706 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967 
 
 
Table 2.—Value of mineral production in South Carolina, by counties
1 
County 
1966 
1967 
Minerals produced in 1967 in order of value 
AikenL             
Cherokee           
Chesterfield         
Colleton           
W 
$1,216,150 
129,000 
W 
$6,678,451 
1,275,400 
W 
W 
Kaolin,sandandgravel. 
Limestone, miscellaneous clay, sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel. 
Peat. 
Dorchester         
Edgefield           
Fairfield           
Florence           
Greenville          
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
Cement, limestone, sand and gravel, miscellaneous clay. 
Miscellaneous clay. 
Granite, miscellaneous clay. 
Sand and gravel. 
Granite, sand and gravel. 
Greenwood         
Horry             
Jasper             
Kershaw           
Lancaster          
Laurens           
 W 
 W 
 W 
929,624 
 W 
 W 
 W 
 W 
 W 
660,839 
599,997 
 W 
Granite, miscellaneous clay. 
Sand and gravel, miscellaneous clay. 
Sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel, granite, kaolin, miscellaneous clay. 
Mica, sand and gravel, miscellaneous clay. 
Vermiculite. 
Lexington          
Marion            
Marlboro          
Orangeburg         
Pickens            
Richland           
Spartanburg        
Sumter            
York             
Undistributed       
W 
170, 000 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
43,148,226 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 
39,059,313 
Granite, kaolin, miscellaneous clay, sand and gravel. 
Miscellaneous clay, sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel, miscellaneous clay. 
Cement, limestone, miscellaneous clay. 
Granite, sand and gravel. 
Granite, kaolin, miscellaneous clay, sand and gravel. 
Granite, feldspar, sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel, kaolin, miscellaneous clay. 
Kyanite, pyrites. 
~Total        
45,593,000 
48,274,000 
 
W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data; included
with "Undistributed." 1 The following counties are not listed because no
production was reported: Abbeville, Allendale, Anderson, 
Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chester, Clarendon,
Darlington, Dillon, George. 
town, Hampton, Lee, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Saluda, Union, and Williamsburg.

 
Table 3.—Selected indicators of South Carolina business activity 
 
1966 
1967 
Change, 
percent 
Personal income: 
 
 
 
Total millions_ 
$5,310 
$5,631 
+6.0 
 Per capita                                         Construction activity:

 Total construction projects thousands_ 
$2,052 
 
 14.7 
$2,167 
 
 18.3 
+5.6 
 
+24.5 
 State Highway Department: 
      Value of contracts, construction awards millions -Cash receipts from
farm marketings do_.Mineral production do~Annual average work force and employment:
  Total work force thousands~ 
$61.8 
$396.5 
$45.6 
 
997.4 
$64.9 
$414.7 
$48.3 
 
1,002.4 
+5.0 
+4.5 
+6.0 
 
+.5 
Unemployment doAll employment do__ 
 Wage and salary employment: 
 Mining do.. Contract construction do~._ 
41.8 
955.6 
 
1.7 
48.5 
46.9 
955.5 
 
1.7 
47.6 
+12.2 
— .001 
 
0.0 
—1.9 
Manufacturing do.. 
Transportation, communications, and public utilities thousands 
313.9 
 
30.3 
319.4 
 
31.5 
+1.8 
 
+4.0 
Trade do~Finance, insurance and real estate do.Services do~.. 
120.6 
24.7 
74.2 
123.5 
25.9 
74.8 
+2.4 
+4.9 
+.8 
Government do~. 
121.0 
128.4 
+6.1 
 Sources: S. C. Employment Security Commisdon, S. C. State Highway Department,
U. S. Department of Commerce, U. S. Bureau of Mines. 
 
economy during most of the year. Mineral production value rose 6 percent,
an increase comparable with other marketed products and the general growth
of the State's economy. 
 
 Government Programs.—The Division of Geology, State Development Board,3

 ~ Johnson, H. S., Jr., Geologic Activities in South Carolina During 1967.
Geologic Notes. Division of Geology, State Development Board, v. 12, No.
1, April 1968, pp. 1—8.