53The Mineral Industry 
of Alabama 
This chapter has been prepared under a cooperative agreement between the
Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the Geological Survey
of Alabama for collecting information on all minerals except fuels. 
 
 
By Ronald P. Hollenbeck1 and W. Everett Smith2 
 
 
The value of mineral production in Alabama in 1967 increased slightly, reaching
a new high of $251 million. The gain in value over that of 1966 resulted
mainly from an increase in coal production, which offset declines in production
of cement, petroleum, and stone. These four commodities accounted for 86
percent of the total value of the State's mineral production. 
Alabama ranked second among the States in the production of bauxite; third

in masonry cement, native asphalt, and scrap mica; seventh in portland cement;
ninth in iron ore, and 10th in lime. 
Business activity in Alabama continued to increase but at a slower rate of
growth than in 1966. Total personal income reached a record high, although
the increase was below the national average of 6.9 percent. Per capita income
also 
 1 Mining engineer, Bureau of Mines, Knoxville, ' Penn. 
 2 Chief, Economic Geology Division, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa,
Ala. 
 
Table l.—~-Mineral production in Alabama 1 
 
1966 
 
1967 
Mineral 
Quantity 
Value 
(thou- 
sands) 
Value 
Quantity (thou(sands) 
Cement: 2 
 
 
   Masonry thousand 280-pound barrels. 2,570   Portland thousand 376-pound
barrels  16,394Clays thousandshorttons~ 2,448Coal (bituminous) do~ 14,219Iron
ore (usable) thousand long tons, gross weighL  1,508Lime thousand short tons~
699Natural gas million cubic feet~ 252Petroleum (crude) thousand 42-gallon
barrels  8,030Sand and gravel thousand short tons~ 7,082Stone do~. 20,744Value
of items that cannot be disclosed: Native asphalt, bauxite, slag cement,
scrap mica, salt, stone (dimension limestone, dimension marble, crushed sandstone),
talc     XX 
 Total XX Total 1957—59 constant dollars XX 
$7,613 
49,537 
 5,142 
100,112 
 8,702 
 8,442 
32 
20,878 
 7,953 
~36,839 
 
 
 4,528 
 2,377 $6,938 15,364 46,510 2,724 7,422 15,486 110,696 1,472 8,286 624 7,719
248 31 7,348 19,500 7,229 7,969 18,371 33,346 
 XX 2,974 
 
249,778 
r 252,973 
XX 251 391 
XX '  250,364 
 P Preliminary. Revised. XX Not applicable. 
 ' Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production
(including consumption by producers). 
 2 Excludes certain cement; included with "Value of items that cannot be
disclosed." 
 ' certain stone; included with "Value of items that cannat be disclosed."