92 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967 
 
Table 2.—Value of mineral production in Arizona, by counties 
County 1966 1967 Minerals produced in 1967 in order of value 
Apache $5,783,021 $11,894,526 Petroleum, helium, uranium, sand and gravel,
clays, natural    gas, vanadium, pumice, stone.Cochise 51,094,213 30,668,887
Copper, lime, sand and gravel, stone, silver, gold, fluorspar,    zinc, lead.Coconino
r 4,968,407 3,540,840 Sand and gravel, pumice, stone, copper, uranium, coal.Gila
72,186,623 43,679,807 Copper, sand and gravel, asbestos, lime, molybdenum,
stone,    silver, gold, clays, mercury.Graham 148,568 310,985 Sand and gravel,
copper, stone, pumice.Greenlee 105,583,016 64,893,359 Copper, lime, silver,
stone, gold, sand and gravel, molyb    denum.Maricopa 7,739,805 5,698,147
Sand and gravel, lime, mercury, mica, stone, clays, copper,    silver, vermiculite,
gold.Mohave 24,412,574 26,681,969 Copper, molybdenum, silver, sand and gravel,
zinc, stone,    feldspar, gold, clays, lead.Navajo r 1,356,168 801,870 Sand
and gravel, iron ore, stone.Fima 162,020,777 150,770,174 Copper, cement,
molybdenum, silver, sand and gravel, zinc,    gold, stone, lead, clays, tungsten
concentrate.Final 151, 631,186 91,298,718 Copper, molybdenum, sand and gravel,
silver, gold, perlite,    gypsum, stone, lime, pyrites, diatomite, iron ore,
lead.Santa Cruz 808,662 577,669 Sand and gravel, zinc, lead, stone, silver,
copper, gold.Yavapai r 31,860,644 30,487,994 Copper, cement, zinc, sand and
gravel, lead, diver, molyb    denum, stone, lime, gold, gypsum, clays, pumice,
iron ore.Yuma 2,364,802 2,409,053 Copper, sand and gravel, stone, lead, silver,
gold, zinc.Undistributed__ 120,000 150,000 Gem stones. 
 TotaL_. ' 622,079,000 463,863,000 - 
Revised. 
Table 3.—Indicators of Arizona business activity 
 1966 1967 Change,   percent 
Mining: 
   Sales of product (all mining) millions - $554.1 $391.7 —29.3   Mineral
production do..~.. $622.0 $464.0 —25.4   Industry payrolls (copper
mining only) do_.. $116.6 $85.0 —27.1Agriculture:   Value of agricultural
output do..~. $505.4 $506.7 + .3Contract construction:   Value of contract
awards, total do - - - $464.9 $446.1 —4.0   Value of contract awards,
residential building do. .,__ $150.6 $182.8 +21.4   Value of contract awards,
nonresidential building         do - - - $141.2 $136.8 —3.1   Value
of contract awards, nonbuilding do - - - $173.1 $126.5 —26.9   Industry
sales do__ $392.0 $429.8 +9.6   Industry payrolls do...... $195.5 $210.2
+7.6Manufacturing:   Industry payrolls do..~_. $466.6 $478.6 +2.6Retail trade:
  Sales (daily average) do...... $6.0 $6.2 +3.3   Industry payrolls (excluding
eating and drinking places) - - - - do - - - $248.0 $263.6 + 6.3Transportation:
  Air travel, major metropolitan areas (persons) thousands.... 2,416.2 2,932.8
+21.4   Highway traffic, northern Arizona (vehicles) do - - - 135.0 NA  
Highway traffic, southern Arizona....._do               do...... 397.0 NA
          Interstate automobile traffic, northern Arizona (autos)     do
- - - 2,097.9 2,050.9 —2.2   Interstate automobile traffic, southern
Arizona do       do - - - 2,454.6 2,490.7 + 1.5   Interstate truck traffic,
northern Arizona (trucks)         do - - - 31.0 29.0 —6.5   Interstate
truck traffic, southern Arizona_do do..~ 125.8 116.4 —7.5Tourism: 
 Visitors to national parks, northern Arizona (persons)     do - - - 3,690.9
3,712.7 + .6   Visitors to national parks, southern Arizona..do        do.....
819.7 878.0 +7.1   Border crossings at Nogales do        do~.... 9,092.6
8,758.7 —3.7   Travel to interior Mexico through Nogales.~_..do   
    do..... 99.9 102.6 +2.7   Travel to interior Mexico through Texas cities
do        do - - - 1 223.4 NA        International trade:   Value of U.S.
exports through Arizona              miilions - $41.3 NA           ValueofU.S.importsthroughArizona
do...... $111.3 $110.0 —1.1 
 NA Not available. 
 1 Eight months only June, July, August, and December 1966 data missing.

 Compiled by the Division of Economic and Business Research, College of Business
and Public Administration, The University of Arizona, Tucson. 
 
 Sources of original data: Arizona State Tax Commission, Employment Security
Commission of Arizona, 
Arizona State Highway Department, F. W. Dodge Corp., City of Phoenix, Tucson
Airport Authority, Arizona 
State Commission of Agriculture & Horticulture, U.S. National Park Service,
U.S. Deaprtment of Commerce, 
U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, American Automobile Association,
and the Nogales, Arizona, 
Chamber of Commerce.