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added the Solvay Process Co. which produces a large amount of 

 brine but use it all in soda manufacture. There are two rock salt 

 mines, of which one is owned by the Retsof Mining Co. of Retsof, 

 and the other is worked by the Sterling Salt Co. of Cuylerville. 



The salt deposits of the State are very extensive and capable of 

 supporting any demand that may be made upon them. They are 

 found to the south of the outcrop of the Salina formation of which 

 they are a part, in the section from Madison county to Erie county. 

 It is unusual to find them at depths of less than 800-1000 feet, 

 since the portions above that limit have been dissolved away, but 

 they have been penetrated in wells far to the south of the outcrop 

 at depths of 3000 feet and over. New beds are discovered from 

 time to time in course of explorations for oil and gas. 



A complete record of the industry is available since 1797 when 

 the first regular operations were started on the Onondaga reser- 

 vation. The total output from that time down to and including 

 the year 1914 has been 268,011,788 barrels. The annual produc- 

 tion for the last 25 years has been as follows : 



Production of salt in New York since 1890 



YEAR 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



189O 

 189I 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 I9OO 

 I90I 

 I902 

 1903 

 I904 

 I905- 

 1906 

 1907 

 I908 

 I909 

 I9IO 

 I9II 

 1912 



1913 

 I9H 



532 O36 



839 544 

 472 073 

 662 074 

 270 588 



832 33i 

 069 040 

 805 854 

 791 798 



489 105 

 897 071 

 286 320 



8 523 389 



8 170 648 



8 724 768 



8 575 649 



9 013 993 

 9 657 543 

 9 005 311 

 9 880 618 



10 270 273 



10 082 656 



10 502 214 



10 819 521 



10 389 072 



266 018 

 340 036 

 662 816 

 870 084 

 999 146 

 943 398 

 896 681 



948 759 

 369 323 

 540 426 

 171 418 

 089 834 



938 539 

 007 807 

 102 748 

 303 067 

 131 650 

 449 178 

 136 736 

 298 652 

 258 292 

 191 485 

 597 260 

 856 664 

 835 706 



