﻿THE 
  MIXING 
  AXD 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I908 
  

  

  55 
  

  

  elusive. 
  It 
  is 
  notieeable 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  industry 
  has 
  grown 
  rapidly 
  

   the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  has 
  increased 
  in 
  a 
  much 
  smaHer 
  ratio. 
  

   The 
  figures 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  previous 
  to 
  1904 
  are 
  quoted 
  from 
  the 
  

   annual 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Mineral 
  Resources. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  salt 
  by 
  grades 
  in 
  1907 
  

  

  Common 
  fine 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Common 
  coarse. 
  

   Table 
  and 
  dairy. 
  

   Coarse 
  solar. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Packers 
  

  

  Other 
  gradesa 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  BARRELS 
  

  

  I 
  214 
  093 
  

  

  $446 
  618 
  

  

  s 
  .37 
  

  

  155 
  593 
  

  

  64 
  794 
  

  

  .42 
  

  

  I 
  183 
  643 
  

  

  639 
  464 
  

  

  •54 
  

  

  415 
  971 
  

  

  156 
  072 
  

  

  •37 
  

  

  43 
  614 
  

  

  14 
  993 
  

  

  •34 
  

  

  6 
  644 
  629 
  

  

  I 
  127 
  237 
  

  

  •17 
  

  

  9 
  657 
  543 
  

  

  $2 
  449 
  178 
  

  

  S 
  .25 
  

  

  VALUE 
  

  

  PER 
  

   BARREL 
  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  rock 
  salt, 
  salt 
  in 
  brine 
  used 
  for 
  soda 
  manufacture, 
  and 
  small 
  amounts 
  of 
  brine 
  

   salt 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  uses 
  were 
  not 
  specified 
  in 
  the 
  returns. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  salt 
  by 
  grades 
  in 
  1908 
  

  

  GRADE 
  

  

  BARRELS 
  

  

  VALUE 
  

  

  PER 
  

   BARREL 
  

  

  Common 
  finea 
  941 
  682 
  

  

  Common 
  coarse 
  1 
  194 
  593 
  

  

  Table 
  and 
  dairy 
  i 
  188 
  636 
  

  

  Coarse 
  solar 
  520 
  607 
  

  

  Packers 
  36 
  114 
  

  

  Other 
  grades6 
  i 
  6 
  123 
  679 
  

  

  S372 
  

  

  72 
  

  

  631 
  

  

  117 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  928 
  

  

  485 
  

   427 
  

   987 
  

   136 
  

  

  515 
  

   186 
  

  

  Total 
  j 
  9 
  005 
  311 
  $2 
  136 
  736 
  

  

  s 
  .39 
  

  

  37 
  

   53 
  

   22 
  

   40 
  

   15 
  

  

  S 
  .237 
  

  

  a 
  Common 
  fine 
  includes 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  common 
  coarse. 
  

  

  b 
  Include 
  rock 
  salt, 
  salt 
  in 
  brine 
  used 
  for 
  soda 
  manufacture, 
  and 
  small 
  amounts 
  of 
  brine 
  

   salt 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  uses 
  were 
  not 
  specified 
  in 
  the 
  returns. 
  

  

  