Estimated crushed stone production in the United States in the first quarter of 1998 was 251.8 million metric tons (mt), an increase of 7.6% compared with the same period of 1997. Estimated construction sand and gravel produced for consumption in the first quarter of 1998 was 157.6 million mt, an increase of 3.6% compared with the same period in 1997. Total aggregate production increased 6% in the first quarter.

Increased aggregate production is due mostly to continued high-level activity in private and commercial construction. Crushed stone production in the first quarter increased in all regions of the country except the South Atlantic; sand and gravel production increased in all geographic regions except the West North Central and the Pacific.

Crushed stone and sand and gravel production data by state for the first quarter of 1998 is available by calling the Mines FaxBack system-(703) 648-4999-from the handset of a fax machine. Request document 630041.

Based on U.S.G.S. Mineral Industry Surveys of Crushed Stone and Sand and Gravel in te 1st Quarter of 1998.