Table 7.—New York: Sand and gravel sold or used by producers, 
by class of operation and use 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
 
 1971 1972 
Class of operation and use —________________ — 
Quantity Value Quantity 
 
 
Value 
Commercial operations: 
Sand: 
 
 
 
 Building 7,829 Fill 1,383 Paving 2,731 Otheruses' 560 
 Total2 12,503 
 
Gravel: 
10,841 
496 
3,496 
1,341 
8,795 
1,396 
2,997 
719 
13,573 
549 
4,181 
1,654 
 
16,174 
13,907 
19,958 
 
, 
 
 
Building 4,089Fill 912Paving 3,156Miscellaneous 440 
6,450 
771 
3,603 
413 
5,594 
1,135 
3,265 
573 
9,684 
905 
4,953 
663 
 Otheruses 183 
 Total2 8,781 
 
Government-and-contractor operations: 
Sand: 
266 
119 
158 
 
11,504 
10,687 
16,363 
 
 
 
 
Fill 144 
17 
36 
12 
 Paving 19 Otheruses 365 
 Total' 528 
 
Gravel: 
10 
219 
30 
427 
8 
152 
 
172 
 
246 
492 
 
 
 
 
 
Building 45Fill 386 
51 
 
76 
462 
72 
Paving 801Other uses 177 
255 
22 
1,120 
54 
365 
21 
Total2 1,408 
404 
1,636 
459 
 
 
26,722 
36,952 
Totalsandandgravel2 23,221 28,328 
' Includes engine, filtration, foundry, molding, railroad ballast, and other
sands. ' Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding.

500 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1972 
 
and value in 1972 were, respectively, 10% and 17% below the 1971 levels.
The output was used principally in the manufacture of titanium dioxide pigment.

 Lime.—Allied Chemical Corp., Bethlehem Steel Corp., and Union Carbide
Corp. produced lime in Erie, Niagara, and Onondaga Counties for alkalies,
steel furnaces, and calcium carbide. The lime was consumed mainly in New
York. Total lime consumption in New York was 998,500 tons. 
 Mullite, Synthetic.—The Carborundum Co. produced fused, synthetic
mullite at its plant in Niagara County. Output was 2,770 short tons valued
at $497,000. 
 Perlite.—Crude perlite mined in Western States was expanded at plants
of four companies. National Gypsum Co. operated plants in Bronx and Erie
Counties, GeorgiaPacific Corp. in Erie County, United States Gypsum Co. in
Genesee, Richmond, and Rockland Counties, and Buffalo Perlite Corp. in Erie
County. The most important use was in accoustical building plaster. Other
uses included loose fill insulation, 
soil conditioning, lightweight concrete aggregate, and filtering. 
 Salt.—The State output of salt in 1972 was 5,604,4&l short tons
valued at $43,866,000. More than 0.5 million tons of salt were reported each
from Livingston, Onondaga, and Tompkins Counties. 
 
Table 6.—New York: Salt sold or used by producers 
(Thousand short tons and thousand dollars) 
 
Year 
Quantity 
Value 
1968                
1969                
1970                
1971                
1972                
5,218 
5,582 
5,990 
5,303 
5,604 
42,488 
45,561 
47,254 
43,601 
43,866 
 Most of the evaporated salt produced was used for food processing and seasoning.
Another large use for evaporated salt was for manufacturing chlorine and
other chemicals. The principal use for rock salt was for ice control on highways
in the Northeastern States. Other important uses