Table L—Value of mineral production in Rhode Island, by counties 1
(Thousands) 
 
County 
1966 
1967 
Minerals produced in 1967, in order of value 
Kent                                       
Newport                                    
Providence                                   
Washington                                  
Undistributed2                               
W 
$28 
2,086 
W 
1,833 
W 
$52 
1,900 
W 
2,083 
Sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel, stone. 
Stone, sand and gravel. Do. 
Total                                 Total in 1957—59 constant dollars
            
3,947 
3,825 
4,035 
P 3,937 
 
 P Preliminary. W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential
data. 
 1 Bristol County is not listed because no production was reported. 
 2 Includes value of gem stones and sand and gravel that cannot be assigned
to specific counties and values indicated by symbol W. 
The Mineral Industry of 
Rhode Island 
By Meherwan C. Irani1 
 
 
 Sand and gravel, stone, and miscellaneous gem stone specimens accounted
for the total mineral production in Rhode Island in 1967. Value of sand and
gravel accounted for 60 percent of the total; miscellaneous stone, dimension
granite, and crushed limestone contributed most of the remainder. 
 Producers of sand and gravel, in aggregate, reported a slight increase in
output from 1966. Stone producers reported a decrease of 10 percent in quantity
and 7 percent in value from the previous year. 
 
 
 1 Metallurgist, Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 2.—Indicators of Rhode Island business activity 
 
1966 
1967 p 
Change 
(percent) 
Personal income: 1 
 
 
 
 Total millions~ 
 Percapita                                             Construction activity:

 Buildingpermits                                         
 Contract construction awards 2 millions -    Residential do~_ 
$2,730 
$3,047 
 
110 
$234 
$83 
$2,914 
$3,328 
 
118 
$235 
$74 
+6.7 
+9.2 
 
+7.3 
+ .4 
—10.9 
Nonresidential do 
$88 
$87 
—1.1 
 Publicworksandutilities do~~ 
 Cement shipments to Rhode Island   thousand 376-pound barrels - 
Mineraiproduction thousands_Annual average labor force and employment:  
Civilianworkforce do~_   Total civilian employment do~      Manufacturing
do~~          Durablegoods do~_          Nondurablegoods do.. 
$63 
1,169 
$3,947 
 
379.3 
365.2 
129.6 
52.2 
77.4 
$74 
1,225 
$4,035 
 
387.8 
373.2 
127.2 
50.2 
77.0 
+17.5 
+4.8 
+2.2 
+2.2 
+2.2 
—1.9 
—3.8 
—.5 
P Preliminary. 
1 Bureau of Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. 
2F. W. Dodge Co., Division of McGraw-Hill, Inc. 
1Bureau of Employment Security, US. Department of Labor. 
 
 
 
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