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MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967 
 
200,000 tons; and 7 percent produced over 200,000 tons. Twenty-five commercial
operators (19 percent) produced 62 percent of the commercial sand and graveL

Over 88 percent of the total production was used for building and highway
construction, and 87 percent of the total production was washed and screened.

 
Table 19.—Sand and gravel sold or used by producers 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
 
Year 
Commercial 
Quantity Value 
 
Government-and- 
contractor 
Quantity Value 
Total sand 
and gravel 
Quantity Value 
1963                             
1964                            
1965                            
1966                            
9,763 
10,227 
9,960 
9,316 
$7,603 
7,788 
7,494 
7,193 
 2,299 $1,073 2,741 1,320 2,584 979 2,311 1,181 
 12,062 $8,676 12,968 9,108 12,544 8,473 11,627 8,374 
1967                             
8,510 
6,727 
 3,556 1,922 
 12,066 18,650 
1 Data does not add to total shown because of independent rounding. 
 
 
 
Table 20.—Sand and gravel sold or used by producers, by classes of
operations and uses 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
Class of operation and use 
1966 
 
 
 
Quantity 
Value 
19 
 
Quantity 
67 
 — Value 
Commercial operations: 
Sand: 
 
, 
 
 
Building                                    
4,026 
$3,186 
3,450 
$2,822 
Paving                                    Fill                          
             
2,636 
869 
1,980 
398 
2,207 
1,049 
1,677 
546 
Other'                                     
 
Total                                     
 
Gravel: 
220 
236 
227 
222 
 
7,751 
5,800 
6,933 
5,267 
 
 
 
 
 
Building                                    
Paving                                     
Fill                                        
219 
1,184 
66 
229 
995 
43 
309 
1,180 
28 
337 
1,014 
31 
Other 2                                    Total                        
           Total sand and gravel                        
 
Government-and-contractor operations: 
Sand: 
96 
126 
60 
78 
 
1,565 
1,393 
1,577 
1,460 
 
9,316 
7,193 
8,510 
6,727 
 
 
 
 
 
Building                                    
Paving                                     
Fill                                        
 
Total                                     
 
Gravel: 
108 
1,096 
4 
108 
510 
2 
165 
1,432 
5 
165 
726 
3 
 
1,208 
620 
1,602 
894 
 
 
 
 
 
Paving                                    Fill                          
             
1,006 
97 
521 
40 
1,954 
1,029 
Total                                     
1,103 
561 
1,954 
1,029 
Total sand and gravel                        
2,311 
1,181 
— 3,556 
1,922 
Grand total                                
11,627 
8,374 
12,066 
~8,650 
' Includes railroad ballast, other construction, and industrial sand (ground
and unground). 2 Includes railroad ballast, other construction, and miscellaneous
gravel. 
3 Data does not add to total because of independent rounding.