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 STATE OF ILLINOIS 
 
 WILLIAM G. STRATTON, Governor 
 
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 MINERAL PRODUCTION 
 IN ILLINOIS IN 1955 
 
 W. H. Voskuil 
 W. L. Busch 
 
 DIVISION OF THE 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
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Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 
 in 2012 with funding from 
 
 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
 
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CONTENTS 
 
 Page 
 
 Summary of Illinois mineral production 7 
 
 Coal industry 8 
 
 Foreign markets 9 
 
 Domestic markets 9 
 
 Coal in Illinois 11 
 
 Petroleum industry 17 
 
 Production 17 
 
 Consumption 17 
 
 Well drilling 18 
 
 Petroleum in Illinois 18 
 
 Limestone and dolomite industry 21 
 
 Agstone production 21 
 
 Problems of the agstone industry 22 
 
 Cement industry 23 
 
 Sand and gravel industry 23 
 
 Fluorspar industry 25 
 
 Uses of fluorspar 25 
 
 Sources of fluorspar 26 
 
 Directory of Illinois industrial minerals producers 27 
 
 Limestone and dolomite 27 
 
 Clay and clay products 3 1 
 
 Sand and gravel 33 
 
 Portland and masonry cement 39 
 
 Lime 39 
 
 Silica sand 39 
 
 Natural bonded molding sand 39 
 
 Tripoli 40 
 
 ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 Figure 
 
 1. Value of Illinois mineral production in 1955 7 
 
 2. States that produced 90 percent of the nation's bituminous 
 
 coal, 1955 9 
 
 3. Illinois coal production by counties, 1955 10 
 
 4. New oil pools discovered in Illinois in 1955 16 
 
 5. Illinois production of crude petroleum, 1905-1955 17 
 
TABLES 
 
 Table Page 
 
 1. Summary of Illinois mineral production, 1954-1955 6 
 
 2. Value of Illinois mineral production, 1915-1955 8 
 
 3. Illinois coal production by counties, 1955 12 
 
 4. Coal production by Illinois counties, 1882-1955 13 
 
 5. Summary of Illinois coal production, 1954 15 
 
 6. National production of bituminous coal, 1945-1955 15 
 
 7. Illinois well completions and production, 1936-1955 18 
 
 8. Illinois fields producing over one million barrels of oil 
 
 during 1955 19 
 
 9. National production of crude oil, 1945-1955 19 
 
 10. Estimated oil production by Illinois counties, 1954 20 
 
 11. Illinois limestone and dolomite production, 1954-1955 22 
 
 12. Illinois clay products, 1954-1955 23 
 
 13. Special sands in Illinois, 1954-1955 24 
 
 14. Illinois sand and gravel production, 1954-1955 24 
 
 15. Fluorspar shipped from mines in the United States, and 
 
 imports, 1954 26 
 
MINERAL PRODUCTION IN ILLINOIS 
 IN 1955 
 
 by 
 W. H. Voskuil and W. L. Busch 
 
 ABSTRACT 
 The annual report of mineral production in Illinois is a sum- 
 mary of the output and value of Illinois mineral products. The min- 
 erals include coal, petroleum, natural gas, stone, silica sand, lime, 
 cement, clay products, sand, gravel, fluorspar, and metals. Brief 
 economic analyses of the mineral industries are accompanied by 
 maps and tables. A directory of Illinois industrial minerals pro- 
 ducers who reported recent production is included. 
 
 Value of Illinois mineral production in 1955 reached $592,492,000, an in- 
 crease of $69,908,000 over the 1954 value. The first mineral, in value of out- 
 put, is petroleum and its associated hydrocarbon liquids and gases. The his- 
 tory of petroleum production in Illinois since the opening of the basin fields in 
 1937 is beginning to show substantially the effects of secondary recovery prac- 
 tices. From a peak production of nearly 148 million barrels reached in 1940, 
 production declined each year until 1954 when the decline was reversed. The 
 first significant contribution of secondary recovery began with the Benton pool, 
 which first showed a small increase in output in 1950 and a substantial increase 
 in 1951. Since that year, secondary recovery operations have increased in num- 
 ber and have contributed to the oil production of the State so as to more than 
 offset the natural decline from the original drillings. 
 
 Coal has dropped to second place in value owing to its almost complete dis- 
 placement as fuel for railroad locomotives. In the last decade, consumption of 
 coal by railroads has fallen from more than 125 million tons a year to less than 
 15 million tons. The coal mines of Illinois, at one time important suppliers of 
 coal to railroads in the Middle West, suffered a severe loss of market when 
 railroads installed diesel locomotives. The recovery of coal output in 1955 fol- 
 lowing a decline of several years is explained in part by an increasing popula- 
 tion and the accompanying increase in demand for electric power, manufactured 
 goods, and a high output of primary steel. 
 
 The mineral fluorspar, of which Illinois is the nation's leading producer, 
 is finding an expanding usefulness as a fluxing agent to supplement or replace 
 natural cryolite in the aluminum reduction industry. Other uses of long stand- 
 ing in the steel industry, in ceramics, in acid manufacture, and in the produc- 
 tion of organic chemicals assure for the fluorspar producers a continued out- 
 let for their product. 
 
 Activity in residential and commercial construction and a continued high- 
 way building program together sustained a demand for sand, gravel, stone, and 
 clay products. Agstone requirements and chemical and metallurgical industries 
 also add to the demand for limestone. 
 
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ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 
 
 Fig. 1. - Value of Illinois mineral production in 1955 
 
 SUMMARY OF ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION 
 The variety of minerals produced in Illinois is shown in table 1 in which 
 their quantities and values for the years 1954 and 1955 have been tabulated. 
 The total value of all mineral products shows a considerable increase in 1955 
 over that of 1954, although some individual items, such as stone and sand and 
 gravel, showed decreases in value. 
 
 The first mineral in value of output is petroleum, which showed the largest 
 gain over the previous year. Coal, which continues to hold second place in 
 value, showed an increase of about 10 percent in output and of about 12 percent 
 in value. Clay products increased some 16 percent in value following increased 
 
ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Table 2. - Value of Illinois Mineral Production, 1915-1955 3 
 (thousands of dollars) 
 
 
 Mineral 
 
 
 Mineral 
 
 Year 
 
 production 
 
 Year 
 
 production 
 
 1915 
 
 $114,446 
 
 1935 
 
 $96,484 
 
 1916 
 
 146,360 
 
 1936 
 
 117,916 
 
 1917 
 
 234,736 
 
 1937 
 
 133,437 
 
 1918 
 
 271,244 
 
 1938 
 
 130,155 
 
 1919 
 
 213,701 
 
 1939 
 
 215,157 
 
 1920 
 
 373,926 
 
 1940 
 
 287,327 
 
 1921 
 
 254,019 
 
 1941 
 
 333,225 
 
 1922 
 
 244,618 
 
 1942 
 
 341,835 
 
 1923 
 
 282,761 
 
 1943 
 
 337,912 
 
 1924 
 
 235,796 
 
 1944 
 
 342,832 
 
 1925 
 
 231,658 
 
 1945 
 
 344,267 
 
 1926 
 
 237,242 
 
 1946 
 
 379,673 
 
 1927 
 
 180,394 
 
 1947 
 
 458 , 734 
 
 1928 
 
 188,099 
 
 1948 
 
 567,624 
 
 1929 
 
 182,791 
 
 1949 
 
 487,808 
 
 1930 
 
 148,311 
 
 1950 
 
 539,236 
 
 1931 
 
 108,066 
 
 1951 
 
 542,031 
 
 1932 
 
 71,693 
 
 1952 
 
 500,820 
 
 1933 
 
 74,837 
 
 1953 
 
 501,926 
 
 1934 
 
 89,212 
 
 1954 
 
 522,584* 
 
 
 
 1955 
 
 592,492 b 
 
 * Revised figure. 
 
 a Compiled from figures by the U. S. Geological Survey, 
 U. S. Bureau of Mines, Illinois State Department of 
 Mines and Minerals, and Illinois State Geological 
 Survey. 
 
 b Preliminary figure. 
 
 activity in the building industry. Lime showed the same trend in value. Fluor- 
 spar recovered from a year of low output in 1954. 
 
 COAL INDUSTRY 
 
 Coal output in the United States increased by nearly 20 percent in 1955 
 over that of 1954. The increased output was not shared alike by the several 
 major producing states and districts. West Virginia and Ohio increased their 
 output more than Z0 percent, Pennsylvania and Kentucky almost as much, Vir- 
 ginia nearly 30 percent, and Illinois registered an increase of slightly more 
 than 10 percent. 
 
 An interesting development in the coal industry is the tendency of coal-con- 
 suming industries and coal production to locate on, or as near as possible to, 
 inland waterways. This has been especially significant on the Ohio River in 
 Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The effect already is seen in the increased 
 coal output of Ohio. Further industrial expansion is anticipated in such areas. 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 
 
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 Fig. 2. - States that produced 90 percent of the nation's 
 bituminous coal, 1955 
 
 Foreign Markets 
 
 The increases in coal output are a result of unusual market conditions. The 
 most significant trend in the coal market in 1955 was the increased demand for 
 coal exports to Europe. All the nations of western Europe have been recover- 
 ing economically and expanding production in varying degrees. Industrial pro- 
 duction has outrun local coal supplies in the major coal-producing countries - 
 Western Germany and the United Kingdom. Europe's third large coal producer, 
 Poland, did not send much coal to western European nations because its sur- 
 plus output was taken largely by the U.S. S.R. Although part of the increased 
 fuel requirements needed for Europe's increased industrial output was filled 
 by oil from the Persian Gulf area, the requirements for metallurgical fuel 
 could be met only with coal. A large portion of coal exported from the United 
 States was of coking grade. 
 
 Domestic Markets 
 
 A second factor contributing to the unusual market was the continued in- 
 crease in electric power output. Production of electricity in the nation increased 
 from 329 billion kilowatt hours in 1950 to 546 billion kilowatt hours in 1955, an 
 increase of 57 percent. Consumption of fuels over the same period increased 
 at an almost comparable rate. In 1950, 92 million tons of coal were used, com- 
 pared with 149 million tons in 1955; fuel oil used decreased from 75 million 
 barrels to 74 million barrels; and natural gas consumption increased from 629 
 billion cubic feet to 1,159 billion cubic feet. 
 
 In Illinois, fuels used to produce electric power showed the following changes 
 from 1950 to 1955: Coal consumption increased from 12 to 17 million tons; fuel 
 
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 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 oil use decreased from 1 million barrels to 1/4 million; natural gas consump- 
 tion increased from 37 to 72 billion cubic feet in 1954 but dropped to 57 billion 
 cubic feet in 1955. The rate of increase and percentage of fuel supplied by nat- 
 ural gas to electric utilities in Illinois is of particular interest. In 1950 nat- 
 ural gas supplied 9.5 percent of fuel (calculated as Btu's) whereas in 1955 this 
 figure had risen to 15.4 percent. 
 
 ILLINOIS COUNTIES 
 
 PRODUCING COAL 
 
 in 1955 
 
 1,000,000 tons or more 
 500,000 to 1,000,000 tons 
 [7. .71 100,000 to 500,000 tons 
 less thon 100,000 tons 
 
 Total Production 45,711,555 tons 
 36 counties producing 
 
 Fig. 3. - Illinois coal production by counties, 1955 
 
 In Illinois electric utilities use natural gas largely on the basis of an in- 
 dustrial -inter ruptible contract, which creates unusual competition for coal. 
 Gas is used during that part of the year when the house -heating load is low or 
 nonexistent. Thus in 1955, a total of 57 billion cubic feet of natural gas was 
 used of which 14.3 percent was used in the month of August and 2.6 percent was 
 used in February. 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 11 
 
 In 1954 (latest available figures) average fuel costs for Illinois electric 
 plants per million Btu's were 24.7 cents for coal, 51.7 cents for oil, and 21.8 
 cents for natural gas. 
 
 Continued demand for coal suitable for the manufacture of metallurgical 
 coke reflected the high level of steel production in 1955. Use of coal in coke 
 ovens in 1955 was 24 percent higher than in 1954. Other manufacturers also 
 increased their coal consumption, but the percentage increase was somewhat 
 less. Demand for coal as railroad fuel decreased 10 percent. Retail deliveries 
 remained about the same. 
 
 In summing up the market situation in 1955, the largest single factor in in- 
 creased coal output was the export of coking coal, followed by electric utilities 
 requirements. Such a market affects principally the coal -producing districts in 
 West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and eastern Kentucky (table 6). 
 
 Coal in Illinois 
 
 The record of coal production in Illinois in 1955 is shown in a series of 
 four tables. Table 3, "Illinois Coal Production by Counties, 1955," shows that 
 of the 36 counties that produce coal, 13 produced more than a million tons each, 
 or 90 percent of the State's output. Coal production by stripping methods pre- 
 dominates in the northwest counties of Fulton and Knox and is important also in 
 Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, Saline, Vermilion, Williamson, and Bureau coun- 
 ties. 
 
 Table 4 shows the accumulated production by counties since 1882, when 
 mining records were begun. Eleven counties produced more than 100 million 
 tons in the 74 years of recorded production and account for three -fourths of the 
 State's entire output. Of the 70 counties that have produced coal, 36 are still 
 producers. 
 
 Table 5 summarizes production by type of mine and table 6 shows the posi- 
 tion of Illinois among the principal coal-producing states of the nation. Illinois 
 ranks fourth among the states in coal output. 
 
 Industrial and public utilities were the principal buyers. The amount of 
 coal sold to railroads continued to decrease and is now less than 3 million tons, 
 compared with nearly 21 million tons in 1945. Strip mines produced 41 percent 
 of the 1955 tonnage. 
 
 The trend in the Illinois coal industry is toward fewer mines but larger 
 output for each shipping mine. The record for the past five years bears this 
 out. 
 
 Average Output by Shipping and Local Mines 
 
 
 No. of 
 
 
 No. of 
 
 
 
 shipping 
 
 Av. output 
 
 local 
 
 Av. output 
 
 
 mines 
 
 (tons) 
 
 mines 
 
 (tons ) 
 
 1951 
 
 136 
 
 386,729 
 
 166 
 
 13,702 
 
 1952 
 
 111 
 
 389,860 
 
 152 
 
 16,307 
 
 1953 
 
 97 
 
 452,034 
 
 135 
 
 15,695 
 
 1954 
 
 87 
 
 459,974 
 
 119 
 
 14,773 
 
 1955 85 516,244 113 16,201 
 
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 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Table 3. - Illinois Coal Production by Counties, 1955 5 
 
 
 Number 
 of mines 
 
 
 Tons 
 
 mined 
 
 Total 
 tons 
 
 Total 
 
 County 
 
 Underground 
 
 
 Strip 
 
 value 
 
 Bureau 
 
 Christian 
 
 Clark 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Douglas 
 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 ,162,935 
 
 114,451 
 326,180 
 
 
 794,394 
 1,230 
 
 794,394 
 
 6,162,935 
 
 1,230 
 
 114,451 
 
 326,180 
 
 $3,177,576 
 
 24,651,740 
 
 4,920 
 
 457,804 
 
 1,304,720 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Fulton 
 
 Gallatin 
 
 Greene 
 
 Hancock 
 
 5 
 26 
 
 7 
 1 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 ,528,018 
 
 76,183 
 
 139,482 
 
 5 
 
 ,321,591 
 
 57,331 
 
 5,811 
 
 30,387 
 
 4,528,018 
 
 5,397,774 
 
 196,813 
 
 5,811 
 
 30,387 
 
 18,112,072 
 21,591,096 
 
 787,252 
 23,244 
 
 121,548 
 
 Henry 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Jefferson 
 
 Kankakee 
 
 Knox 
 
 3 
 7 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 40,462 
 
 567,305 
 
 ,582,907 
 
 1 
 
 592,889 
 
 798,981 
 ,784,754 
 
 40,462 
 
 1,160,194 
 
 1,582,907 
 
 798,98ic 
 
 1,784,754 
 
 161,848 
 4,640,776 
 6,331,628 
 3,195,924 
 7,139,016 
 
 LaSalle 
 
 Livingston 
 
 Logan 
 
 Macoupin 
 
 Madison 
 
 7 
 2 
 1 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 100 
 
 27,536 
 
 341 ,826 
 
 ,035,881 
 
 
 3,382 
 3,879 
 
 3,482 
 
 3,879 
 
 27,536 
 
 341,826 
 
 1,035,881 
 
 13,928 
 
 15,516 
 
 110,144 
 
 1,367,304 
 
 4,143,524 
 
 Marion 
 
 Menard 
 
 Montgomery 
 
 Peoria 
 
 Perry 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 63 ,240 
 16,110 
 
 ,723,975 
 39,535 
 
 ,273,599 
 
 2 
 
 403,303 
 ,328,420 
 
 63 ,240 
 
 16,110 
 
 1,723,975 
 
 442,838 
 
 3,602,019 
 
 252,960 
 
 64,440 
 
 6,895,900 
 
 1,771,352 
 
 14,408,076 
 
 Randolph 
 St. Clair 
 Saline 
 Sangamon 
 Schuyler 
 
 5 
 13 
 13 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 861,968 
 
 ,884,198 
 
 ,650,623 
 
 79,093 
 
 14,573 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 ,151,702 
 
 ,363,905 
 
 803,910 
 
 11,069 
 
 2,013,670 
 
 3,248,103 
 
 2,454,533 
 
 79,093 
 
 25 ,642 
 
 8,054,680 
 12,992,412 
 
 9,818,132 
 316,372 
 102,568 
 
 Tazewell 
 
 Vermilion 
 
 Washington 
 
 Will 
 
 Williamson 
 
 1 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 33 
 
 4 
 
 3,102 
 61,032 
 20,069 
 
 ,361,551 
 
 2 
 
 817,717 
 
 153,205 
 ,287,761 
 
 3,102 
 
 878,749 
 
 20,069 
 
 153,205 
 
 6,649,312 
 
 12,408 
 
 3,514,996 
 
 80,276 
 
 612,820 
 
 26,597,248 
 
 Total 
 
 198 
 
 26 
 
 ,995,934 
 
 18 
 
 ,715,621 
 
 45,711,555 
 
 $182,846,220 
 
 a Source: Illinois State Department of Mines and Minerals. 
 
 b Average value for Illinois coal, f.o.b. mine, estimated at $4 per ton, 1955. 
 
 c Includes 247,625 tons mined in Grundy County. 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 
 
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 Table 4. - Coal Production by Illinois Counties, 1882-1955° 
 
 
 Total 
 
 Total years 
 
 Last year 
 
 County 
 
 production 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 
 (in tons) 
 
 production 
 
 production 
 
 Adams 
 
 46 , 186 
 
 15 
 
 1942 
 
 Bond 
 
 7,355,569 
 
 57 
 
 1942 
 
 Brown 
 
 57,324 
 
 34 
 
 1950 
 
 Bureau 
 
 49,767,455 
 
 71 
 
 1955 
 
 Calhoun 
 
 96,247 
 
 27 
 
 1912 
 
 Cass 
 
 212,477 
 
 53 
 
 1941 
 
 Christian 
 
 216,925,190 
 
 71 
 
 1955 
 
 Clark 
 
 4,482 
 
 2 
 
 1955 
 
 Clinton 
 
 38,367,990 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 Coles 
 
 198,932 
 
 6 
 
 1888 
 
 Crawford 
 
 44,786 
 
 13 
 
 1942 
 
 Douglas 
 
 1,473,208 
 
 10 
 
 1955 
 
 Edgar 
 
 915,698 
 
 41 
 
 1952 
 
 Effingham 
 
 796 
 
 1 
 
 1890 
 
 Franklin 
 
 471,960,772 
 
 57 
 
 1955 
 
 Fulton 
 
 179,583,633 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 Gallatin 
 
 4,887,583 
 
 71 
 
 1955 
 
 Greene 
 
 633 ,055 
 
 72 
 
 1955 
 
 Grundy 
 
 40,438,808 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 Hamilton 
 
 22,097 
 
 16 
 
 1905 
 
 Hancock 
 
 670,074 
 
 69 
 
 1955 
 
 Hardin 
 
 40 
 
 1 
 
 1890 
 
 Henry 
 
 21,930,909 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 Jackson 
 
 83,180,994 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 Jasper 
 
 23,739 
 
 11 
 
 1939 
 
 Jefferson 
 
 13,245,110 
 
 52 
 
 1955 
 
 Jersey 
 
 120,350 
 
 59 
 
 1951 
 
 Johnson 
 
 242,109 
 
 51 
 
 1939 
 
 Kankakee 
 
 6,260,602 
 
 36 
 
 1955 
 
 Knox 
 
 29,188,525 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 LaSalle 
 
 65,520,425 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 Livingston 
 
 10,103,506 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 Logan 
 
 14,261,778 
 
 71 
 
 1955 
 
 Macon 
 
 11,000,468 
 
 65 
 
 1947 
 
 Macoupin 
 
 261,307,291 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 McDonough 
 
 2,634,903 
 
 69 
 
 1951 
 
 McLean 
 
 5,544,139 
 
 47 
 
 1928 
 
 Madison 
 
 158,408,627 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 Marion 
 
 39,012,553 
 
 74 
 
 1955 
 
 Marshall 
 
 12,516,141 
 Illinois Departme 
 
 70 
 >nt of Mines and 
 
 1951 
 
 a r< 
 
 Source : 
 
 -Minerals. 
 
14 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Table 4. - Continued 
 
 Total Total years Last year 
 
 County production of of 
 
 (in tons) production production 
 
 Menard 13,355,570 74 1955 
 
 Mercer 14,998,922 69 1952 
 
 Monroe 8,284 13 1941 
 
 Montgomery 84,658,961 74 1955 
 
 Morgan 190,787 64 1951 
 
 Moultrie 2,032,236 16 1924 
 
 Peoria 66,179,727 74 1955 
 
 Perry 164,229,640 74 1955 
 
 Pike 5,081 8 1942 
 
 Pope 1,562 11 1938 
 
 Putnam 10,071,893 29 1938 
 
 Randolph 69,743,360 74 1955 
 
 Richland 154 1 1890 
 
 Rock Island 3,846,169 67 1948 
 
 St. Clair 226,187,079 74 1955 
 
 Saline 190,155,405 74 1955 
 
 Sangamon 232,546,807 74 1955 
 
 Schuyler 2,979,223 73 1955 
 
 Scott 612,476 61 1942 
 
 Shelby 4,119,763 67 1950 
 
 Stark 1,227,280 69 1952 
 
 Tazewell 17,631,627 74 1955 
 
 Vermilion 150,827,506 74 1955 
 
 Wabash 186,144 29 1943 
 
 Warren 685,466 73 1954 
 
 Washington 17,774,011 74 1955 
 
 White 1,676,741 36 1940 
 
 Will 36,833,411 74 1955 
 
 Williamson 306,095,331 74 1955 
 
 Woodford 7,810,160 70 1951 
 
 Total (1882-1955) 3,374,835,347 
 
 Estimated production 
 
 (1833-1881) 73,386,123 
 
 Total production 
 
 (1833-1955) 3,448,221,470 
 
ILLINOIS 
 
 1 MINERAL PRODUCTION, 
 
 1955 
 
 Table 
 
 5. - 
 
 Summary of 
 
 Illinois Coal Production, 
 
 1954 a 
 
 Type of mine 
 
 
 Number 
 of mines 
 
 37 Producing Counties 
 
 Net tons Percent of 
 produced total tons 
 
 Av. value 
 
 $3.90 
 
 per ton 
 
 Strip mines: 
 Shipping 
 Local 
 
 
 28 
 40 
 
 15,388,078 
 1,037,454 
 
 36.8 
 2.5 
 
 $60,013,504 
 4,046,071 
 
 Total 
 
 
 68 
 
 16,425,532 
 
 39.3 
 
 64,059,575 
 
 Underground mines: 
 Shipping 
 Local 
 
 59 
 79 
 
 24,629,724 
 
 720,496 
 
 59.0 
 1.7 
 
 96,055,924 
 2,809,934 
 
 Total 
 
 
 138 
 
 25,350,220 
 
 60.7 
 
 98,865,858 
 
 Grand total 
 
 
 206 
 
 41,775,752 
 
 100.0 
 
 $162,925,433 
 
 15 
 
 a Source: Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals. 
 b Estimated, subject to revision. 
 
 Table 6. - National Production of Bituminous Coal, 1945-1955 
 (thousands of tons) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Percent 
 
 
 
 
 1954 b 
 
 1955 b 
 
 of 1955 
 
 State 
 
 1945 
 
 1950 
 
 total 
 
 West Virginia 
 
 152,035 
 
 144,116 
 
 116,000 
 
 142,000 
 
 30.2 
 
 Pennsylvania 
 
 132,965 
 
 105,870 
 
 71 ,550 
 
 86,550 
 
 18.4 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 69,593 
 
 78,495 
 
 60,045 
 
 72,300 
 
 15.4 
 
 Illinois 
 
 73,011 
 
 56,291 
 
 42,000 
 
 46,310 
 
 9.9 
 
 Ohio 
 
 32,737 
 
 37,761 
 
 30,150 
 
 36,800 
 
 7.8 
 
 Virginia 
 
 17,235 
 
 17,667 
 
 17,800 
 
 23 ,500 
 
 5.0 
 
 Indiana 
 
 25,183 
 
 19,957 
 
 13,010 
 
 15,950 
 
 3.4 
 
 Alabama 
 
 18 ,236 
 
 14,422 
 
 9,900 
 
 12,000 
 
 2.6 
 
 Tennessee 
 
 6,271 
 
 5,070 
 
 6,700 
 
 7,600 
 
 1.6 
 
 Total 
 
 527,266 
 
 479,649 
 
 367,155 
 
 443,010 
 
 94.3 
 
 All other states 
 
 50,351 
 
 36 ,662 
 
 24,845 
 
 26,990 
 
 5.7 
 
 Grand total 
 
 577,617 
 Bureau of Mi 
 
 516,311 
 nes. 
 
 392,000 
 
 470,000 
 
 100.0 
 
 a Source: U. S. 
 
 
 b Preliminary fi 
 
 gures. subiec 
 
 t to revis: 
 
 Lon. 
 
 
 
16 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
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 •J- M '■ ! • 1»* f * » 
 
 *-f 21. i 12 i ^. . | ' A 
 
 SOLE OF MILES 
 
 10 20 
 
 KEY 
 % OH. FIELD, VaMNOONCD 
 <i GAS FIELD; (TaMMOOHEO 
 
 jjtmjuir i. itat 
 tunas srrtTt seojOocju. suner 
 
 Fig. 4. - New oil pools discovered in Illinois in 1955 
 
 Albion Central 
 Boulder East 
 Centerville Northeast 
 Cooks Mills Gas (Included 
 in Cooks Mills Consol.) 
 
 5. Cottage Grove 
 
 6. Edinburg South 
 Elba 
 
 Eldorado West 
 Elkton 
 
 Exchange East 
 Fishhook 
 
 7. 
 
 8. 
 
 9. 
 10. 
 11. 
 
 12. Francis Mills South 
 
 13. Freeburg South 
 
 14. Glenarm 
 
 15. Harco East 
 
 16. Harrisburg South 
 
 17. Hoyleton West 
 
 18. Iuka West 
 
 19. Kincaid 
 
 20. Kincaid South 
 
 21. Long Branch South 
 
 22. Mitchells ville 
 
 23. Murdock 
 
 24. Oak Point West 
 
 25. Okawville North 
 
 26. Pink staff East 
 
 27. Posen South 
 
 28. Raleigh South 
 
 29. Redmon North 
 
 30. Russellville West 
 
 31. St. Jacob East 
 
 32. Samsville Northwest 
 
 33. Stubblefield South 
 
 34. Tovey 
 
 35. Wakefield South 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 
 
 17 
 
 Millions of Barrels 
 - o o o o 
 
 CO 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 05 1915 1925 1935 1945 1955 
 
 Fig. 5. - Illinois production of crude petroleum, 1905-1955. 
 
 PETROLEUM INDUSTRY 
 
 Production 
 
 The year 1955 was one of increased production of crude oil, in both the na- 
 tion and Illinois. The national output of more than 2,484 million barrels was an 
 increase of 7 percent. Illinois production of about 81.1 million barrels showed 
 an increase of 22 percent over that of 1954. 
 
 There also was a net increase in imports of both crude oil and refined pro- 
 ducts, indicating a growing need for supplementary sources of oil from abroad. 
 The principal source of imported oil is Venezuela, followed by Kuwait, Saudi 
 Arabia, Canada, and Sumatra (Far East). Altogether, 15 countries export crude 
 petroleum to the United States. Imports of crude are about 11.5 percent of do- 
 mestic production. 
 
 Consumption 
 
 A total of 3 billion barrels of oil was consumed in the United States in 1955. 
 The total includes a wide variety of products from motor fuel for automobiles, 
 trucks, and buses to heavier oils for cooking and heating, oils and greases for 
 lubrication, and solids such as coke and asphalt. Motor fuel takes 1.3 billion 
 barrels or 43 percent of the total output. The second large use is for heating 
 homes and commercial and public buildings, which takes about 20 percent of 
 the output. Kerosene for cooking and light heating loads uses about 4 percent. 
 
 Relatively new to the petroleum industry is the use of liquid fuel for jet 
 engines. In 1955, about 56.3 million barrels were so used, compared with 45.8 
 million barrels used in the previous year. This is an, increase of nearly 23 per- 
 cent in one year and, in time, jet fuel requirements may become substantial. 
 
 Liquefied gas also is an important product that is expanding rapidly in de- 
 mand. Consumption of 142.8 million barrels in 1955 was an increase of 1 1 per- 
 cent over the previous year. 
 
18 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Table 7. - Illinois Well Completions and Production, 1936-1955 
 
 b 
 
 Year Completions 
 
 1936 
 1937 
 1938 
 1939 
 1940 
 
 1941 
 1942 
 1943 
 1944 
 1945 
 
 1946 
 1947 
 1948 
 1949 
 1950 
 
 1951 
 1952 
 1953 
 1954 
 1955 
 
 93 
 
 449 
 2,536 
 3,617 
 3,755 
 
 3,807 
 2,017 
 1,791 
 1,991 
 1,763 
 
 2,362 
 2,046 
 2,489 
 2,741 
 2,894 
 
 2,383 
 2,077 
 2,161 
 3,254 
 3,885 
 
 Producing 
 Wells 
 
 52 
 
 292 
 
 2,010 
 
 2,970 
 
 3,080 
 
 2,925 
 1,179 
 1,090 
 1,229 
 1,094 
 
 1,387 
 1,102 
 1,316 
 1,447 
 1,328 
 
 947 
 
 854 
 1,161 
 1,896 
 2,164 
 
 Production (thousands of barrels) 
 
 ~^d 
 
 New fields Old fields 
 
 20) e 
 
 12) 
 
 15) 
 
 17) 
 22) 
 21) 
 32) 
 23) 
 
 23) 
 
 35) 
 
 88) 
 
 107) 
 
 62) 
 
 2,884 
 
 19,771 
 
 90,908 
 
 142,969 
 
 128,993 
 
 101,837 
 
 77,581 
 
 72 ,946 
 
 70,839 
 
 70,174 
 61,455 
 59,623 
 58,571 
 55,794 
 
 54,147 
 53,727 
 51,924 
 59,130 
 72,016 
 
 4,542 
 4,304 
 4,004 
 4,678 
 
 5,145 
 4,753 
 4,675 
 4,467 
 4,371 
 
 5,123 
 
 5,004 
 5,185 
 5,930 
 6,234 
 
 6,097 
 6,344 
 
 7,101 
 7,810 
 9,115 
 
 Total 
 
 4,445 
 
 7,426 
 
 24,075 
 
 94,912 
 
 147,647 
 
 134,138 
 
 106,590 
 
 82 ,256 
 
 77,413 
 
 75,210 
 
 75,297 
 66,459 
 64,808 
 64,501 
 62,028 
 
 60,244 
 60,071 
 59 ,025 
 66,940 
 81,131 
 
 a Includes only oil and gas producers and dry holes, 
 b Based on information furnished by oil and pipeline companies, 
 c Includes Devonian production at Sandoval and Bartelso. 
 d From U. S. Bureau of Mines through 1950. 
 
 e Figures in parentheses indicate producing wells, included in total, 
 previously completed as dry holes. 
 
 Well Drilling 
 The number of wells drilled for oil and gas totaled 55,922 in 1955, of which 
 63 percent were oil or gas producers and the remainder dry holes. In keeping 
 with the increasing demand for oil products, drilling also increased above that 
 of 1954 when a total of 52,879 wells were drilled of which 64 percent produced 
 oil or gas. 
 
 Petroleum in Illinois 
 
 Value. - The value of petroleum produced in Illinois in 1955 was $237,713,- 
 830 at the well and exceeded the value of coal output by $54,867,610. Together 
 the two fuels account for about 70 percent of the value of the mineral output of 
 the State. In the case of petroleum, the value at the wells is only part of the 
 story because the refining industry converts crude oil into many usable pro- 
 ducts such as gasoline, kerosene, heating oils, and lubricants, thus adding con- 
 siderable value in processing. 
 
 Reserves. - The annual survey and estimate of petroleum reserves, as of 
 January 1, 1956, by the American Petroleum Institute, shows an estimated 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 
 
 19 
 
 Table 8. - Illinois Fields Producing Over One Million 
 Barrels of Oil During 1955 
 
 Rank Field 
 
 1 Clay City Consol. 
 
 2 Southeastern Illinois 
 
 3 Louden 
 
 4 Salem Consol. 
 
 5 New Harmony Consol. 
 
 6 Eldorado Consol. 
 
 7 Roland Consol. 
 
 8 Dale Consol. 
 
 9 Sailor Springs Consol. 
 
 10 Benton Consol. 
 
 11 Albion Consol. 
 
 12 Herald Consol. 
 
 13 Inman East Consol. 
 
 14 Phillipstown Consol. 
 
 Total 
 
 Other fields 
 
 State total 
 
 Production 
 
 Percent of 
 
 (barrels) 
 
 State total 
 
 10,219,000 
 
 12.6 
 
 8,508,000 
 
 10.5 
 
 7,709,000 
 
 9.5 
 
 7,612,000 
 
 9.4 
 
 4,518,000 
 
 5.6 
 
 3,523,000 
 
 4.3 
 
 2,634,000 
 
 3.2 
 
 1,996,000 
 
 2.5 
 
 1,549,000 
 
 1.9 
 
 1,441,000 
 
 1.8 
 
 1,204,000 
 
 1.5 
 
 1,092,000 
 
 1.3 
 
 1,023,000 
 
 1.3 
 
 1,019,000 
 
 1.2 
 
 54,047,000 
 
 66.6 
 
 27,084,000 
 
 33.4 
 
 81,131,000 
 
 100.0 
 
 Table 9. - National Production of Crude Oil, 1945-1955 
 (thousands of barrels) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Percent 
 
 
 
 
 
 1955 b 
 
 of 1955 
 
 State 
 
 1945 
 
 1950 
 
 1954* 
 
 total 
 
 Texas 
 
 754,710 
 
 829,874 
 
 974,275 
 
 1,058,720 
 
 42.6 
 
 California 
 
 326 ,482 
 
 327,607 
 
 355,865 
 
 354,737 
 
 14.3 
 
 Louisiana 
 
 131,051 
 
 208 ,965 
 
 246 ,558 
 
 268,233 
 
 10.8 
 
 Oklahoma 
 
 139 ,299 
 
 164,599 
 
 185,851 
 
 203,337 
 
 8.2 
 
 Kansas 
 
 96,415 
 
 107,586 
 
 119,317 
 
 121,869 
 
 4.9 
 
 Wyoming 
 
 36,219 
 
 61,631 
 
 93,533 
 
 100,473 
 
 4.0 
 
 New Mexico 
 
 37,351 
 
 47,367 
 
 74,820 
 
 82,398 
 
 3.3 
 
 Illinois 
 
 75,094 
 
 62,028 
 
 66,798 
 
 81,610 
 
 3.3 
 
 Colorado 
 
 5,036 
 
 23 ,303 
 
 46,206 
 
 51,018 
 
 2.1 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 19,062 
 
 38,236 
 
 34,240 
 
 37,280 
 
 1.5 
 
 All other states 
 
 92,936 
 
 102,378 
 
 117,525 
 
 124,846 
 
 5.0 
 
 Total 
 
 1,713,655 
 
 1,973,574 
 
 2,314,988 
 
 2,484,521 
 
 100.0 
 
 * Revised figures. 
 
 a Source i U. S. Bureau of Mines. 
 
 b Preliminary figures. 
 
20 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Table 10. - Estimated Oil Production by Illinois Counties, 1954 a 
 
 
 Amount 
 
 Value 
 
 
 (thousands 
 
 (thousands 
 
 County 
 
 of barrels) 
 
 of dollars 
 
 Bond 
 
 79.0 
 
 $237.0 
 
 Christian 
 
 755.0 
 
 2,265.0 
 
 Clark & Cumberland 
 
 1,758.0 
 
 5,274.0 
 
 Clay 
 
 4,895.0 
 
 14,685.0 
 
 Clinton 
 
 1,735.0 
 
 5,205.0 
 
 Coles 
 
 415.0 
 
 1,245.0 
 
 Crawford 
 
 2,437.0 
 
 7,311.0 
 
 Edgar 
 
 134.0 
 
 402.0 
 
 Edwards 
 
 1,440.0 
 
 4,320.0 
 
 Effingham 
 
 473.0 
 
 1,419.0 
 
 Fayette 
 
 6,693.0 
 
 20,079.0 
 
 Franklin 
 
 2,401.0 
 
 7,203.0 
 
 Gallatin 
 
 1,490.0 
 
 4,470.0 
 
 Hamilton 
 
 3,326.0 
 
 9,978.0 
 
 Hancock & McDonough 
 
 58.0 
 
 174.0 
 
 Jasper 
 
 1,710.0 
 
 5,130.0 
 
 Jefferson 
 
 2,281.0 
 
 6,843.0 
 
 Lawrence 
 
 3,258.0 
 
 9,774.0 
 
 Macon 
 
 87.0 
 
 261.0 
 
 Macoupin 
 
 0.5 
 
 1.5 
 
 Madison 
 
 568.0 
 
 1,704.0 
 
 Marion 
 
 6,525.0 
 
 19,575.0 
 
 Monroe 
 
 0.5 
 
 1.5 
 
 Montgomery 
 
 6.0 
 
 18.0 
 
 Perry 
 
 28.0 
 
 84.0 
 
 Randolph 
 
 361.0 
 
 1,083.0 
 
 Richland 
 
 3,515.0 
 
 10,545.0 
 
 St. Clair 
 
 36.0 
 
 108.0 
 
 Saline 
 
 795.0 
 
 2,385.0 
 
 Shelby 
 
 25.0 
 
 75.0 
 
 Wabash 
 
 3,638.0 
 
 10,914.0 
 
 Washington 
 
 940.0 
 
 2,820.0 
 
 Wayne 
 
 7,067.0 
 
 21,201.0 
 
 White 
 
 8,010.0 
 
 24,030.0 
 
 Total 
 
 66,940.0 
 
 $200,820.0 
 
 a Subject to revision. 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 21 
 
 proved reserve of 691,161,000 barrels of crude oil in Illinois, an increase of 5 
 percent over the known reserves of the previous year. 
 
 Natural gas reserves associated with oil are estimated at 233,565 million 
 cubic feet, a decline of about 20 billion cubic feet from the previous year. 
 
 Oil is unlike coal or some of the metal ores in that the known reserve is 
 only a few years ahead of annual requirements. Continual exploration for oil 
 and discovery of new fields is an established part of the oil industry. It is the 
 practice of the industry each year to make a survey of the amount of oil reserve 
 that has been proved and can be produced under current conditions of price and 
 production practices. The oil reserves of the State, therefore, are estimated 
 each year. This figure must not be misunderstood. It does not mean that all 
 the oil in a state or in the nation has been discovered. It merely means that the 
 figure given represents the known amount of oil on a given date. It is something 
 like a bank balance that gives only the bank deposit on a given date to which 
 amounts are added or withdrawn from day to day. 
 
 The economic position of the Illinois petroleum industry is portrayed in 
 tables 7 to 10. The historical record (table 7) shows the beginnings of produc- 
 tion in the deep basin in 1937 and the rapid rise to a peak output in 1940. Al- 
 though production did not maintain the record reached in 1940, it nevertheless 
 has been sustained at a good level in the subsequentyears. Secondary recovery 
 practices have helped to sustain production and turn it upward from the low 
 point of output reached in 1953. In 1955, 31 percent of the output was credited 
 to secondary recovery methods. The list of fields producing more than 1 mil- 
 lion barrels in 1955 is given in table 8. 
 
 Compared with Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and California, Illinois is not 
 a large producer. Table 9 shows the production position of each state. Texas 
 overshadows all states in the nation with an output of more than 42 percent. Il- 
 linois may be classed with Kansas, Wyoming, and New Mexico, whereas Cali- 
 fornia, Louisiana, and Oklahoma occupy a middle position. 
 
 The wide distribution of oil production in Illinois is shown in table 10 in the 
 output by counties. Although 34 counties produce oil, five of them - White, 
 Wayne, Fayette, Marion, and Clay - accounted for half the output. 
 
 LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE INDUSTRY 
 
 Limestone and dolomite are the most important stone products of Illinois. 
 The materials are useful in construction, highway building, railway roadbeds, 
 agriculture, metallurgy, the chemical industry, lime and cement manufacture, 
 and for several minor uses. 
 
 Value of limestone and dolomite produced in Illinois for all purposes ex- 
 cept the manufacture of lime and cement was estimated at $28,653,700 in 1955. 
 About 23,321,000 tons were quarried during the year. The counties leading in 
 production of limestone and dolomite are Cook, Kankakee, Randolph, St. Clair, 
 and Will, each of which generally produces a million tons a year. 
 
 Agstone Production 
 The use of limestone and dolomite for correcting soil acidity on Illinois 
 farms and improving soil tilth is a long -established practice and one that ex- 
 
22 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Table 11. - Illinois Limestone and Dolomite Production, 1954 and 1955 a 
 
 
 1954* 
 
 1955 b 
 
 Use 
 
 Tons 
 
 Value 
 
 Tons 
 
 Value 
 
 Agricultural 
 Construction and Paving 
 Metallurgical 
 Railroad ballast 
 Other 
 
 2,785,900 
 
 18,001,450 
 
 245,015 
 
 652,215 
 
 1,404,420 
 
 $3,612,380 
 
 22,484,900 
 
 365,140 
 
 716,370 
 
 2,221,910 
 
 2,271,200 
 
 18,845,400 
 
 317,600 
 
 486,300 
 
 1 ,400 ,500 
 
 $2,918,100 
 
 22,472,300 
 
 555,800 
 
 550,500 
 
 2,157,000 
 
 Total 
 
 23,089,000 
 
 $29,400,700 
 
 23 ,321 ,000 
 
 $28,653,700 
 
 * Revised figures. 
 
 a Excluding stone used in manufacture of cement and lime. 
 
 b Preliminary figures. 
 
 tends over most of the farming areas of the State. The total amount used has 
 been 5 million tons in some years and in recent years has been about 3 million 
 tons. 
 
 In general, limestone producers in Illinois have been well placed geograph- 
 ically to supply this demand. The northern tier of Illinois counties, particularly 
 the Driftless Area, has a large number of stone outcrops that are quarried by 
 many small stone producers to supply local markets. 
 
 Northeastern Illinois, which includes the Chicago district and environs to 
 the south and west, has a number of large producing companies that ship stone 
 by rail and truck to local markets as well as to more distant points in Illinois. 
 The area around and immediately below East St. Louis, has a number of large 
 commercial stone producers that market stone in the fertile farming area out- 
 side the St. Louis industrial district as well as eastward in south-central Illi- 
 nois. 
 
 The counties that border the Mississippi River in western Illinois produce 
 limestone and dolomite in ample quantities for local needs. 
 
 Problems of the Agstone Industry 
 
 The use of agricultural limestone on farms has declined from the high peak 
 of 5,180,000 tons reached in 1947. The cause of this decline are complex but 
 are related, in one aspect, to the increased use of nitrogenous, phosphate, and 
 potassic fertilizer. Altogether, the tonnage of these materials has risen from 
 948,000 tons in 1950 to 1,159,000 in 1955, an increase of 22 percent. 
 
 Although consumption of agricultural limestone in Illinois has been descreas- 
 ing since 1947, it is not because the soil is adequately limed. Informed agron- 
 omists are of the opinion that only about half the Illinois farms have enough lime. 
 Some of the unlimed land is in permanent pasture to which farmers generally 
 do not apply limestone. Large areas of crop land, however, remain inadequately 
 limed, and there is need for demonstrating unequivocally that investment in 
 limestone is more than returned in larger production. 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 23 
 
 CEMENT INDUSTRY 
 
 Plans to expand cement producing capacities have been announced or under- 
 taken by cement manufacturers in Illinois and adjacent states. Illinois has four 
 plants in the northern part of the State. On the Illinois border in Missouri are 
 four plants at Hannibal, St. Louis, Prospect Hill, and Cape Girardeau. In Indiana 
 plants are located at Buffington in the Chicago area and at Evans ville in southern 
 Indiana. A plant at Davenport, Iowa, is also within the Illinois market range. 
 
 The capacity of cement plants in the United States at the end of 1955 was 
 315 million barrels. Construction under way will add 48 million barrels capa- 
 city to the cement industry during the coming year. 
 
 Table 12. - Illinois Clay Products, 1954 and 1955 
 
 Clay product 
 
 1954* 
 
 1955 a 
 
 Face brick 
 
 $8,153,255 
 
 $7,620,380 
 
 Common brick 
 
 7,160,110 
 
 7,022,310 
 
 Structural tile 
 
 252,190 
 
 542,000 
 
 Drain tile 1 
 Sewer tile J 
 
 2,527,935 
 
 3,555,920 
 
 Other structural products 
 
 1,738,815 
 
 1,452,525 
 
 Clay and silica refractories 
 
 8,867,260 
 
 13,068,250 
 
 Pottery and whiteware 
 
 18,501,060 
 
 21,594,285 
 
 Total 
 
 $47,200,625 
 
 $54,855,670 
 
 * Revised figures. 
 
 a Preliminary figures. 
 
 SAND AND GRAVEL INDUSTRY 
 
 Illinois is an important producer of sand and gravel for several types of 
 markets. The State ranks high among producers, being exceeded in output by 
 only California, Michigan, and New York. 
 
 Sand and gravel became the leading mineral product in the United States on 
 a basis of tonnage output in 1954, the latest year for which national statistics 
 are available, when production rose to a record total of 557 million tons. Con- 
 struction in that year was valued at 37.6 billion dollars. Indications are that 
 sand and gravel production reached new highs in 1955 when the value of con- 
 struction reached a high of 42 billion dollars. 
 
 According to the National Sand and Gravel Association, the construction of 
 roads and buildings accounted for about 45 percent of commercial sales. The 
 ready-mixed concrete industry took 32 percent, and retail dealers took 13 per- 
 cent. The remainder went into concrete blocks, railroad ballast, and miscella- 
 neous uses. 
 
 The enormous demand for sand and gravel is being complicated by a de- 
 crease in available deposits in some areas. Zoning regulations have restricted 
 or blocked production in many localities. In some areas, also, potentially use- 
 ful deposits of sand and gravel have been built over by homes, factories, and 
 
24 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Table 13. - Special Sands in Illinois, 1954 and 1955 
 
 Uses 
 
 Silica sand: 
 Molding sand 
 Other uses 
 Ground silica 
 
 Total silica sand 
 
 Natural bonded molding sand 
 
 Total special sands 
 
 1954* 
 
 1955 3 
 
 Tons 
 
 Value 
 
 Tons 
 
 Value 
 
 620,500 
 
 $1,565,000 
 
 591,300 
 
 $1,522,700 
 
 1,719,500 
 
 5,625,000 
 
 1,904,140 
 
 5,793,940 
 
 275,350 
 
 2,906,200 
 
 288,015 
 
 2,977,820 
 
 - 
 
 $10,096,200 
 
 - 
 
 $10,294,460 
 
 84 ,300 
 
 187,000 
 
 262,610 
 
 387,820 
 
 - 
 
 $10,283,200 
 
 - 
 
 $10,682,280 
 
 * Revised figures. 
 
 a Preliminary figures. 
 
 b Glass, grinding and polishing, blast, fire and furnace, engine, filter. 
 
 c For abrasives, ceramics, foundry and filler from ground siliceous material, 
 
 Table 14. - Illinois Sand a and Gravel Production, 1954 and 1955 
 
 
 1954* 
 
 1955 b 
 
 Uses 
 
 Tons 
 
 Value 
 
 Tons 
 
 Value 
 
 Building sand 
 Paving and road sand 
 Other sand 
 
 5,704,045 
 
 1,864,110 
 
 482 ,835 
 
 $4,128,965 
 
 1 ,439 ,350 
 
 343,220 
 
 3 ,646 ,400 
 1,378,700 
 2,135,200 
 
 $2,835,450 
 1,072,550 
 1,614,000 
 
 Total sand 
 
 8,050,990 
 
 5,911,535 
 
 7,160,300 
 
 5,522,000 
 
 Building gravel 
 Paving and road gravel 
 Railroad ballast 
 Other gravel 
 
 4,734,120 
 
 5,688,670 
 
 538,515 
 
 1,030,320 
 
 4,163,650 
 
 4,325,715 
 
 346 ,680 
 
 514,920 
 
 3,656,100 
 
 4,182,100 
 
 402,250 
 
 1,992,050 
 
 3,342,700 
 
 3,492,000 
 
 223 ,400 
 
 1 ,650 ,800 
 
 Total gravel 
 
 11,991,625 
 
 9,350,965 
 
 10,232,500 
 
 8,708,900 
 
 Total sand and gravel 
 
 20,042,615 
 
 $15,262,500 
 
 17,392,800 
 
 $14,230,900 
 
 * Revised figures. 
 
 a Exclusive of silica sand and natural bonded molding sand. 
 
 b Preliminary figures. 
 
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 highways. An important consideration is economic availability. The sand and 
 gravel industry is essentially local because transportation costs limit many 
 producers to a fifty-mile market radius. If producers must ship greater dis- 
 tances, there will be substantial increases in prices and in construction costs. 
 
 Illinois is fortunate in possessing enormous deposits of sand and gravel 
 along the Illinois Waterway and accessible to the principal urban areas. 
 
 FLUORSPAR INDUSTRY 
 
 Fluorspar is an important raw material for the iron and steel, aluminum, 
 chemical, glass, and ceramic industries. Commercial fluorspar is graded prin- 
 cipally according to its content of calcium fluoride, and secondarily according 
 to its content of other materials and certain physical characteristics. It is or- 
 dinarily prepared as metallurgical grade, acid grade, and ceramic grade. The 
 metallurgical grade is used primarily in the manufacture of iron and steel; the 
 acid grade goes into the production of fluorine compounds that are used in the 
 manufacture of aluminum and other products. 
 
 The salient features of the fluorspar industry in the United States in 1955 
 are an increase of production over that of 1954 from 247,700 tons to 291,275 
 tons, and an increase in shipments from mines from 245,628 tons to 292,110 
 tons. Imports for consumption exceeded domestic production, showing an in- 
 crease from 293,320 tons to 372,415 tons, or 27 percent. The United States 
 government acquired substantial tonnages of imported acid-grade fluorspar in 
 1955 under contracts bartering surplus agricultural commodities for fluorspar. 
 The government also acquired fluorspar under an expansion contract with a 
 Newfoundland producer and a domestic producer. 
 
 Uses of Fluorspar 
 
 The importance of fluorspar lies primarily in its use as a flux or slag con- 
 ditioner and as a source of fluorine. The largest single use of fluorspar has 
 been by iron foundries and by the steel industry as a flux in the production of 
 basic open-hearth steel, electric -furnace steel, ferro-alloys and alloy steel, 
 and Bessemer steel. 
 
 The steel industry was formerly the dominant consumer of fluorspar but 
 in recent years the aluminum and chemical industries have taken larger amounts 
 of acid-grade fluorspar for production of hydrofluoric acid. The aluminum in- 
 dustry's hydrofluoric acid goes almost entirely into manufacture of aluminum 
 fluoride and synthetic cryolite, both needed in the manufacture of aluminum. 
 Available information indicates that the production of one ton of aluminum re- 
 quires about 85 pounds of acid-grade fluorspar converted into aluminum fluor- 
 ide, and that if only synthetic cryolite is used, an additional 55 pounds of acid 
 spar is required. 
 
 In the chemical industry, hydrofluoric acid is used primarily as an inter- 
 mediate in the manufacture of numerous fluorine compounds, many of which are 
 important in national defense. 
 
 Ceramic -grade fluorspar is used mainly in the manufacture of opal, opaque, 
 and colored glass, and to make opaque, white, or colored enamels for coating 
 metal ware. It also is used as a flux in such operations as the manufacture of 
 
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 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Table 15. - Fluorspar Shipped from Mines in the United States, 
 and Imports, 1954 a 
 
 
 
 1954 
 
 Percent of 
 United States 
 
 State 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Colorado 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 Utah 
 
 Other states 
 
 Tons 
 
 107,830 
 
 59,197 
 
 35,831 
 
 4,403 
 
 38,367 
 
 Value 
 
 $5,989,219 
 
 3,197,252 
 
 1,510,344 
 
 82 ,353 
 
 1,553,611 
 
 $12,332,779 
 $8,961,595 
 
 total tons 
 
 43.9 
 24.1 
 14.6 
 1.8 
 15.6 
 
 Total 
 
 Imports for use 
 in United States 
 
 245 ,628 
 293 ,320 
 
 100.0 
 
 a Source: U. S. Bureau of Mines. 
 
 portland cement, rock wool, artificial abrasives, and basic refractory cement, 
 and in the production of calcium carbide and cyanamide. 
 
 The future demand for fluorspar in the United States will be influenced by 
 trends in its use for various purposes. Fluorspar is a relatively low-priced 
 raw material by weight, and to a large extent the demand for it derives from 
 this fact. Various attempts have been made to find substitutes for fluorspar 
 used in the metallurgical field, but thus far other materials have been found to 
 be less satisfactory or more costly. 
 
 There are no commercial substitutes for fluorspar as a source of hydro- 
 fluoric acid. Although some manufacturers can use substitutes for hydrofluoric 
 acid, there are no substitutes for hydrofluoric acid in the production of alumi- 
 num fluoride and synthetic cryolite. Synthetic cryolite is a substitute for nat- 
 ural cryolite of which the only commercially exploited deposit is in Greenland. 
 
 Sources of Fluorspar 
 The United States is by far the first-ranking country in the world as a pro- 
 ducer of fluorspar. The other important fluorspar producing countries are 
 Mexico, the United Kingdom, Spain, Canada (including Newfoundland), France, 
 Germany, and Italy. Importers of fluorspar to the United States were, in order 
 of volume shipped, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Canada and Newfoundland, and Germany. 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 27 
 
 DIRECTORY OF ILLINOIS 
 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS PRODUCERS 
 
 The following pages contain lists of mineral operators (except fluorspar 
 and metals) who have reported recent production. The lists, arranged by prod- 
 uct and by county, are not necessarily complete because of changes in organ- 
 ization, mining location, or other conditions. 
 
 The directory is published in order to aid consumers of mineral raw ma- 
 terials to locate the most convenient sources of production, to answer queries 
 of mine- and quarry -equipment manufacturers, and to give citizens of the State 
 information about their local industries. 
 
 The list also will make the general report more valuable to teachers in 
 the public schools who use the reports for studies in mineral resources and 
 conservation. 
 
 LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE PRODUCERS 
 Adams 
 
 The Black & White Limestone Co., Box 87, Front & 8th St., Quincy 
 Marblehead Lime Co., 300 West Washington St., Chicago 6 
 Menke Stone & Lime Co., 828 Vermont St., Quincy 
 
 Boone 
 
 Belvidere Lime Quarry, 129 West Locust St., Belvidere 
 
 Brown 
 
 Aber and Fry, Mt. Sterling 
 
 Calhoun 
 
 Paul C. Herter, Golden Eagle 
 
 Carroll 
 
 Minor Brothers, 1003 8th Ave., Rock Falls 
 
 Clark 
 
 Casey Stone Co., Box 128, Casey 
 
 Ralph E. Montgomery, Box 128, Marshall 
 
 Quality Lime Co., Marshall 
 
 Clay 
 
 Iola Stone & Material Co., Box 326, Centralia 
 
 Coles 
 
 Langs Stone Quarry, Box 183, Charleston 2 
 Olen Humphres Stone Quarry, Ashmore 
 
 Cook 
 
 Consumers Co. of Illinois, 79 West Monroe St., Chicago 3 
 
 Dolese & Shepard Co., Box 227, LaGrange 
 
 Material Service Corp., 300 West Washington St., Chicago 
 
 DuPage 
 
 Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Co., 400 West First St., Elmhurst 
 
28 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Effingham 
 
 Winters Stone Quarry, Altamont 
 
 Fulton 
 
 Chipman Limestone Quarry, 585 East Fulton St., Farmington 
 
 Greene 
 
 Orton Quarry, Hillview 
 
 Hancock 
 
 Colchester Stone Co., Room 314, 1630 5th Ave., Moline 
 
 The Gray Quarries, Hamilton 
 
 W. F. Hanna, Nauvoo 
 
 R. L. O'Neal & Sons, Carthage 
 
 Hardin 
 
 J. L. Bean Stone Co., Golconda 
 P. R. Brown Stone Co., Box 355, Golconda 
 Okerson Quarry Co., Box 226, Cave in Rock 
 Rigsby & Barnard, Box 56, Cave in Rock 
 
 Henderson 
 
 Galbraith Stone Quarry, Raritan 
 Olson Brothers, Box 355, Dallas City 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Illinois Quarry Co., Box 401, Ava 
 
 Jersey 
 
 Jersey Quarry, Inc., Jerseyville 
 Sievers Brothers, Fieldon 
 
 Jo Daviess 
 
 W. E. Broege, Warren 
 
 Elmer C. Wienen & Sons, 308 South St., Galena 
 
 Johnson 
 
 Southern Illinois Stone Co., Box 28, Buncombe 
 The Charles Stone Co., Cypress 
 
 Kane 
 
 Fox River Stone Co., Route 2, Elgin 
 
 Kankakee 
 
 Bourbonnais Stone Quarry, 284 South Clinton, Bradley 
 Lehigh Stone Co., Box 669, Kankakee 
 Manteno Limestone Co., Box 301, Manteno 
 
 Kendall 
 
 Central Limestone Co., R. D. 4, Morris 
 
 Knox 
 
 Abingdon Rock Co., Inc., Abingdon 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 29 
 
 LaSalle 
 
 Sheridan Stone Co., Box 117, Sheridan 
 Troy Grove Stone Co., Troy Grove 
 Utica Stone Co., Spring Valley 
 
 Lee 
 
 Frank N. Butler Co., Franklin Grove 
 
 Ward McGinnis, Route 1, Dixon 
 
 William Seitz, Oregon 
 
 Stoneridge Limestone Co., 5030 13th St., Rochelle 
 
 Wilmer Gerdes Quarry, Route 2, Dixon 
 
 Livingston 
 
 Livingston Stone Co., Inc., Route 4, Pontiac 
 Ocoya Stone Co., Rural Route, Pontiac 
 Pontiac Stone Co., Box 412, Pontiac 
 Wagner Stone Co., Route 1, Pontiac 
 
 Logan 
 
 Rocky Ford Limestone Co., Route 1, Lincoln 
 
 Madison 
 
 C. M. Lohr, Inc., Godfrey 
 
 Mississippi Lime Co. of Missouri, 7 Alby St., Alton 
 
 Reliance Whiting Co., Box 265, 16th St. & Alby St., Alton 
 
 McDonough 
 
 John McClure, Colchester 
 
 Colchester Stone Co., Room 314, 1630 5th Ave., Moline 
 
 McHenry 
 
 Garden Prairie Stone Co., Inc., 104 South State St., Marengo 
 
 Menard 
 
 Athens Stone Quarry, Route 2, Athens 
 
 Mercer 
 
 Independent Materials Co., Viola 
 
 Monroe 
 
 Columbia Quarry Co., 1007 Washington Ave., St. Louis 1, Missouri 
 
 Montgomery 
 
 Litchfield Stone Co., Litchfield 
 
 Ogle 
 
 Kutz Brothers Co., Forreston 
 Clarence Lenstrom, Stillman Valley 
 William Seitz, Oregon 
 
 Peoria 
 
 Lamar Stone Co., Princeville 
 
 Trivoli Stone Co., 168 North Cone St., Farmington 
 
 Princeville Stone Co., Princeville 
 
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 Pike 
 
 Harry J. Lacey, Pearl 
 Marvin O. Lumley, Kinderhook 
 Pearl Stone Co., Pearl 
 
 Pulaski 
 
 Columbia Quarry Co., 1007 Washington Ave., St. Louis 1, Missouri 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Allied Chemical & Dye Corp., Solvay Process Div., Box 271, Syracuse 1, 
 
 New York 
 Chester Quarry Co., Chester 
 Al Stotz, Pautler Heights, Waterloo 
 
 Rock Island 
 
 Collinson Stone Co., 3115 23rd Ave., Moline 
 Cordova Quarry Inc., 3115 23rd Ave., Moline 
 Midway Stone Co., Inc., Hillsdale 
 
 St. Clair 
 
 Casper Stolle Quarry & Const. Co., Route 1, East St. Louis 
 Columbia Quarry Co., 1007 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 
 East St. Louis Stone Co., 528 Murphy Bldg., East St. Louis 
 Hecker Quarry Inc., 301 South Jackson St., New Athens 
 
 Scott 
 
 Kruger Quarry, Winchester 
 Thomas Quarry, Winchester 
 
 Shelby 
 
 Quality Lime Co., Marshall 
 
 Stephenson 
 
 Ray Askey, Orangeville 
 
 W. E. Broege, Warren 
 
 Ed. Finkbiener & Son, 4 East South St., Freeport 
 
 Elmer Fortner, 1116 1/2 South Carroll Ave., Freeport 
 
 Scofield & Co., Freeport 
 
 Arthur Zimmerman, Pecatonica 
 
 Union 
 
 Anna Quarries, Inc., Anna 
 Jonesboro Stone Co., Route 1, Anna 
 
 Vermilion 
 
 Material Service Corp., 300 West Washington St., Chicago 
 
 Washington 
 
 Radom Quarry, Radom 
 
 Whiteside 
 
 Cordova Quarry, Inc., 3115 23rd Ave., Moline 
 
 Johnson Coal Co., Morrison 
 
 Fred R. McKenzie & Co., 405 Bondi Bldg., Galesburg 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 31 
 
 Will 
 
 Lincoln Crushed Stone Co., Box 1224, Joliet 
 
 Material Service Corp., 300 West Washington St., Chicago 
 
 National Stone Co., Box 1213, Joliet 
 
 Winnebago 
 
 Charles G. Ind Co., 2722 Broadway, Rockford 
 William Nordhop, 522 Furman St., Rockford 
 Porter Brothers, Roscoe 
 Art Zimmerman, Pecatonica 
 
 CLAY AND CLAY PRODUCTS PRODUCERS 
 Alexander 
 
 Ozark Minerals Co., 807 1/2 Washington Ave., Cairo (clay) 
 Western Fire Brick Co., Granite City (clay) 
 
 Bond 
 
 Richards Brick Co., 234 Springer Ave., Edwardsville 
 
 Boone 
 
 Munson Brothers & Co., Capron 
 
 Brown 
 
 Frederic Brick & Tile Co., Box 146, Mt. Sterling 
 
 Bureau 
 
 Sheffield Shale Products Co., Sheffield 
 
 Cook 
 
 Alexander Burke's Sons, 3900 South Cicero Ave., Cicero 50 
 
 Brisch Brick Co., 228 North LaSalle St., Chicago 1 
 
 Carey Brick Co., 6558 West Fullerton Ave., Chicago 35 
 
 Chicago Brick Co., 135 South LaSalle St., Chicago 
 
 Chicago Fire Brick Co., 1467 North Elston Ave., Chicago 22 
 
 Chicago Pottery Co., 1920 Clybourn Ave., Chicago 14 
 
 Illinois Brick Co., 228 North LaSalle St., Chicago 1 
 
 George Keller Pottery Co., 2618 North Lakewood Ave., Chicago 14 
 
 Northwestern Terra Cotta Corp., 1750 West Wrightwood Ave., Chicago 
 
 Plibrico Co., 1840 Kingsbury St., Chicago 
 
 Tuthill Building Material Co., 545 East 103rd St., Chicago 28 
 
 Wingert Pottery Co., 5035 West Foster Ave., Chicago 
 
 Crawford 
 
 W. A. Case & Son Manufacturing Co., 33 Main St., Buffalo 3, New York 
 
 Edwards 
 
 Albion Brick Co., Albion 
 
 Fayette 
 
 St. Elmo Brick and Tile Co., St. Elmo 
 
 Greene 
 
 Ruckels Potteries, Inc., White Hall 
 
32 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 White Hall Sewer Pipe and Drain Tile Co., Laclede -Christy Co., Division 
 
 H. K. Porter Co., Inc., 2000 Hampton Ave., St. Louis, 10, Missouri 
 Lyndall W. Wyatt, Box 256, White Hall (clay) 
 
 Grundy 
 
 The Illinois Clay Products Co., 214 Barber Bldg., Joliet 
 
 Jackson 
 
 Jackson County Brick Co., Campbell Hill 
 
 Kane 
 
 Haeger Potteries, Inc., Dundee 
 
 Kankake e 
 
 Eastern Illinois Clay Co., St. Anne 
 Kankakee Clay Products Co., St. Anne 
 St. Anne Brick & Tile Co., St. Anne 
 
 Knox 
 
 Abingdon Potteries, Inc., 801 North Main St., Abingdon 
 Purington Brick and Tile Co., Box 110, Galesburg 
 
 Lake 
 
 National Brick Co., 3150 West Touhy Ave., Chicago 45 
 Pickard, Inc., Corona Ave., Antioch 
 
 LaSalle 
 
 The Conco-Meier Co., RFD Lowell, Tonica 
 
 Laclede -Christy Co., Division of H. K. Porter Co., Inc., 2000 Hampton Ave., 
 
 St. Louis 10, Missouri 
 Arthur Mart, Box 149, Streator (clay) 
 Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., LaSalle (clay) 
 Streator Brick Co. Division, Hydraulic -Press Brick Co., 705 Olive St., 
 
 St. Louis, Missouri 
 Streator Drain Tile Co., West 10th St., Streator 
 
 Livingston 
 
 Diller Tile Co., Chats worth 
 
 Streator Division, Hydraulic Press Brick Co., 321 East Main St., Streator 
 
 Logan 
 
 Stetson China Co., 999 North Kickapoo St., Lincoln 
 
 Madison 
 
 Alton Brick Co., Box 394, Alton 
 
 Richards Brick Co., Edwardsville 
 
 Western Fire Brick Co., 16th St. & Madison Ave., Granite City 
 
 Marshall 
 
 Hydraulic -Press Brick Co., 809 Lehmann Bldg., Peoria 2 
 
 McDonough 
 
 Baird Clay Mine, Colchester (clay) 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 33 
 
 Illinois McGraw Electric Co., 510 North Pearl St., Macomb 
 
 Macomb Pottery Co., Macomb 
 
 Frank Nelson, Colchester (clay) 
 
 J. R. Purtscher, 216 Louckes Ave., Peoria (clay) 
 
 Western Stoneware Co., 621 West 6th Ave., Monmouth 
 
 McHenry 
 
 American Terra Cotta Corp., Box 225, Crystal Lake 
 
 Menard 
 
 Springfield Clay Products Co., Box 362, Springfield 
 
 Mercer 
 
 Hydraulic -Press Brick Co., 901 Putnam Bldg., Davenport, Iowa 
 
 Pulaski 
 
 American Charcoal Co., 201 South Green St., Detroit 17, Michigan (clay) 
 
 Rock Island 
 
 Blackhawk Clay Products, Inc., Carbon Cliff 
 
 St. Clair 
 
 Hill Brick Co., 51st St. & St. Clair Ave., East St. Louis 
 Hydraulic-Press Brick Co., 705 Olive St., St. Louis 1, Missouri 
 
 Saline 
 
 Ford Brick & Tile Co., Box 86, Harrisburg 
 
 Sangamon 
 
 Poston Brick & Concrete Products Co., 2600 East South Grand Ave., 
 
 Springfield 
 Springfield Clay Products Co., Box 362, Springfield 
 
 Scott 
 
 Alsey Brick & Tile Co., Alsey 
 
 Tazewell 
 
 The Morton Pottery Co., 315 West Jefferson, Morton 
 Peoria Brick & Tile Co., Box 515, Peoria 1 
 
 Vermilion 
 
 General Refractories Co., 1520 Locust St., Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania 
 Western Brick Co., P. O. Box 591, Danville 
 
 Warren 
 
 Western Stoneware Co., 621 West 6th Ave., Monmouth 
 
 Will 
 
 General Refractories Co., 1520 Locust St., Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania 
 
 SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCERS 
 Adams 
 
 Blick's Construction Co., Quincy 
 
 Quincy Sand Company, Front & Broadway, Quincy 
 
34 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Alexander 
 
 H. H. Halliday Sand Co., 224-226 10th St., Cairo 
 
 Bond 
 
 Greenville Gravel Co., Inc., Greenville 
 W. D. Lindsey, Keyesport 
 Cyril Munie, Pocahontas 
 
 Boone 
 
 Christensen & Smith, Capron 
 
 Vincent Spencer Sand & Gravel Co., 120 Burgess St., Belvidere 
 
 Brown 
 
 T. F. Hollembeak & Son, Mt. Sterling 
 
 Bureau 
 
 Floyd Clapp, Walnut 
 
 Hansen Brothers, New Bedford 
 
 Frank J. Poscharscky, Wyanet 
 
 Swanson Brothers, Box 84, Princeton 
 
 Western Sand and Gravel Co., Ill North Spalding St., Spring Valley 
 
 Calhoun 
 
 Ellis Inman, Batchtown 
 
 Carroll 
 
 Howard Nelson, Lanark 
 
 Nicol Sand Co., Albert A. Nicol, Savanna 
 
 Rein & Dahl, P. O. Box 120, Stoughton, Wisconsin 
 
 Champaign 
 
 Gibson Brothers, 407 North Edwin St., Champaign 
 Mahomet Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., Box 65, Urbana 
 W. H. Troike & C. R. Plankenhorn, Box 327, Mahomet 
 West Champaign Gravel Co., 404 North Neil St., Champaign 
 
 Clark 
 
 Barthelemy and Lawrence, R. R. 2, Box 120-A, West Union 
 Stanfield fc Alexander, Marshall 
 
 Coles 
 
 Martin's Sand & Gravel, 527 Ninth St., Charleston 
 Pinnell's Gravel Pit, Ashmore 
 
 Cook 
 
 Chicago Gravel Co., 343 South Dearborn St., Chicago 4 
 Worth Sand & Gravel Co., 7545 West 111th St., Worth 
 
 Crawford 
 
 Lawrence Bowman, 140 East Lamotte St., Palestine 
 William J. Wyke, Box 11, Robinson 
 
 Cumberland 
 
 A. B. C. Gravel Co., Greenup 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 35 
 
 Casey Stone Co., 104 West Alabama, Casey 
 George Orndorff, Route 1, Greenup 
 
 DeKalb 
 
 Kirkland Gravel Yard, Kirkland 
 
 Elmer Larson, Inc., 320 Prospect St., DeKalb 
 
 Donald Tyrrell, RFD 2, Sycamore 
 
 DeWitt 
 
 Oscar Fortune, Kenny 
 H. M. Rickgauer, Clinton 
 
 DuPage 
 
 Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Co., 400 West 1st St., Elmhurst 
 John Purnell, Geneva Road, West Chicago 
 Henry Van Acker, Box 65, Wayne 
 
 Fayette 
 
 Don L. Burtschi, Vandalia 
 
 Ford 
 
 W. V. Williams, Box 287, Gibson City 
 
 Fulton 
 
 Liverpool Materials Co., 1265 North Main St., Canton 
 
 Gallatin 
 
 Miller Sand & Gravel Co., Carmi 
 
 Grundy 
 
 Material Service Corp., 300 West Washington, Chicago 6 
 
 Henderson 
 
 H. B. Graham Stone Quarry, Gladstone 
 
 Henry 
 
 Collinson Brothers, 2405 27th St., Moline 
 Oberlaender Sand Co., 519 1/2 15th St., Moline 
 Schadt Service Co., 623 First Ave., Silvia 
 
 Kane 
 
 H. D. Conkey & Co., Box 111, Mendota 
 
 Fox Valley Gravel Co., Box 423, Route 3, Aurora 
 
 Warren W. Krahn, 724 South St., Dundee 
 
 Material Service Corp., 300 West Washington St., Chicago 6 
 
 L. G. Raymond, Big Rock 
 
 Ed. Schneider, Rural Route 3, Box 72, Elgin 
 
 Warren T. Sellen, 344 Cedar St., Aurora 
 
 Kendall 
 
 Elmer Larson, Inc., Box 383, 320 Prospect St., DeKalb 
 
 Knox 
 
 L. K. Bandy Construction Co., Maquon 
 
36 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Lake 
 
 Carl L. Barthel, Antioch 
 
 Big Hollow Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., RFD, Ingleside 
 Consumers Co., 79 West Monroe St., Chicago 3 
 Paul W. Schumaker, Box 185-B, Gurnee 
 
 LaSalle 
 
 G. A. Abbott, Leland 
 
 Ray LaBolle, Somonauk 
 
 LaSalle County Portable, Inc., Bridge St., Ottawa 
 
 Moline Consumers Co., 314 15th St., Moline 
 
 Edward O. Olson, Newark 
 
 River Industries Inc., Box 641, Seneca 
 
 Spicer Gravel Co., 445 Union St., Marseilles 
 
 Western Sand & Gravel Co., Ill North Spalding St., Spring Valley 
 
 Lawrence 
 
 L. W. Gregory and Sons, Lawrenceville 
 
 Lawrenceville Sand & Gravel Co., P. O. Box 240, Lawrenceville 
 
 Vincennes Gravel Co., Inc., Vincennes, Indiana 
 
 Lee 
 
 Butler Sand & Gravel Co., Nelson 
 
 C. C. Macklin, Steward 
 
 Rock River Ready Mix, 206 Brinton Ave., Dixon 
 
 Livingston 
 
 Estep Gravel Co., 604 East Oak St., Fairbury 
 Valley View Dirt & Gravel Co., Route 1, Manville 
 
 Logan 
 
 The Lincoln Sand & Gravel Co., P. O. Box 67, Lincoln 
 
 Macon 
 
 Decatur Sand & Gravel Co., 700 South Taylor Ave., Decatur 
 Kirks Gravel Pit, Route 6, Decatur 
 H. M. Rickgauer, Box 66, Clinton 
 F. C. Troutman, Route 8, Decatur 
 
 Madison 
 
 Alton Sand Co., foot of Henry St., Alton 
 
 Gary Dredging Co., 958 Union St., Alton 
 
 Guth Sand Co., Box 1170, Route 1, Granite City 
 
 Mississippi Lime Co. of Missouri, 7 Alby St., Alton 
 
 Stocker Gravel & Construction Co., 509 Main St., Highland 
 
 Marshall 
 
 Consumer's Co. of Illinois, 79 West Monroe St., Chicago 3 
 Vernon Henry, LaRose 
 
 McHenry 
 
 Consumer's Co. of Illinois, 79 West Monroe St., Chicago 3 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 37 
 
 Crystal Lake Trucking & Excavating Co., Route 14, Box 184, Crystal Lake 
 
 Floyd Greibel, Marengo 
 
 Grove Gravel &c Excavating Co., Fox River Grove 
 
 McHenry Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., 606 Front St., McHenry 
 
 Wayne Nolan, RFD, Harvard 
 
 O'Leary Construction Co., Woodstock 
 
 Sylvester Tonyan, R. R. 1, Box 371, McHenry 
 
 McLean 
 
 Heidelberg & McDowell, Box 49, Downs 
 
 John Howe, RFD 1, Bloomington 
 
 McGrath Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., Lincoln 
 
 Rowe Construction Co., 1523 West Market St., Bloomington 
 
 Ogle 
 
 Byron Sand & Stone Co., Byron 
 
 E. C. Kolpek, Oregon 
 
 Kutz Brothers Co., Forreston 
 
 McGrath Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., Lincoln 
 
 Rockford Blacktop Construction Co., 1615 Westchester Ave., Rockford 
 
 Lloyd Shilling, Route 2, Milledgeville 
 
 Floyd Weigle, Shannon 
 
 Peoria 
 
 Chillicothe Gravel Co., 915 North 4th St., Chillicothe 
 Construction Materials Co., 100 Cass St., Peoria 
 Coogan Gravel Co., 903 Jefferson Bldg., Peoria 2 
 McGrath Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., Lincoln 
 Stevers, Inc., 2423 West Farmington Road, Peoria 5 
 C. L. Swords & Son, 107 South Jefferson Ave., Peoria 2 
 
 Pike 
 
 Victor Callender, Pittsfield 
 
 Missouri Gravel Co., 314 15th St., Moline 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Southern Illinois Sand Co., Inc., Chester 
 
 Rock Island 
 
 Blackhawk Aggregates, Inc., 230 4th St. West, Milan 
 
 Builders Sand & Gravel Co., 104 Western Ave., Davenport, Iowa 
 
 St. Clair 
 
 Missouri-Illinois Material Co., 2100 North Wharf, St. Louis 6, Missouri 
 
 Sangamon 
 
 Buckhart Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., Rural Route, Mechanicsburg 
 Clear Lake Sand & Gravel Co., P. O. Box 398, Springfield 
 Springfield Sand &c Gravel Co., Route 7, Springfield 
 
 Scott 
 
 Homer E. Grady, Exeter 
 
38 ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 Shelby 
 
 Corley Gravel, Cowden 
 
 Henry Cummings, Sullivan 
 
 Hanfland Sand & Gravel Co., Shelbyville 
 
 Tazewell 
 
 Hoffer Construction Co., Inc., Box 106, East Peoria 8 
 McGrath Sand & Gravel Co., Inc., Lincoln 
 C. A. Powley, Route 2, Washington 
 Spring Lake Sand & Gravel, Manito 
 
 Union 
 
 Bittle & Emrick, Anna 
 
 Vermilion 
 
 Blakeney Gravel Co., Route 4, Danville 
 
 Lawrence Clifton, Westville 
 
 Lewis & Co., Perrysville Road, Box 38, Danville 
 
 Jesse Speranza, Route 1, Westville 
 
 Vanderpoorten Brothers, 122 Delaware St., Westville 
 
 Elton A. Wagner Co., 505 North Gilbert St., Danville 
 
 Wabash 
 
 Allendale Gravel Co., Route 1, Allendale 
 
 Dunobar Sand &t Gravel Co., Box 97, Bellmont 
 
 Mt. Carmel Sand & Gravel Co., Box 209, Mt. Carmel 
 
 White 
 
 Eastwood Sand & Gravel Works, Grayville 
 Frashier Brothers, Maunie 
 Miller Sand & Gravel Co., Carmi 
 
 Whiteside 
 
 Anderson Ready Mix, 903 Avenue D, Rock Falls 
 
 Ernest Johnson, Box 67, Lyndon 
 
 Max Lawrence, RFD, Prophetstown 
 
 Weldon W. Lawrence, Prophetstown 
 
 Midwest Sand & Gravel Co., Sterling 
 
 Vernon Schrader Gravel, Route 2, Sterling 
 
 William L. Taber, Prophetstown, 513 Market St. 
 
 Will 
 
 Avery Gravel Co., Plainfield 
 
 Chicago Gravel Co., 343 South Dearborn St., Chicago 4 
 Material Service Corp., 300 West Washington, Chicago 6 
 C. H. Monk, 211 Hunter St., Joliet 
 
 Winnebago 
 
 Anderson Sand & Gravel Co., 519 East State St., Rockford 
 
 Consumers Co., 79 West Monroe St., Chicago 3 
 
 Illinois -Wisconsin Sand & Gravel Co., 228 North LaSalle St., Chicago 1 
 
ILLINOIS MINERAL PRODUCTION, 1955 39 
 
 John L. Kelly, Roscoe 
 
 Larson Brothers Sand & Gravel, 1822 South 5th St., Rockford 
 
 Northwest Gravel Co., 917 Main St., Evanston 
 
 Porter Brothers, Roscoe 
 
 Sahlstrom & Sons Bldg. Products, 217 Peoples Ave., Rockford 
 
 South Beloit Sand Co., 228 North LaSalle St., Chicago 1 
 
 Woodford 
 
 Wood-Mar Construction Co., 611 State St., Eureka 
 
 PORTLAND AND MASONRY CEMENT PRODUCERS 
 LaSalle 
 
 Alpha Portland Cement Co., 15 South Third St., Easton, Pennsylvania 
 Lehigh Portland Cement Co., Young Bldg., 718 Hamilton St., Allentown, 
 
 Pennsylvania 
 Marquette Cement Mfg. Co., 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago 6 
 
 Lee 
 
 Medusa Portland Cement Co., Dixon 
 
 LIME PRODUCERS 
 Adams 
 
 Marblehead Lime Co., 300 West Washington St., Chicago 6 
 Menke Stone & Lime Co., 828 Vermont St., Quincy 
 
 Cook 
 
 Marblehead Lime Co., 300 West Washington St., Chicago 6 
 The Standard Lime & Cement Co., 2000 1st Nat'l Bank Bldg., Baltimore 3, 
 Maryland 
 
 St. Clair 
 
 Aluminum Co. of America, 1501 Alcoa Bldg., 425 Sixth Ave., Pittsburgh, 
 Pennsylvania 
 
 SILICA SAND PRODUCERS 
 LaSalle 
 
 The American Silica Sand Co., Inc., 402 Central Life Bldg., Ottawa 
 
 E. C. Bellrose Sand Co., 1220 West Madison St., Ottawa 
 
 Illinois Silica Sand Co., Box 36, Ottawa 
 
 LaSalle Silica Co., Box 437, Ottawa 
 
 Ottawa Silica Co., Box 437, Ottawa 
 
 George M. Pendergast & Co., 226 South First St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
 
 Standard Silica Co., Box 407, Ottawa 
 
 Wedron Silica Co., 135 South LaSalle St., Chicago 3 
 
 Ogle 
 
 National Silica Co., Oregon 
 
 NATURAL BONDED MOLDING SAND PRODUCERS 
 Bureau 
 
 Frank J. Poscharscky, Wyanet 
 
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 Carroll 
 
 Albert A. Nicol, Nicol Sand Co., Box 209, Savanna 
 
 Coles 
 
 Martin's Sand and Gravel, 527 Ninth St., Charleston 
 
 Fayette 
 
 Mulberry Grove Sand Co., Charles D. Lutz & Sons, Mulberry Grove 
 
 Henry 
 
 Oberlaender Sand Co., 519 1/2 15th St., Moline 
 
 Kankakee 
 
 Portage -Manley Sand Co., Essex 
 
 Winnebago 
 
 South Beloit Sand Co., 228 North LaSalle St., Chicago 1 
 
 TRIPOLI PRODUCERS 
 Alexander 
 
 Ozark Minerals Co., 807 1/2 Washington Ave., Cairo 
 Tamms Industries, Inc., 228 North LaSalle St., Chicago 1 
 
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