THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF TEXAS 
 
 
Table 2.—Value of mineral production in Texas, by county 1_Continued

(Thousands) 
681 
 
County 
1971 
1972 
Minerals produced in 1972 in order of value 
Freestone        
Frio           
Gaines          
$7,946 
4,569 
165,797 
$7,541 
4,343 
195,600 
Coal, natural gas, petroleum, stone, clays. Petroleum, natural gas, natural
gas liquids. Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, sodium sulfate,

 
 
 
stone. 
Galveston        
Garza          
Gillespie         
Glasscock        
Goliad          
Gonzales        
Gray           
Grayson         
45,928 
15,248 
W 
9,200 
10,026 
1,624 
40,203 
35,231 
50,343 
17,877 
W 
8,447 
9,995 
1,229 
37,772 
30,757 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, clays. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
Gypsum, stone, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
Natural gas, petroleum. 
Natural gas, petroleum, clays. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, sand and gravel, stone. 
Gregg          
Grimes          
Guadalupe       
Hale           
Hall            
185,641 
92 
9,627 
17,788 
15 
203,294 
52 
9,777 
17,043 
Petroleum, natural gas liquids, natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
Petroleum, sand and gravel, clays, natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Hamilton        
Hansford        
Hardeman       
Hardin          
Harris          
 
Harrison        
Hartley         
Haskell         
Hemphill        
Henderson       
78 
21,883 
5,211 
28,579 
171,777 
 
18,936 
2,254 
10,243 
26,748 
44,908 
215 
23,052 
4,897 
26,683 
184,074 
 
15,815 
2,472 
9,960 
31,403 
52,076 
Natural gas, petroleum. 
Natural gas, helium, petroleum. 
Petroleum, gypsum, natural gas liquids, natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, cement, natural gas liquids, natural gas, salt, sand and gravel,
lime, clays. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, coal, clays. 
Natural gas, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas, stone. 
Natural gas, petroleum, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, clays, sand and 
Hidalgo         
 
Hill            
36,293 
 
W 
35,386 
 
W 
graveL 
Natural gas, natural gas liquids, petroleum, stone, sand and gravel. 
Lime. 
Hockley         
Hood           
Hopkins         
Houston         
Howard         
149,416 
25 
11,731 
8,059 
61,457 
163, 411 
W 
11,239 
7,240 
62,528 
Petroleum, natural gas liquids, natural gas. 
Natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas liquids, natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas liquids, natural gas, sand and gravel, stone. 
Hudspeth        
Hunt           
Hutchinson       
 
Irion           
Jack           
Jackson         
Jasper          
Jefferson        
 
Jim Hogg        
Jim Wells        
Johnson         
Jones           
Karnes          
Kaufman        
Kenedy         
Kent           
Kerr           
Kimble         
King           
Kinney         
Kleberg         
Knox           
Lamb           
Lanipasas        
La Salle         
Lavaca          
Lee            
Leon           
Liberty         
Limestone       
Lipecomb        
Live Oak        
Llano           
Loving          
Lubbock        
Lynn           
McCulloch       
McLennan       
1,892 
182 
74,275 
 
5,567 
15,916 
104,894 
2,327 
r 69,351 
 
12,681 
85,850 
W 
9,020 
25,257 
2,828 
27,507 
56,689 
W 
134 
6,032 
3 
198,456 
4,463 
1,035 
3 
2,582 
8,202 
188 
3,248 
' 36,971 
5,092 
13,610 
22,217 
W 
6,070 
2,759 
1,124 
W 
9,253 
1,392 
132 
73,045 
 
6,517 
13,690 
102,096 
1,443 
65,169 
 
11,047 
83,076 
4,557 
8,306 
27,943 
2,690 
23,992 
69,598 
W 
314 
6,392 
- - 
 
195,483 
3,453 
747 
54 
2,927 
8,564 
85 
3,053 
34,673 
4,951 
13,123 
19,329 
703 
5,504 
2,901 
992 
1,999 
11,953 
Talc, stone, gypsum. 
Natural gas, petroleum. 
Natural gas liquids, petroleum, natural gas, sand and gravel, stone, salt.

Petroleum, natural gas liquids, natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas, stone, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, natural gas, lime. 
Natural gas, petroleum, sulfur, natural gas liquids, salt, clays, sand and
gravel. 
Natural gas, petroleum, natural gas liquids, stone. 
Natural gas, petroleum, natural gas liquids. 
Lime, stone, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, sand and gravel, natural gas, stone. 
Petroleum, uranium, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Petroleum, stone, natural gas. 
Natural gas, natural gas liquids, petroleum. 
Petroleum, natural gas, sand and gravel. 
Stone,sandandgravel. 
Natural gas, sand and gravel, petroleum. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
 
Natural gas, petroleum, natural gas liquids, stone. 
Petroleum,naturalgas. 
Petroleum, stone, natural gas. 
Sandandgravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
Natural gas, natural gas liquids, petroleum. 
Petroleum, natural gas. Do. 
Petroleum, sulfur, natural gas, natural gas liquids. 
Sand and gravel, clays, natural gas, petroleum. 
Natural gas, petroleum. 
Natural gas, petroleum, uranium, natural gas liquids. 
Stone, sand and gravel. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
Petroleum, stone, natural gas. 
Petroleum, natural gas. 
Stone, sand and gravel, natural gas. 
Cement, sand and gravel, natural gas liquids, stone, clays, natural gas.

See footnotes at end of table.