﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I908 
  53 
  

  

  1908 
  was 
  9,005,311 
  barrels 
  of 
  280 
  pounds 
  against 
  9,657,543 
  bar- 
  

   rels 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  decrease 
  amounted 
  to 
  652,232 
  bar- 
  

   rels, 
  or 
  a 
  httle 
  under 
  7 
  per 
  cent. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  was 
  

   $2,136,736 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $2,449,178 
  for 
  1907. 
  The 
  production 
  

   fell 
  a 
  little 
  short 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  reported 
  in 
  1906, 
  but 
  was 
  larger 
  

   than 
  any 
  total 
  reported 
  previous 
  to 
  that 
  year. 
  

  

  Expressed 
  on 
  a 
  tonnage 
  basis 
  the 
  output 
  last 
  year 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   1,260,743.5 
  short 
  tons 
  against 
  1,352,056 
  short 
  tons 
  in 
  1907, 
  showing 
  

   a 
  decrease 
  of 
  91,312.5 
  short 
  tons. 
  

  

  A 
  smaller 
  output 
  was 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  returns 
  for 
  both 
  brine 
  

   salt 
  and 
  rock 
  salt, 
  though 
  the 
  former 
  showed 
  relatively 
  a 
  greater 
  

   loss. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  noted, 
  however, 
  that 
  only 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  brine 
  salt 
  

   included 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  was 
  actually 
  sold 
  or 
  used 
  

   in 
  that 
  form. 
  The 
  largest 
  producer 
  of 
  brine, 
  the 
  Solvay 
  Process 
  

   Co., 
  consumed 
  all 
  of 
  its 
  output 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  soda 
  prod- 
  

   ucts, 
  including 
  soda 
  ash, 
  carbonate, 
  bicarbonate 
  etc. 
  With 
  this 
  

   single 
  exception 
  the 
  companies 
  who 
  were 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  industry 
  

   marketed 
  their 
  product 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  rock 
  and 
  brine 
  salt. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  32 
  mines 
  or 
  works 
  that 
  contributed 
  to 
  the 
  production 
  

   last 
  year, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  33 
  in 
  1907. 
  They 
  were 
  distributed 
  

   among 
  the 
  following 
  counties: 
  Genesee 
  i, 
  Livingston 
  3, 
  Onondaga 
  

   20, 
  Schuyler 
  2, 
  Tompkins 
  3, 
  Wyoming 
  3. 
  The 
  International 
  Salt 
  

   Co., 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  producer 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  grades 
  of 
  brine 
  

   salt 
  for 
  the 
  market, 
  operated 
  three 
  plants 
  : 
  Ithaca 
  works, 
  Ithaca 
  ; 
  

   Cayuga 
  works, 
  Myers 
  and 
  Glen 
  works, 
  Watkins. 
  The 
  Yorkshire 
  

   works 
  at 
  Warsaw, 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  company 
  in 
  1907, 
  were 
  inactive 
  

   last 
  year. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  new 
  firms 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  during 
  the 
  

   year. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  plants 
  in 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  may 
  be 
  ex- 
  

   plained 
  by 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  solar 
  process 
  of 
  salt 
  manufac- 
  

   ture 
  in 
  Syracuse 
  and 
  vicinity 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  for 
  a 
  

   long 
  time 
  by 
  individuals 
  and 
  companies 
  who 
  have 
  received 
  their 
  

   supply 
  of 
  brine 
  from 
  wells 
  located 
  on 
  State 
  lands. 
  The 
  brines 
  are 
  

   distributed 
  among 
  the 
  evaporating 
  plants 
  through 
  pipe 
  lines. 
  The 
  

   control 
  of 
  the 
  lands 
  and 
  wells 
  was 
  relinquished 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  last 
  

   year 
  through 
  a 
  sale 
  to 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  Pipe 
  Line 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  Mu- 
  

   tual 
  Pipe 
  Line 
  Co. 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  The 
  property 
  was 
  transferred 
  for 
  

   the 
  nominal 
  sum 
  of 
  $15,000. 
  This 
  terminated 
  the 
  long 
  established 
  

   interests 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  salt 
  manufacture. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  solar 
  

   salt 
  in 
  Syracuse 
  and 
  vicinity 
  has 
  been 
  marketed 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  

   through 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  Coarse 
  Salt 
  Association. 
  

  

  