Table 29. Quantity and value of 

 sand and gravel production 3 in 

 Alabama (U.S. Department of the 

 Interior, Bureau of Mines 1976, 

 1979a, and 1979b). 



Sand and gravel 

 (1000 short tons) 



a Production measured by mine ship- 

 ments, sales, or marketable pro - 

 duction ( incl uding consumption by 

 producers) . 



Table 30. Production (net tons) of 

 sand, gravel, and clay in the Ala- 

 bama coastal region, 1977 a , 1979 a 

 (Alabama Department of Industrial 

 Relations, Division of Safety and 

 Inspection 1977, 1979). 



Type mineral 



1977^ 



19793 



Mobile County 



Sand 70,400 59,085 



Sand and clay 380,598 1,488,758 

 Sand and gravel 



Baldwin County 



Sand 391,288 



Sand and clay 92,926 84,400 



Sand and gravel 36,773 20,000 



Totals for both counties 



Sand 461,688 59,085 



Sand and clay 473,524 1,573,158 



Sand and gravel 36,773 20,000 



a For fiscal year ending September 30. 



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