W Withheld to avoid disclcsing individual company confidential data; included
with "Undistributed." 
 THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF WYOMINGfor 36 percent; and crushed and broken miscellaneous
stone, sandstone, and basalt and crushed marble for 6 percent. Leading counties
in order of stone output were Laramie, Platte, Albany, Teton, Sweetwater,
and Sheridan. Crushed limeEtone was produced in Albany, Crook, Laramie, Platte,
Sweetwater, and Teton Counties, and broken limestone in Laramie and Platte
' Counties. Uses were for cement, lime, railroad ballast, concrete, road
construction, riprap, mineral foods, and decorative purposes. Dimension limestone
was produced in Platte County for building construction. Granite from Laramie
County was used for railroad ballast, riprap, concrete, and road construction;
a small quantity quarried in Carbon Co'unty was used for riprap. Miscellaneous
stone was produced in Goshen, Laramie, Park, Sheridan, and Sweetwater Counties;
uses were for riprap, concrete, road construction, railroad ballast, building
construction, and rubble. Sandstone was produced in Albany, Carbon, Natrona,
Sheridan, and Sublette Counties; uses included riprap, making cement, precasting,
and building construction. Basalt from Fremont County was used for riprap,
and marble from Platte County for precasting. 
 
 
Table iL—Stone production in 1967, by 
counties 
 
County 
Short tons 
Value 
Albany            
Big Horn           
Carbon            
Converse           
218,962 
2,618 
5,275 
490 
$371,360 
5,236 
10,820 
980 
Crook             
6,560 
10,900 
Fremont           
Goshen            
8,245 W 
16,740 
W 
Johnson            
38 
76 
Laramie            
Natrona           
Park              
622,679 
1,182 
W 
1,205,028 
2,364 
W 
Platte             
296,278 
566,301 
Sheridan           
Sublette           
14,861 
W 
17,306 
W 
Sweetwater        Teton          
25,500 
W 
51,125 
W 
iJinta             
5,886 
11,772 
Undistributed       
37,617 
104,688 
Total         
1,246,191 
2,374,696 
 Sulfur.—Production of elemental sulfur, recovered from hydrogen sulfide-bearing
natural gas, decreased 14 percent in quantity; shipments decreased from 105,000

887 
 
tons valued at $1.6 million to 92,300 tons valued at $2.0 million. The increase
in value was due to ' higher sulfur prices, approximately $6.00 per ton,
in effect during the last half of the year. Sulfur was recovered by the modified
Claus process by Sinclair Refining Co. in Carbon County, Atlantic Richfield
Co. and Pan American Petroleum Corp. in Fremont County, Pan American Petroleum
Corp. in Park County, and TGS in Washakie ' County; by the Claus process
by Pervin & Gertz, Inc., in Park County; and the Webb process by Husky
Oil Co., formerly Ralston Processors Associates, Inc., in Park County. 
 In October TGS closed its sulfur-recovery plant at Worland because of the
gradual depletion of sour-gas reserves. Western Nuclear, Inc., began constructing
a 5-ton-per-day sulfur-recovery plant adjacent to Northern Utilities Co.
in Sand Draw to utilize the sour gas previously flared off by Northern. Production
will be hauled to Western Nuclear plants in Riverton for conversion to sulfuric
acid. Two of the three Western Nuclear plants were purchased from Susquehanna-Western
Inc., in February. 
 
METALS 
 
 A slight decrease was recorded for the total value of the metal commodities;
an increase in uranium was more than offset by decreases in iron ore and
vanadium. 
 
 Gold.—The Federal Geological Survey 
announced a mass, estimated at 50 cubic miles, of gold-bearing sandstone
and conglomerate in the Jackson Hole area. Of 6,000 samples collected in
the area, the first 1,200 samples, determined by the cyanide-atomic-absorption
method, returned $0.06 to $0.35 in gold per cubic yard; some samples assayed
$9.60 per ton. Subsequent reconnaissance drilling and bulk sampling of the
area by the Bureau of Mines were not encouraging economically. 
 
 Iron Ore.—Output decreased 6 percent in quantity and 3 percent in
value; all producers reported decreased production. Taconite deposits in
the Bradley Peak area of the Seminoe Mountains were in the 100million-ton
range and amenable to beneficiation by modern technology; deposits in the
Owl Creek Mountains may prove as large. Development of the deposits appear