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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Production of salt in New York since 1887 



YEAR 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1 89 1 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 I9OI 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 I91O 

 I9II 



353 

 318 

 273 

 532 

 839 

 472 

 662 

 270 

 832 

 069 

 805 

 791 

 489 



897 

 286 



8 523 

 8 170 



8 724 



8 575 



9 013 

 9 657 

 9 005 

 9 880 



10 270 

 10 082 



560 



483 

 007 

 036 



544 

 073 

 074 



588 



331 

 040 



854 

 798 



105 

 071 

 320 



389 

 648 

 768 

 649 

 993 

 543 

 311 

 618 



273 

 656 



$936 894 



130 409 



136 503 

 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 



The large number of producers in Onondaga county is incident 

 to the solar salt industry which is carried on extensively around 

 Syracuse. The brine used by the solar evaporating works or salt 

 yards is stored in glacial gravels and is pumped and distributed by 

 central plants. The principal supply comes from the old Onondaga 

 Salt Springs Reservation that was sold by the Indians to the State 

 in 1788. The manufacture of salt was placed under State control 

 in 1797 from which time complete records of the industry are 

 available. At one time artificial evaporation was extensively 

 practised but this has been given up almost entirely in recent years 

 with the increased competition from other districts. The solar salt 

 is sold through the agency of the Onondaga Coarse Salt Associa- 

 tion. 



With the exception of the salt made at Syracuse the entire pro- 

 duction is obtained from the deposits of rock salt which are found 

 in the Salina formation, a succession of shales and limestones with 

 intercalated beds of gypsum and rock salt. The Salina strata out- 

 crop in an east-west belt across the State from Albany county to 



