PRICES The only figures relating to prices of sand and gravel compiled by the Geological Survey are those shown in the following table, which represent the total average values of the different grades of sand and gravel. They serve, however, as an index of the price changes in recent years, which have had a general upward trend from 1917 through 1920, followed by a downward trend to 1923, when some of the grades again showed an upward trend. The total average value in 1923 was 3 cents less per ton than in 1922, principally because an extended canvass of railroad companies was made to ascertain the quantity of noncommercial ballast used by them and this material was included in the total at a low unit value. Average value per short ton of sand and gravel sold or used by the producers in the United States, 1917-1923 [Based on amounts received for sales f. o. b. pits or nearest shipping points] The quantity of sand and gravel imported in 1923 was about 6 per cent more than in 1922. Most of it was building sand shipped across Lake Erie from Ontario and from Quebec. Much of this material comes into the country as ship ballast. Sand and gravel imported for consumption in the United States in 1922 and 1923 1 Statistics of imports and exports compiled by J. A. Dorsey, of the United States Geological Survey, from records of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce. Sand and gravel imported into the United States, 1922 and 1923, by countries Exports of sand and gravel from the United States in 1923 amounted to 551,233 short tons, valued at $598,633, compared with 356,520 tons, valued at $400,199, in 1922. Of these totals 517,076 tons, valued at $554,894, was exported to Canada in 1923 and 342,732 tons, valued at $379,692, in 1922; and 30,382 tons, valued at $22,953, was exported to Mexico in 1923, and 11,450 tons, valued at $11,891, in 1922. The remainder of the sand and gravel exported in 1923 amounted to less than 1 per cent of the total and was shipped in small lots to 19 other countries. other GLASS SAND One of the most valuable grades of sand sold is that which enters into the manufacture of glass. The purity of sand required for highgrade glass gives this sand a higher selling price than sand sold for uses, although some sand sold for low-grade glassware does not bring so high a price as the washed, dried, and graded sand for molding, construction, and other special uses. West Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Missouri (in order of quantity for 1923) produce most of the sand used for the manufacture of glass in this country. Descriptions of deposits of glass sand in the United States have been given in previous volumes of Mineral Resources. The location of deposits that were in operation in 1923 and the names of the operators as reported to the Geological Survey are given below. Maryland: Washington County: Hancock: Maryland Glass Sand Co. (Inc.) (address, Hagerstown). Massachusetts: Berkshire County: Cheshire: Berkshire Glass Sand Co. (address, Farnams). Michigan: Wayne County: Missouri: Rockwood: Michigan Silica Co. Franklin County: Gray Summit: Tavern Rock Sand Co. (address, St. Louis). Jefferson County: Crystal City: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. (address, Pittsburgh, Pa.). St. Charles County: Klondike: Tavern Rock Sand Co. (address, St. Louis). St. Louis County: Pacific: New Jersey: Walter W. Goran. Tavern Rock Sand Co. (address, St. Louis). Camden County: Penbryn: Reading Sand Co. (address, Bridgeton). Williamstown Junction: Bridgeton Sand Co. (address, Bridgeton). Cumberland County: Cedarville and South Vineland: Crystal Sand Co. (address, Bridgeton). Middlesex County: South River: Marcus S. Wright. New York: Oswego County: Cleveland: Oneida Lake Sand Co. Ohio: Fairfield County: Rushville: Ohio Flint & Glass Sand Co. (address, Zanesville). Knox County: Howard: Millwood White Sand Co. Licking County: Toboso: Edward H. Everett Co. (address, Newark). Mahoning County: Austintown: National Sand & Stone Co. (address, Niles). Perry County: Chalfants: Central Silica Co. (address, Zanesville). Oklahoma: Pontotoc County: Roff: Mid-Continent Glass Sand Co. Pennsylvania: Elk County: Daguscahonda: Silicon Products Co. (address, Ridgway). Fayette County: Masontown: Sterling Sand Co. Forest County: Parrish: Standard Silicon Co. (address, Ridgway). Huntingdon County: Mapleton Depot: Juniata White Sand Co. (address, Baltimore, Md.). Mifflin County: Newton Hamilton: Crystal Sand Co. (address, Latrobe). Vineyard: Pennsylvania Glass Sand Co. (address, Lewistown). Venango County: Texas: Kennerdell: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. (address, Pittsburgh). Atascosa County: Haiduk: Julius E. Espey (address, San Antonio). Coleman County: Virginia: Santa Anna: Parker Silica Sand Co. Scott County: Cassard: Pennsylvania Glass Sand Co. (address, Lewistown, Pa.). West Virginia: Fayette County: Thayer: Sun Sand Co. (address, Charleston). Monongalia County: Sturgisson: Decker's Creek Stone & Sand Co. (address, Morgantown). Morgan County: Berkeley Springs: Berkeley Glass Sand Co. E. F. Millard Sand Works. Speer White Sand Co. West Virginia & Pittsburgh Sand Co. Brosius: Pennsylvania Glass Sand Co. (address, Lewistown, Pa.). |