Table 21.—Principal producers and processors of minerals 
Commodity and company Type of activity Parish Address Remarks 
Grinding plant~ - - - 
  
  
  
00 
Lu 
Orleans Houston, Tex 
Calcasieu do 
Orleans do 
 do 
Plant East Baton Rouge.. Denver, Cob 
Plant 
- ~do 
  
 
Mine and plant - - 
 
- - - do 
do 
~do 
~do 
  
- -- do 
- - - do 
  
Calcaeieu       Orleans        ~do 
 
East Baton Rouge 
Caddo 
Lafayette______ 
Iberia 
Pointe Coupee - - - 
Natchitoches 
Tangipahoa      
Rapides         
Lincoln         
St. Tammany    
Also clay, St. Bernard Parish. 
Dallas, Tex      ~do 
New Orleans, La -- 
Fort Worth, Tex_ - - 
Athens, Tex       
Lafayette, La____ 
  
Baton Rouge, La - - 
Natchitoches, La_ - - 
Hammond, La     
Alexandria, La. -- -- 
Ruston,La       
Slidell, La        
 
Plant      
- - - do      
- - - do         
  
East Baton Rouge 
Calcarieu        
St. Mary        
Orleans -- 
Morristown, N. J..... 
New York, N. Y - Also salt, Cameron Parish. 
Morgan City, La - - 
Chicago, Ill 
Also miscellaneous stone. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barite: 
Dresser Minerals                            Do___________________________________

Milchem, Inc                               National Lead Co             
               
Cement: 
Ideal Cement Co., Portland Cement Division 
 
Lone Star Cement Corp 
 Do                                  Louisiana Cement Co 
Clay: 
Acme Brick Co 
Athens Caddo Brick Co 
Mike Baker Brick Co_________________________ Do 
Big River Industries, Inc______________________ 
Dixie Brick, Inc_____________________________ 
Hammond-Baton Rouge Brick Co 
Louisiana Lightweight Aggregate Co 
Ruston Brick Works 
St. Joe Brick Works, Inc 
Gypsum: 
National Gypsum Co - 
United States Gypsum Co 
Winn Rock, Inc 
Lime: 
Allied Chemical Corp 
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp__________________ 
Pelican State Lime Corp 
United States Gypsum Co 
Salt: 
Allied Chemical Corp 
The Carey Salt Co 
Cargill, Inc 
Calcining plant......  Jefferson Buffalo, N.Y 
- - - do Orleans Chicago, Ill 
Open pit Winn Winnfield, La 
Brine wells Iberville Morristown, N. J_.._ 
Underground mine St. Mary Hutchinson, Kans_.. 
    do Minneapolis, Mlnn.. 
 
Also shell, various parishes, and clay, West Baton Rouge Parish. 
Also clay. 
0 
0 
 
 
 
For lightweight aggregate. 
 
 
For lightweight aggregate.