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reported for 1905 was almost as large as the production of natural 

 rock cement which has had a much longer history. 



There was little change in the salt industry during the year ; the 

 total of rock and brine salt produced amounted to 8,575,649 barrels 

 or 1,172,591 short tons. This is a decrease of 149,119 barrels 

 from the quantity reported in 1904. The prices obtained for the 

 different grades were, however, above the average, and the value 

 of the output which aggregated $2,303,067 exceeded that of the 

 preceding year by $200,319. A considerable proportion of the salt 

 production is used for the manufacture of soda products. 



The mines and quarries of gypsum made an output of 191,860 

 short tons, a gain of 40,405 short tons for the year. The greater 



Mineral production of New York in 1904 



PRODUCT 



Portland cement .... 

 Natural rock cement , 



Building brick 



Pottery 



Other clay products . , 



Crude clay 



Emery 



Feldspar and quartz. 



Garnet 



Glass sand 



Graphite 



Gypsum 



Iron ore 



Millstones 



Metallic paint 



Slate pigment 



Mineral waters 



Natural gas 



Petroleum 



Pyrite 



Salt 



Roofing slate 



Slate manufactures . . 



Granite 



Limestone 



Marble . . 



Sandstone 



Trap 



Talc 



Other materials^ 



Total value, 



UNIT OF 



MEASUREMENT 



Barrels. . . . 

 Barrels. . . . 

 Thousands . 



Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Long tons . 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 



Pounds 



Short tons. 

 Long tons . 



Short tons . . . . , 

 Short tons. . . . , 



Gallons 



1000 cubic feet 



Barrels 



Long tons 



Barrels 



Squares 



QUANTITY 



Short tons. 



I 377 302 

 I 881 630 

 I 293 538 



8 959 



I 148 



8 703 



3 045 



II 080 



132 927 



151 455 



619 103 



4 740 

 3 132 



000 000 

 399 987 

 036 179 



5 275 

 724 768 



18 090 



65 000 



VALUE 



$1 

 I 



7 

 I 

 2 



245 778 



207 883 



473 122 



438 634 



592 948 



17 164 



17 220 



28 463 



104 325 



8 484 



119 509 



424 975 



328 894 



21 476 



55 768 



23 876 



600 000 



552 197 



709 770 



20 820 



102 748 



86 159 



7 

 221 



441 

 882 



104 095 

 478 771 

 896 697 

 468 496 

 455 000 

 750 000 



$28 562 595 



a Includes apatite, carbon dioxid, diatomaceous earth, fullers earth, marl and sand, 

 value is partly estimated. 



The 



