THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 1915 43 



NAME LOCALITY 



Setauket Spring Setauket, Suffolk county 



Elixir Spring Clintondale, Ulster county 



Sun Ray Spring . . . Ellenville, Ulster county 



Vita Spring Fort Edward, Washington county 



Vermont Mineral Spring Granville, Washington county 



Briarcliff Lodge Association Briarcliff Manor, Westchester county 



Gramatan Spring Water Co Bronxville, Westchester county 



Orchard Spring Yorktown Heights, Westchester 



county 



Production. The returns received from the spring water com- 

 panies for 191 5 showed total sales of 8,636,920 gallons with a value 

 of $745,530, which was about the usual quantity. The largest 

 business was reported by Oswego county, which, however, was 

 restricted to the sale of fresh spring waters for family and office 

 supply. Saratoga county led in the output of carbonated and 

 medicinal waters. 



NATURAL GAS 



Returns received from the producers and distributors of natural 

 gas within local territory show a further drop in the yield for 191 5. 

 The continuation of the decline over a period of two years, as has 

 been the case, seems to indicate a serious situation with respect to 

 supplies which are not maintaining equilibrium with the drain re- 

 sulting from exploitation. This is to be attributed no doubt to the 

 smaller flow obtained from new wells than in the few previous years 

 when some very productive pools were tapped in the western 

 counties. There has been no material enlargement of the produc- 

 tive area since the bringing in of the large wells at Orchard Park. 

 Erie county, in 1912, which reflected itself so markedly in the 

 returns for 1913. 



The flow of natural gas in 1915, according to the reports of pro- 

 ducers and distributors, was 7,110,040,000 cubic feet, as compared 

 with 8,714,681,000 cubic feet in 1914 and 9,055,429,000 cubic feet 

 in 1913, which is the high mark for the industry. The figures 

 represented a decline of about 18 per cent during the year and of 

 over 20 per cent in the two years including 1913. The loss is 

 traceable mostly to the pools in Erie county, whereas the other 

 counties of importance, like Genesee, Chautauqua, Allegany and 

 Cattaraugus, held their own or showed a very small decrease for 

 the year. 



In value, the production last year was reported as $2,085,324 

 against $2,570,165 in 1914. The value is based on the average 



