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greatest possibilities for continual expansion. The consumption 

 of land plaster has remained comparatively steady from year to 

 year, with slight tendency to growth. The gypsum quarries are 

 well situated for marketing the product, as most of them are on 

 or near the Erie canal and the main railway lines. 



Production in 1904. The output of gypsum last year amounted 

 to 151,455 short tons. There were 16 companies engaged in quarry- 

 ing the material, of which number seven were in Onondaga county, 

 three each in Madison and Monroe counties, two in Genesee county 

 and one in Cayuga county. The value of the output was $424,975. 

 The reports from the different companies show that the greater 

 part of the gypsum produced was converted into wall plaster and 

 plaster of paris, the total product of which was 88,255 tons, valued 

 at $347,885. Of the remainder 33,712 tons, valued at $62,438, was 

 ground for land plaster, and 9,768 tons, valued at $14,652, was sold 

 in the crude state. The production was made by the following 

 companies. 



NAME LOCATION OF OFFICE 



Cayuga Plaster Co. Union Springs 



Oakfield Plaster Manufacturing Co. Buffalo 



United States Gypsum Co. Chicago 111. 



J. Mason jr Clockville 



F. A. Miller Clockville 



W. H. Osbom & Co. Valley Mills 



Consolidated Wheatland Plaster Co. Caledonia 



Garbutt Gypsum Co. Garbutt 



Lycoming Calcining Co. Williamsport Pa. 



James Behan Estate Manlius 



H. Lansing Fayetteville 



Spencer & McCarthy Jamesville 



National Wall Plaster Co. of America Syracuse 



F. M. Severance Fayetteville 



T. W. Sheedy Fayetteville 



William Valentine jr Jamesville 



IRON ORE 



While there were no developments of unusual moment in iron 

 mining last year, the record made by the various companies has 

 been one of substantial progress. The total production of all 

 classes of ore in the State amounted to 619,103 long tons, valued 

 at $1,328,894. In 1903 the output was 540,460 long tons, valued at 

 $1,209,899, showing an increase for the year of 78,643 tons, or 

 approximately 15%. 



