THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF GEORGIA ' Includes Baldwin, Floyd (1966), Richmond,
Sumter, and Warren (1967) Counties.Table 4.—Employment and injury experience
in the mineral industries 
245 
 Average Man- Man- Number of Injury rates per 
 men Days days hours injuries million masi-houra 
Year and industry working active worked worked — —— 
 daily (thou- (thou- Fatal Non- Fre- Severity  sands) sands)  fatal quency

1966: 
 Metal 244 271 66 571  13 22.77 482 Nonmetal and peat 3 241 316 1,023 8,174
 216 26.43 1945 Sand and gravel 233 265 62 549 1 12 23.66 11,3~4 Stone 3,073
263 808 6,762 2 160 23.96 3,431 
 Total.' 6,791 288 1,958 16,056 3 401 25.16 2,842 
 
1967: P 
 Metal 180 280 51 406  11 27.07 276 Nonmetal and peat 4,000 288 1,153 9,334
 284 30.43 1,191 Sand and gravel 245 261 64 571  15 26.26 527 Stone 2,980
259 771 6,445  163 25.29 1262 
 Total '  7,405 275 2,038 16,756  473 28.23 1,173 
P Preliminary. 
' Data do not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
REVIEW BY MINERAL COMMODITIES 
 NONMETALS and foreign countries. Portland cement 
 shipments went to the following consuming Barite.—Primary barite was
produced industries: Ready-mix concrete plants (57by four companies in Bartow
County; Paga percent), highway contractors (13 per-Mining Co. was the leading
producer. cent), concrete product manufacturers (10Most . of the barite was
used in drilling percent), building material dealers (9 per-muds, barium
chemicals, and paint and cent), and government agencies and otherrubber fillers,
users (10 percent). 
 Cement.—Cement continued to rank Clays.—Clay comprised 50 percent
of third in value in the State's mineral pro- the total value of mineral
production:; duction. Shipments of portland cement de- kaolin alone accounted
for more than 45 creased 12 percent in quantity and 5 per- . percent. Kaolin
production decreased .6 cent in value, but those of masonry cement percent
in quantity and increased 3 perincreased 9 percent in quantity and 14 cent
in value; fuller's earth production percent in value. Eighty-five percent
of the increased 15 percent in quantity and 26 portland cement was shipped
to Georgia 
destinations. Out-of-State shipments were percent in value. Miscellaneous
clay proprincipally to Alabama, Florida, North duction decreased less than
1 percent in Carolina, and South Carolina with minor quantity while the value
increased 5 amounts to U.S. possessions and territories percent. 
Table 5.—Kaolin sold or used by producers, by counties 
 1966 1967 
County Number Short tons Value Number Short tons Value of mines  of mines

Twiggs.. 6 1,170,988 $29,000,518 5 879,661 $22,215,947Washington 9 1,371,630
29,827,975 10 1,202,956 28,573353Wilkinson 4 221,063 4,128,338 6 577,504
14,691,152Other counties '  6 442,773 4,199,526 7 348,762 3,843,172 
Total 25 3,206,454 67,156,357 28 3,008,883 69,326,921