NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



All of the principal grades of salt are made in New York, in- 

 cluding coarse solar, common coarse, common fine, table and 

 dairy, packers and rock salt. The coarse solar is produced en- 

 tirely at Syracuse where great areas of land are given up to its 

 manufacture. Rock salt is mined in quantity at Retsof and 

 Livonia, Most of the remaining product is marketed as common 

 fine, common coarse and table and dairy salt. 



Production and trade in 1904. During the year 1904 there were 

 30 companies engaged in manufacturing salt in the State. Of this 

 number Onondaga county was represented by 23, Wyoming and 

 Tompkins county by two each, and Genesee, Livingston and 

 Schuyler by one. each. The National Salt Co. is included imder 

 Tompkins county, but it has operated also in Schuyler and Wyom- 

 ing counties. No new companies entered the list of producers 

 during the 3^ear. 



The total output of salt in 1904 amounted to 8,724,768 barrels 

 of 280 pounds. In the total, account is taken of the amount of 

 salt utilized in the form of brine for the manufacture of soda 

 products, which is a very important item. The value of the out- 

 put was $2,102,748 or 24 cents a barrel. The following table 

 shows the production distributed among the A^arious grades as 

 marketed. 



Production of salt by grades in 1904 





Barrels 



Value 



Value 



per 

 barrel 



L 



Common fine« .'. 



I 309 531 

 423 686 



I 160 423 



459 156 



46 178 



5 325 794 



$409 498 

 142 357 

 518 742 

 175 931 

 14 180 

 842 040 



$.31 

 .33 

 •45 

 •38 



•31 

 . 16 



Common coarse 



Table and dairy 



Coarse solar 



Packers 



Other grades 







Total 



8 724 768 



$2 102 748 



$.24 





a The common fine salt includes some coarse salt, so that the division for these grades is 

 not quite exact. 



The total for "other grades" is made up principally of rock 

 salt and salt used for soda manufacture, but includes other kinds. 

 It will be noted that the value of this salt is much lower than 

 the general average. 



Of the total output, Onondaga county contributed 3,456,337 

 barrels valued at $233,477, while the remainder, consisting of 



