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8 MARYLAND MANUAL Mineral Production, 1972—Stone, 19,431,000 short tons, value $41,- 973,000; sand and gravel, 12,594,000 short tons, value $26,557,000; bituminous coal, 1,640,000 short tons, value $8,961,000; clays, 1,104,000 short tons, value $2,121,000; natural gas, 244 million cubic feet, value $51,000; peat, 3,000 short tons, value $29,000; value of all mineral production which cannot be itemized separately, $35,801,000; total value of all mineral production, $115,501,000. Seafood Production, 1973—Fish, 18,173,340 pounds with dockside value of $2,279,756; crabs, 18,356,000 pounds with dockside value of $3,107,000; oysters, 2,900,000 bushels with dockside value of $13,- 050,000; clams, including soft-shell, hard-shell and surf, 8,136,000 pounds with dockside value of $1,725,000. Maryland leads the nation in oyster production and ranks second in blue crabs. Port of Baltimore, 1974—One of the leading ports in the United States handling in excess of 55,000,000 tons of cargo in 1974, 60 per cent of which was foreign commerce and 40 per cent in coastal trade. Baltimore is the second ranked container cargo port on the East Coast of the United States with more than 3,400,000 tons moved during 1974. Baltimore also is the largest port of entry for the importation of automobiles in the world with 225,000 units ar- riving during the year. Other chief imports are ore, chemicals, petroleum products, gypsum rock, lumber, rolled and finished steel products, fertilizer and materials, unrefined copper, inedible mo- lasses, sugar and general cargo. Chief exports are grains, ma- chinery, coal and coke, iron and steel scrap, iron and steel semi- finished products, earth moving equipment, fertilizers and general cargo. Incorporated Cities Over 10,000, 1970—Baltimore, 906,759; Rockville, 41,564; Hagerstown, 36,862; Bowie, 36,028; Cumberland, 29,724; Annapolis, 29,692; College Park, 26,166: Frederick, 23,641; Takoma Park, 18,433; Greenbelt, 18,199; Salisbury, 16,262; Hyattsville, 14,998; New Carrollton, 13,395; Aberdeen, 12,376; Cambridge, 11,695; Laurel, 10,526. |
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