THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NORTH DAKOTA 615 
 
Table 2.—Value of mineral production in North Dakota, by counties—Continued

County 
1966 
1967 
Minerals produced in 1967 in order of value 
McHenry         
McIntosh         
McKenzie        
 
McLean          
Mercer           
Morton          
Mountrail        
Nelson           
Oliver            
Pembina          
Pierce           
$140,000 
W 
23,405,000 
 
390,249 
4,456,517 
876,448 
3,307,000 
370,000 
311,453 
W 
387,000 
$184,000 
200,000 
20, 531, 000 
 
698,316 
5,328,402 
252,152 
2,770,000 
125,000 
298, 793 
W 
433,000 
Petroleum, sand and gravel, natural gas. S~nd and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas, LP gases, natural gasoline, stone, sand and gravel.

Sand and gravel, stone, coal (lignite). 
Coal (lignite), sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel, clays, coal (lignite). 
Petroleum, natural gas, sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel. 
Coal (lignite), sand and gravel. 
Lime, sand and gravel. 
Sand and gravel. 
Ramsey          
416,000 
134,000 
Do. 
Ransom          
34,000 
203,000 
Do. 
Renville          
Richland         
Rolette           
5,866,000 
393,000 
362,000 
5,690,000 
132,000 
135,000 
Petroleum, natural gas, sand and gravel. Sand and gravel. 
 Do. 
Sargent 
Sheridan         
51,000 
141,000 
13,000 
Do. 
Do. 
Sioux            
Slope            
Stark            
 
Steele            
Stutsman         
Towner          
Traill            
1,000 
W 
' 759,139 
 
96,000 
351,858 
W 
274,000 
162,460 
305,000 
2,979,218 
 
126,070 
445,400 
36,000 
57,000 
Stone, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, coal (lignite), sand and gravel, natural gas, molybdenum, uranium.

Sand and gravel, stone. 
Do. 
Sand and gravel. 
Do. 
Walsh           
Ward            
Wells            
Williams         
 
Undistributed    Total       
511,000 
 
1,464,360 
 
16,000 
 
24,273,136 
 
r 1,004,481 
127,000 
1,241,077 
175,000 
23, 144, 805 
 
510, 128 
Do. 
Coal (lignite), sand and gravel, petroleum, natural gas. Sand and gravel.

Petroleum, natural gas, LP gases, salt, natural gasoline, sand and gravel,
stone, coal (lignite). 
 
' 102,268,000 
97,538,000 
 
 Revised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing individual company confidential
data; included with "Undistributed." 
 1 Includes gem stones that cannot be assigned to specific counties and values
indicated by symbol W. 
 
Table 3.—Indicators of North Dakota business activity 
 
1966 
1967 
Change, 
 
 
 
percent 
Personal income: 
 
 
 
Total millions~ 
$1,533 
P $1,588 
+3.6 
 Per capita                                           
Bank debits millions~ 
$2,384 
 $6.8 
P $2,485 $7.3 
+4.2 
+7.4 
Building permits do..Highway construction contracts awarded do~~Freight car
loadings thousand tons~Truck gross ton-mile tax (fiscal year July 1-June
30) millions~Cash receipts from farm marketing do~Mineral production do.Work
force: 
$30.3 
$33.4 
16,576.5 
 $1.5 
$869.6 
$102.3 
 $38.5 
 $30.8 
14,600.1 
 $1.5 
P $857.9 $97.5 
+27.1 
—7.7 
—11.9 
 
—1.3 
—4.7 
Total labor force (monthly estimated work force average) 
thousands~ 
252.9 
248.0 
—1.9 
Total employment do~ 
241.8 
237.6 
—1.7 
 Total unemployment do~ 
 Unemployment rate percenL - 
Employment.: 
 Total agricultural thousands.. Total non-agricultural do - - - 
 Mining do..~ Contract construction do - -- 
11.4 
4.4 
 
70.6 
147.7 
1.9 
9.0 
11.0 
4.2 
 
65.2 
149.7 
1.9 
8.4 
—3.5 
—4.5 
 
—7.6 
+ 1.4 
  
—6.7 
Manufacturing do~..Finance, insurance, real estate do~ - - -Transportation
and utilities do~Trade do~~ 
8.9 
6.4 
12.2 
41.7 
8.7 
6.5 
12.2 
41.8 
—2.2 +1.6 
 
+.2 
Servicesandmiscellaneous do~.. 
25.5 
26.7 
+4.7 
P Preliminary. 
 
 Sources: Survey of Current Business; Engineering News-Record; Statistical
Reporting Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Denver, Cob.; State of
North Dakota; U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.