1230 MINERALS YL4RBOOK, 1941
      BUILDING STONE

 The largest use of dimension stone is for building The followmg table gives
the quantity and value of each kind of stone used for construction in 1941.

Building stone sold or used by producers in the United States in 1941 by
kinds
Kind

.
Rough




Construction

Architectural


Cubic feet
Value
Cubic feet
Value
 Granite 2,034,920 $298. 253 433,350 $514, 585
 Basalt 108, 510 17, 182
 Marble   98,800 239,376
 Limestone 1,319,870 367,995 1,651,910 666,323
 Sandstone 402,520 106 426 256 740 202 165
 Miscellaneous 870,800 ~916, 735
 4736620 1706591 2440800 1622449
Kind
Finished
Sawed' Cut'



Total
Cubic feet Value


Cubic feet
Value
Cubic feet
Value


Granite
Basalt
Marble                 
Limestone              
Sandstone              
Miscellaneous                     
83,580
                                 
113,920
1, 124,520
212,450
$304 338

293,561
632, 108
252,612
 
219 800

299,090
1,058,430
43,650
- - - .
$1 034 280

2,215, 635
1,611,297
145,096
.. 
2 771 650
108,510
511,810
5, 154,730
915,360
870,800
$2, 151 456
17,182
2,748,572.
3,277,723
706,299
916,735

1,534,470
1, 482,619
1,620,970
5,006,308
10,332,860
9,817,967
 ' For granite, sawed-stone corresponds to dressed stone for construction
work (walls, foundations, bridges) and cut stone to architectural stone for
high-class buildings.

GRANITE

 Sales of block granite increased 19 percent in quantity and 7 percent in
value in 1941 compared with 1940. Sales of rough architectural and dressed
building stone declined greatly; but the cruder forms of building stone—namely,
rubble and rough construction stone—made important gains. Net losses
in the construction field were more than compensated by substantial gains
in sales of both rough and dressed monumental stone. The value per cubic
foot of dressed building stone increased from $4.31 in 1940 to $4.41 in 1941,
and the value of dressed monumental stone increased from $6.04 to $6.35.
The number of paving blocks sold in 1941 increased 31 percent over the number
in 1940, but the quantity of curbing sold declined 7 percent. The unit value
of paving blocks receded, but that of curbing advanced.