purposes, also, and the analytical laboratory assayed approximately 145 prospec¬ tors' samples monthly, by either spectrographic or X-ray analysis.As a result of the new research in X-ray spectrographic and neutron activation techniques, conducted by the analytical laboratory mineral¬ ogist, two grants were received from the National Science Foundation. With funds from these grants, two neutron generators and other equip¬ ment for research work in the total instrumental analysis of rocks, min¬ erals, and ores have been installed in a shielded concrete vault in the mines wing of the Scrugham Engineering-Mines building.In addition to teaching responsibilities, faculty members have been active in a number of research projects important to the State, such as ground water studies in Nevada, seismological facilities and study of Nevada earthquakes, and the impact of the Nevada mineral industry on the economy of Nevada.26
