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gradually lost its importance in the trade and the greater part 

 of the total now returned for the county represents the salt in 

 brine consumed for soda manufacture. 



The relative rank of the counties of the State, according to 

 their output of marketable salt in 1907, was as follows : Living- 

 ston, Wyoming, Tompkins, Schuyler, Onondaga and Genesee. 



Livingston county furnishes the entire product of rock salt 

 which is mined at Retsof and Cuylerville. The Retsof Mining 

 Co. has worked a deposit at the former locality for many years. 

 The Sterling Salt Co. at Cuylerville began production in the 

 fall of 1906 and the past year was the first one in which the 

 mine was continuously active. 



The growth of the salt industry in New York during the past 

 25 years is illustrated by the accompanying table which covers 

 the output for the period 1883-1907 inclusive. It is noticeable 

 that while the production has increased nearly six times during 

 the period, the value of the annual total has grown at a much 

 smaller rate. The figures for the years previous to 1904 are taken 

 from the annual volumes of the Mineral Resources. 



Production of salt in New York since 1883 



YEAR . BARRELS VALUE 



1883 ' I 619 486 j $680638 



1884 I 788 454 I 705 978 



1885 2 304 787 1 874 258 



1886 2 431 563 I I 243 721 



1887 2 353 560 ! 936 894 



1888 2 318 483 ' I 130 409 



1889 2 273 007 ; I 136 303 



1890 2 532 036 I I 266 018 



1891 2 839 544 ! I 340 036 



1892 3 472 073 ( I 662 816 



1893 . , ' 5 662 074 1 I 870 084 



1894 6 270 588 I I 999 146 



1895 _ 6 832 331 I Q43 39S 



1896 " 6 069 040 I 896 681 



1897 6 805 854 I I 94S 759 



1898 6 791 798 i 2 369 523 



1899 7 489 105 I ^ 2 540 426 



1900 7 897 071 '^ 2 171 41S 



1901 7 286 320 2 0S9 834 



1902 8 523 389 I I 93S 53Q 



1903 8'i7o 648 2 007 807 



1904 8 724 768 j 2 102 748 



1905 8 575 649 I 2 303 of)7 



1906 9 013 993 2 131 650 



1907 9 657 543 2 449 178* 



