Commodity and company Address Type of activity County 
Wet process, 6-rotarykiln plant. 
Wet process, 2-rotarykiln plant. 
Open pit mine and plant 
   
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Pot kiln at best-sugar plant. 
5 pot kilns at beetsugar plants. 
Cass. 
 
Nuckolls. 
 
 
 
Cass. 
 
Jefferson. 
Otoe. 
 
Lancaster. 
 
Morrill. 
 
Scotts Bluff. 
 
Cement: 
 
 
 
Ash Grove Cement Co - - 
1000 Tenmain Center 
 
 
Ideal Cement Co., a division of Ideal Basic 
Kansas City, Mo. 84105 
420 Ideal Cement Bldg. 
Denver, Cob. 80202 
 
 
Industries, Inc. 
 
 
 
Clays: 
Ash Grove Cement Co - - - 
1000 Tenmain Center 
 
 
Endicott Clay Products Co Western Brick & Aggregate Co. 
Yankee Hill Brick Manu- 
Kansas City, Mo. 64105 
Endicott, Nebr. 68350 
Box 1141 
Nebraska City, Nebr. 68410 
Route 1 
 
 
 facturing Co. Lime: Great Western Sugar Co., a subsidiary of Great 
Lincoln, Nebr. 68502 
Box 5308 
Denver, Cob. 80217 
 
 
Western United Corp. 
 
 
 
Natural gas and petroleum 1 
Pumice: LaRue Axtell Pumice 
Callaway, Nebr. 68825    
Open pit mine and plant 
Lincoln. 
Co. 
 
 
 
Sand and gravel (commercial): 
Central Sand & Gravel Co~ 
Box 626 
Columbus, Nebr. 68601 
Dredging operation   
- - - do             
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Butler. 
Hall. 
Pierce. 
Consolidated Sand and Gravel Corp. 
Hank Stalp Gravel Co - -- 
 
Hartford Sand & Gravel Co 
 
Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Corp. 
712 D St. 
Fairbury, Nebr. 68352 
Box 6 
West Point, Nebr. 68788 
Box 571 
Valley, Nebr. 68064 
4315 Cuming St. 
Omaha, Nebr. 68131 
2 dredging operations - - 
3 dredging operations - - 
Pit and plant  
3 dredging operations - - 
2 dredging operations - - 
4 pits              
Pit and plant         
2 pits and plants      
   
Pit and plant     
- ~do             
Madison. 
Platte. 
Jefferson. 
 
Cummg. 
 
Douglas. 
Dodge. 
Cass. 
Dodge. 
Douglas. 
Morrill. 
Platte. 
McCann Sand & Gravel Co. Overland Sand & Gravel Co. 
Valley, Nebr. 68064      
22 Main St. 
Stromberg, Nebr. 68666 
2 pits and plants      
Pit and plant         
2 dredging operations - - 
4 dredging operations - - 
Dredging operation    
   
Sarpy. 
Saunders. 
Douglas. 
Merrick. 
Nance. 
Polk. 
Western Sand & Gravel Co 
Box 268 
- - - do             
Cass. 
Carl W. Whitney       
 
Wolf Sand and Gravel Co 
Stone: 
Lincoln, Nebr. 68501 
1402 Ninth Ave. 
Kearney, Nebr. 68847 
Morse Bluff, Nebr. 68648~ 
3 dredging operations - - 
Pit and plant         
 
Pits and plants       
Saunders. 
Buffalo. 
 
Saunders. 
Ash Grove Cement Co - - - - 
1000 Tenmain Center 
Kansas City, Mo. 64105 
Quarry and plant      
Cass. 
Behrens Construction Co Fort Calhoun Stone Co - - 
P.O. Box 188 
Beatrice, Nebr. 68310 
1255 South St. 
- - - do            do             
Gage. 
Thurston. 
Hopper Bros. Quarries - - - 
Blair, Nebr. 68008 Weeping Water, Nebr 68463 
 .~do            3 quarries and plant - - Quarry and plant      
   
do             
Washington. 
Cass. 
Nemaha. 
Pawnee. 
Saunders. 
KerfordLimestoneCo~. 
Box434 
do             
Cass. 
United Rock Construction, Inc. 
Weeping Water, Nebr. 68463 1117 Woodman of the World Bldg. 
Omaha, Nebr. 68102 
 
 
Do. 
 1 Most of the major oil and gas companies and many smaller companies operate
in Nebraska, and severalcommercial directories contain complete lists of
them.448 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1972 
 
METALS 
 
 No metallic minerals were mined in Nebraska, but antimony, bismuth, gold,
lead, 
and silver were recovered from out-of-State lead bullion and other smelter
products by American Smelting and Refining Co. at its Omaha refinery. 
 
 
Table 12.—Principal producers