Information Submission Information

You may use the Information Submission Form either to submit new information, or to submit corrections to entries in A Guidebook to Mining in America.  The form is intended for your convenience.  If the same information is supplied by a brochure, etc. that you submit, it is not necessary to repeat that information here.  Feel free to skip sections that do not apply, and to modify the form as needed.  If these notes don’t answer your questions, then please contact Stonerose by mail, email, fax. We will respond promptly.  If you would like a copy of the entry for your museum or site, contact Stonerose.

If offering corrections:  I often have very specific reasons for the wording of driving directions, exhibit descriptions, etc.  If you suggest some alternate wording, please give your reasons.  Simple reasons like “Jones Road closed”, “placer mining exhibit dismantled”, etc. are often fine.

Name of person filling out this form:   This information is requested in case clarification of some point is required.  You may add your email address or other information about how to contact you if that is different from the Mailing address.

Museum, site, or institution name:   Please specify the official name the museum or site should be listed under.

A subsidiary of / part of / located in:   E.g.:  “on the campus of Florida State University”, “in Redwoods National Park”, “operated by ASARCO”, etc.

Site address:   This is the actual street address of the museum, company, or site.  If not applicable, then describe the location under description at the end of the form.

Street:  E.g., “1432 South Main Street”.  Mapping (computer) programs can often pinpoint locations by street and number, even in small towns.  It is very helpful for me to have this information, even if it isn’t really used in your town.

Mailing address:   This is the address to which mail regarding the museum, company, or site, should be sent, if different from the “site address”.  This could be a private address, the local Chamber of Commerce, an affiliated institution, the public relations office of a company, etc.

Site type and access:   Please place a check in the box for the categories most descriptive of the museum, site, or company.
Unstaffed public site:  E.g., roadside exhibit, hiking trail, historical marker, ghost town, iron furnace, lime kiln, etc.

Groups:   This section requests information on restrictions or special treatment of groups (which do not apply to individual visitors).  If the museum, site, or company does not have any special policies regarding groups, then skip this section.  Unless specified otherwise, it is assumed that groups are welcome by appointment scheduling is flexible   guided tours may be arranged   a special fee schedule may apply, and that ! the group leader should phone ahead to confirm details and make a specific appointment.  If minimum/maximum group sizes or prior notice is required, please specify.

Hours of operation:   These are the times when the museum, site, or company is open for walk-in visitors without an appointment. If appointments are required, then write-in “by appointment only” next to the schedule.  Please specify the month and day (e.g., “April 1 to August 31") rather than “Summer”,etc. if possible.  However, for example, if a date such as “mid-April” more accurately describes the opening date than an arbitrary date that varies from year to year, then “mid-April” is appropriate. Many sites, such as historic blast furnaces, historical markers, mine overlooks, are essentially always open.  In such cases, write-in “daylight hours” or a similar description, as appropriate.

Primary schedule:   For many museums, sites, or companies, the primary schedule is simply “all year”—if so, then write-in “all year”.  For museums and sites which are closed during the winter, then the primary schedule refers to whenever the museum or site is open, perhaps the Spring, Summer, and Fall, or only the Summer.

Secondary schedule:   Some museums which are open daily in the Summer (the primary schedule in this case), are only open Sunday afternoons in the Winter (the secondary schedule in this case).  If the schedule of hours of operations is more complex than this section is designed to accommodate, then please describe your schedule under descriptions at the end of the form.

Events:  Please note that the dates of most holidays and weekend events change from year to year.  In such cases, “Memorial Day Weekend” or “3rd weekend in June” is better than a date.

Open by appointment for individual visitors in addition to times specified:   Nearly any museum, and many other sites, will open special times for special groups by special request—that isn’t the question.  The question is whether this is a normal or routine service or option that the museum, site, or company offers for individual visitors.  This isn’t the same thing as open by appointment only—see above.

Closed:   This section asks for exceptions to the schedule described above.  If the museum, site, or company is only open to visitors during the Summer, then(obviously) it is closed on January 1, and it isn’t necessary to check “Jan 1”.  Conversely, if the museum isn’t normally open on Mondays, but is open on Memorial Day (a Monday), you may wish to write-in, “open Memorial Day”.

Admission fees:   If the museum, site, or company requests a specific fee (or“donation”) for adult admission, then please state the amount.  This information is requested only to provide readers with a way to guestimate the freshness of the other information about the museum, site, or company when comparing information from other sources.  Therefore, it isn’t necessary to specify children’s fees, senior discounts, group rates, etc.

Descriptions:   Use this space, and additional pages if necessary, for the following purposes:

Museums or exhibit sites:  In decreasing order of detail, please describe mining exhibits, mining-related exhibits (such as glass, charcoal, and saltpeter making, and ore and mineral specimens), and non-mining exhibits.  (optional >) Please summarize local mining history and/or museum history if pertinent to mining (i.e., if museum is housed in a former mint, assay office, mine superintendent office, etc.).

Other sites or companies:  Please describe the site or company and the mining-related activities at the site.  (optional >) Please summarize site history, production statistics, etc.

(optional) Driving directions or description of location:  I have very detailed(computer) maps showing every road in the Nation, so it is usually best to start the nearest prominent intersection.  For some rural locations, a bridge over a large river, or other landmark, may be the best place to start.  Be sure to specify “on the north side of the road”, or “on the southwestern corner”, etc., as appropriate, especially in describing the location of the museum, entrance road, etc.

Recommendations and suggestions are welcome.

OTHER MATERIALS (optional)  

Maps:  A local map, even a hand-drawn map, which shows  the location of the museum, site, or company will be appreciated.

Brochures:  If the museum, site, or company has a brochure, a copy will be appreciated.

Background information:  Any additional information about mining in your area will be appreciated.  Photocopies of materials are appreciated when appropriate.  Such material may also be submitted by fax, or scanned and sent to Stonerose as e-mail attachments.

Publications:  Entries in the Guidebook include information on pertinent publications, whether in-print or not.  I would appreciate information on publications about mining in your area—especially locally produced, limited distribution publications.  If you sell such publications, and you welcome mail orders, then please let me know the titles and ordering information.  I provide brief reviews and recommendations, as appropriate, of publications that I’ve seen.

Photos:  Photos of the museum, site, company or exhibits will be appreciated.  Photos will be scanned and returned immediately (if return is requested).  Negatives or slides are prefered.   If you prefer to submit photos as computer files (by e-mail, on diskette, or CD), please use a high-resolution (at least 300 dpi from scanned photos or 1000 dpi from slides or negatives).

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