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MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967 
 
struction of Interstate Highway 80 in Churchill, Elko, and Pershing Counties.

 Of the 111 sand and gravel operations active in 1967, 40. were classified
commercial. Only one of these produced over 500,000 tons. Eight had outputs
of 100,000 to 500,000 tons, and 31 produced less than 100,000 tons. All but
16 were in the Las Vegas and Reno areas where the outputs for building construction
were substantially below 1966 figures. 
 Industrial sand production at plants near Overton, Clark County, was virtually
unchanged from that of the preceding year with a higher demand for glass
sand barely offsetting a decline in foundry requirements. 
 
Table 
 
(Th 
1O.—Sand and gravel production in 
1967, by counties 
ousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
 
County Quantity Value 
Churchill 726 $387 
Clark 2,952 3,602 
Douglas               
Elko 2,674 1,151 
Eemeralda 11 6 
Eureka 236 162 
Humboldt 196 169 
Lander 221 98 
Lincoln 39 41 
Lyon 166 191 
Mineral 6 5 
Nye 155 180 
Ormsby 94 79 
Pershing 859 375 
Washoe 1,754 2,093 
WhitePine 44 50 
 Total 10,166 8,644 
 
Table 11.—Sand and gravel sold or used by producers, by classes of
operation and uses 
(Thousand short tons and tho 
usand dollars) 
 
 1966 1967 
Class of operation and use 
—————----—~—— —________

Quantity Value Quantity Value 
Commercial operations: 
Sand: 
 
Glass                                 
W W W W 
Molding                               
W W W W 
Building                              Paving                            
   
 520 $1,204 594 $1,229 52 99 162 296 
Railroad ballast                                      Fill              
                   
 (1) 1 
 134 105 111 116 
Other                                 
 183 106 135 72 
Gravel: 
 
Building                               
Paving                                
Railroad ballast                          
 607 1,073 380 752 1,333 1,691 1,084 1,104 
 W W 1 2 
Fill                                  
 273 315 222 225 
Other                                
W W W W 
Miscellaneous                           
 382 575 357 532 
IJudistributed sand and gravel 2              Total sand and gravel     
              
 
Government-and-contractor operations: 
Sand: 
 178 781 174 750 
 
 3,662 5,949 3,220 5,079 
 
 
Building                               
Paving                                
Fill                                  
 123 90 1 1 25 26 126 124 12 24 10 11 
Other                                              
 
Total                               
 
Gravel: 
10 10 
 
 160 140 147 146 
 
 
Building                               
 217 116 1 1 
Paving                               Fill                               
  
 4,797 2,629 6,633 3,257 243 291 132 130 
Other                                 
 
Total                               
 
 Total sand and gravel                   All operations: 
6 9 33 31 
 
 5,263 3,045 6,799 3,419 
 
 5,423 3,1856,946 3,565 
 
 
San&                                  Gravel                        
          
 
Grand total                              
 1,224 2,431 1,321 2,608 7,861 6,703 8,845 6,036 
 
 9,085 9,134 10,166 8,644 
W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential data. 
' Less than ~ unit. 
2 Includes fire or furnace sand, other industrial (unground) said, and items
indicated by symbol W. Includes figures for State, counties, municipalities,
and other Government agencies.