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In 18S7 the production of salt in the United States was 

 7,831,962 .barrels of 280 pounds each. Of this, the value was 

 estimated at 14,093,846. Michigan produced 3.944.309 barrels; 

 New York, 2,353,560 barrels ; Ohio and West Virginia, about 

 600,000 ; Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, about 200,000 ; 

 or about 7,000,000 barrels in all produced from the evapora- 

 tion of brines. In addition, Louisiana produced 225,000 barrels 

 from the quarries of rock-salt at New Iberia; Utah, 325,000 

 barrels, mostly from the waters of Salt Lake, but a small por- 

 tion from the quarries of rock-salt in Jaub and Sevier Counties. 

 California produced in former years over 200,000 barrels, chiefly 

 from the evaporation of sea- water in San Francisco Bay, but in 

 1887 the production was only 28,000 barrels, in consequence of 

 a combination of the operators to reduce the output and en- 

 hance the price. 



In Kansas, a discovery of rock-salt has recently been made 

 which promises to be an important addition to the resources of 

 the State. The salt-beds lie near the base of the Trias, and 

 occupy a large area in the southern portion of the State, extend- 

 ing into Texas. In seven localities cited by Mr. Kobert Hay, in 

 the Biennial Eeport of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 

 the rock-salt lies at depths varying from 450 to 925 feet, and 

 the thickness is from 75 to 250 feet. The production in 1888 

 was about 2,000 barrels. 



In New York the production of salt is about equally divided 

 between the Eeservation at and about Syracuse and the Warsaw 

 district in western New York, the latter having increased with 

 great rapidity. The salt from the Onondaga Reservation is ob- 

 tained from the evaporation of the brine of about 40 wells; 

 these wells have an average depth of 330 feet, and the strength 

 of the brine is about 70 per cent of the salometer. 



In the Warsaw district there are about 50 wells in operation, 

 from 800 to 2,500 feet in depth. According to the report of 

 Dr. F. E. Engelhardt in 1887, the production of the different 

 subdistricts was as follows: — 



Warsaw 3,225,000 bushels. 



Mt. Morris 610,000 



Silver Springs 357,000 



Le Eoy 505,000 " 



Piffard, Conesus Lake, and York . . .1,475,000 



Total , , 6,072,000 



The well at Piffard, belonging to the New York Rock Salt 

 Co., is producing, as before stated, rock-salt, and is the jiioneer 

 enterprise of this kind in the State. The first bed of salt was 



