Plant Litchfi~ld Daisy Hill Road, Canaan, Conn. 
- - - do.. - - New Haven 325 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, 
  N.Y. 
Beard Sand & Gravel Co., Inc do.~. - New Haven       
D'Addario Sand & Gravel do. - - Fairfield 
 THE MINERAL INDUSTRy OF CONNECTICUTSee footnotes at end of table.per ton
to $1.70. The total value of crushed basalt was $7,278,828. Nearly the entire
output of basalt was used for concrete aggregate and roadstone, and less
than 2 percent was used for railroad ballast and riprap. Production of crushed
basalt was confined to Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties, in which
10 companies operated 11 plants. 
 Crushed limestone was produced by four companies whose operations were all
in Litchflelcl County. The combined production was 199,000 tons valued at
$957,000. The product was used as a soil neutralizer, in whiting, as a filler,
and as metallurgical flux. 
 Crushed sandstone was produced by two companies operating in Middlesex and
New London Counties. About 5 percent of the total output was used for concrete
aggregate; the use of the remainder was not specified. Small amounts of quartz
were produced in Middlesex and New London Counties for use in the manufacture
of abrasives and glass. Dimension sandstone was produced in Windham County.
Most of the output was sold for use in rough construction and as rubble;
a small amount was sold as sawed stone. 
MINERAL FUELS 
219 
 Coke.—Connectjcut Coke Co. operated a merchant coke plant in New Haven
County. Amrnonjum sulfate, coal tar, and crude and intermediate light oils
were produced as byproducts. 
 
 Peat.—The one producer of peat in Middlesex County was idle throughout
the year. 
 
METALS 
 
 Carpenter Steel of New England, Inc., processed and fabricated steel shapes.
Approximately 20 metal foundries were in operation in the State, producing
a wide variety of castings. Scrap metal collection and distribution continued
to be active throughout the State, with most of the tonnage exported. Small
amounts were sold to steel mills in the Eastern United States. 
 Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc., produced calcium at its plant at Canaan,
Litchfield County. This operation was formerly conducted by a subsidiary,
Nelco Metals, Inc. 
 
Table 6.—Principal producers 
Company Type of County Address activity 
Clays: 
The Michael Kane Brick Co - - - 
 
The Keller Pottery Co 
The Kelsey F~rguson Brick Co... 
Plasticrete Corp., Stiles Brick Div. 
Feldspar: 
Eureka Feldspar Mining & Milling Co., Inc. 
The Feldspar Corp 1 
Lime: 
Minerals, Pigments & Metals Div., Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. 
Gypsum (calcined): National Gypsum Company. 
Sand and gravel: 
The Balf Co 
C. W. Blakeslee & Sons, Inc - - 
 
The D. S. Carten Sand & Gravel Co. 
Connecticut Sand & Stone Corp.. 
Danbury Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. 
Dunning Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. 
The Hamden Sand & Gravel Co Helniing Brothers 
Pit Middlesex_______ 
 
do.~.. Hartford 
 ~do.. do 
- - - do_ - - New Haven 
 
 
- - - do~ - Middlesex        
 ~do do 
Pit Hartford 
 
Middlesex 
 
- - - do.~ - - New Haven 
 
- - - do.. - Hartford 
 
 do 
 
- - - do... - - Hartford 
 
- - - do... - - New Haven 
- - - do...... - Hartford 
654 Newfield St., Middletown, Conn. 
North Wales, Pa. East Windsor Hill, Conn. P.O. Box 248, North Haven, Cpnn.

 
190 West State St., Trenton, N.J. 
Spruce Pine, N.C. 
190 Huyshope Ave., Hartford, Conn. 
127 Boston Post Rd., Milford, Conn. 
58 Waverly St., New Haven, Conn. 
299 Park St., Stratford, Conn. 
 
7 West Main St., Plainsville, Conn. 
513 Boston Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. 
Mill Plain Dist., Danbury, Conn. 
Brickyard Rd., Farmington, Conn. 
375 Mather St., Hanaden, Conn. 
67 West Street, Bristol, Conn.