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Excerpt from Mineral Production in Illinois in 1965 and Summary of Illinois Mineral Production by Commodities, 1941-1965 Table 2 shows the amounts and values of minerals produced in Illinois for a 25-year period, 1941-1965. During this period the total annual value of Illinois minerals reported produced has grown from about 335 million dollars in 1941 to more than 600 million dollars in each of the ten years, 1956-1965. Production records for the various mineral commodities produced in Illinois are tabulated in table 2. Total quantity figures and total value figures are useful for following the production performance of individual mineral commodities. Figures at the end of table 2 give the percentage of state total value contributed by the various segments of the Illi nois mineral industry and show changes in their relative importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.