Magnesium Compounds.—Production ofmagnesium compounds, used in the
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Table 11.—Crude petroleum production, indicated demand, and stocks
in 1967, by month 
(Thousand 42-gallon barrels) 
  Indicated   StocksMonth Production demand originating in   Mississippi

 
January  4,657 4,418February  4,293 4,958March -. 4,813 4,997April  4,628
3,935May  4,759 4,933June  4,672 5,162July  4,913 5,117August  4,917 4,740September
 4,800 4,565October  4,965 5,228November  4,810 4,782December  4,920 4,734

 
Total: 
 3,015 2,350 2,166 2,859 2,685 2,195 1,991 2,168 2,403 2,140 2,168—
2,319 
 
 
 1967 57,147 57,569 1966 55,227 54,886 
XX 
XX 
XX Not applicable. 
 
Table 12.—Crude petroleum produced, by fields 1 
 
(Thousand 42-gallon barrels) 
 
Field 1963 1964 1965 
 1966 1967 
Baxterville 5,823 5,822 5,592 
 5,399 5,027 
Bay Springs   970Brookhaven 1,545 1,456 1,299Bryan 2,017 1,773 1,312Eucutta
1,088 1,232 1,050Heidelberg 3,620 3,491 3,904La Grange, N & S 1,234 1,236
1,245Little Creek 6 107 5,589 4,137McComb 4,482 4,379 3,837Quitman Bayou
(2) (2) (2)Raleigh 1,573 1,511 1,304Smithdale (2) 1,019 1,155Soso 2,643 2,380
2,070Summerland (2) (2) 1,096Tinsley 2,855 2,650 2,447Yellow Creek, N &
W 1,409 1,276 1,191Other fields3 24,223 22,963 23,574 
 3,487 3,931 1,073   (2) 1,125   (2) 814   (2) 3,830 3,891 950   (2) 2,841
1,976 2,797 1,760 1,392 2,852 1,191 1,124 950   (2) 1,939 2,129 1,291 1,589
2,325 2,293 1,027   (2) 22,796 30,575 
Total 58,619 56,777 56,183 
 55,227 57,147 
1 Based on the Oil arid Gas Journal data adjusted to Bureau of Mines total.

2 Included with "Other fields." 
Bureau of Mines data. 
 
NONMETALS 
 
 Cement.—Shipments of portland cement decreased 20.2 percent; masonry
cement increased 0.7 percent. In November, the Mississippi State Highway
Department let state and interstate highway construction contracts totaling
$10 million. 
 
 Clays.—A gain was reported in quantity of fuller's earth sold or used.
Total tonnage of miscellaneous clay used for heavy clay products and lightweight
aggregate decreased 6 percent and constituted 66 percent of the State's clay
pro- 
duction. Fire clay production increased 3 percent. Ball clay was produced
in Panola County. 
 
 Lime.—International Paper Co. started operating its Vicksburg mill,
which has a capacity of 1,000 tons of paper per day. Employment is 400 persons
with an annual payroll of over $3 million. In all paper processes, lime is
used with chlorine to prepare calcium hypochlorite solutions for bleaching
paper pulp.