886 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967 
 
 
Table 1O.—Sand and gravel sold or used by producers, by classes of
operations and uses 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
1966 
Class of operation and use 
Quantity Value 
1967 
 
 
 — Quantity Value 
 
Commercial operations: 
 
 
Sand: 
 
 
Construction: 
 
 
 Building 201 $258 Paving 105 130 Fill 27 34 
 Total 333 422 
 
Gravel: 
131 
95 
48 
$186 
115 
52 
 
274 
353 
 
 
 
Construction: 
 
 
Building 416 511 
156 
221 
Paving - 580 715 
627 
633 
Fill 115 123 
41 
25 
Miscellaneous 78 84 
52 
44 
Total 1,189 1,433 
876 
923 
Totalsand and gravel 1,522 1,855 
1,150 
1,276 
 
 
 
Government-and-contractor operations: 
Sand: 
 
 
Building 3 3 
 
 
 Paving 2,716 2,716 
Fill                                                         
 Total 2,719 2,719 
 
Gravel: 
2,921 
9 
2,921 
2 
 
2,930 
2,923 
 
 
 
Building -. 
3 
3 
 Paving  2,936 2,912 Fill  10 10 
  Total 2,946 2,922  Totalsand and gravel 5,665 5,641 
 
All operations: 
4,086 
12 
4,042 
9 
 
4,101 
4,054 
 
7,031 
6,977 
 
 
 
Sand 3,052 3,141 
Gravel 4,135 4,355 
3,204 
4,977 
3,276 
4,977 
Total 7,187 7,496 
8,181 
8,253 
 
All mineral rights were retained for the 
Government by the Federal Bureau of 
Land Management. 
FMC Corp. planned sinking a fourth shaft at its Westvaco complex. Largest
in the complex, the new shaft would improve mine ventilation and handle expanding
or~ requirements. The company increased loading and shipping facilities during
the year. The chief improvement was the addition of 32 all-aluminum railrcad
cars with a load capacity of 130 tons each, an increase of 30 tons over that
of older cars. Each car is 62 feet 7 inches long, 10 feet 4 inches wide,
and 15 feet 5 inches high. Loading is accomplished through 12 circular hatches
in the roof, and discharge is through 4 gates in the bottom of the car. 
Completed in 1966, the new third refinery unit of Stauffer Chemical Company
of Wyoming had an additional, unused 
production capacity of 150,000 tons built 
in. 
TGS awarded a contract to Winston Brothers Co. for sinking a 16-foot-diameter
shaft 1,400 feet on its lease near Green River. TGS also retained Stearns-Roger
Corp. of Denver, Cob., for design and specifications of its future processing
facilities. 
Shipments of natural sodium sulfate by William E. Pratt from saline-lake
deposits in Natrona County nearly doubled. 
 
Stone.—Production and value of stone from 58 operations in 17 counties
decreased 11 and 7 percent, respectively. All stone produced was crushed
and broken, except for 1 percent, which was dimension limestone, sandstone,
and miscellaneous stone used for constructing buildings and decorative uses.
Crushed and broken limestone accounted for 57 percent of the stone production;
crushed and broken granite