support activities for metal mining 2002 economic census industry series issued december 2004 ec02 21i 213114 rv us department of commerce economics and statistics administration bureau this report was prepared in the manufacturing construction division under direction judy m dodds assistant chief related programs who responsible overall planning management coordination susan bucci minerals branch assisted by kaylene hanks section raphael corrado tom flood robert miller rosati special assistants performed implementation richard hough lacey loftin vicki mills kara moore felix veras provided primary staff assistance mendel d gayle kimberly dephillip publication process patrick duck michael flaherty taylor c murph wanda sledd veronica white mathematical statistical techniques as well coverage operations were paul hsen research methodology stacey cole struble jeffrey dalzell cathy gregor eddie j salyers