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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  more 
  than 
  a 
  century 
  ago 
  still 
  held 
  the 
  leading 
  place 
  last 
  year, 
  though 
  

   most 
  of 
  its 
  product 
  was 
  not 
  put 
  into 
  marketable 
  form 
  but 
  was 
  con- 
  

   sumed 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  soda 
  products. 
  Livingston 
  and 
  

   Wyoming 
  counties 
  lead 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  rock 
  and 
  brine 
  salt 
  

   respectively 
  for 
  the 
  trade. 
  

  

  The 
  mines 
  and 
  quarries 
  of 
  gypsum 
  contributed 
  an 
  output 
  of 
  318,- 
  

   046 
  short 
  tons, 
  or 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  1907 
  when 
  it 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   323,323 
  short 
  tons. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  gypsum 
  materials 
  

   including 
  plaster 
  of 
  paris, 
  wall 
  plaster 
  and 
  gypsum 
  sold 
  in 
  crude 
  

   condition 
  was 
  $760,759 
  in 
  1908 
  against 
  $751,556 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   year. 
  The 
  gypsum 
  industry 
  has 
  grown 
  remarkably 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  

   years, 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  having 
  increased 
  nearly 
  tenfold 
  in 
  the 
  

   decade 
  from 
  1898. 
  With 
  the 
  inexhaustible 
  supplies 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  

   local 
  deposits 
  and 
  the 
  unrivaled 
  facilities 
  for 
  reaching 
  the 
  principal 
  

   eastern 
  markets 
  there 
  is 
  every 
  prospect 
  that 
  the 
  production 
  will 
  soon 
  

   reach 
  even 
  greater 
  proportions. 
  

  

  The 
  combined 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  petroleum 
  and 
  natural 
  gas 
  produced 
  in 
  

   the 
  State 
  last 
  year 
  was 
  $3,059,308 
  against 
  $2,536,349 
  in 
  1907. 
  

   The 
  quantity 
  of 
  petroleum 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  wells 
  amounted 
  to 
  1,160,- 
  

   128 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,071,533 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  1,052,324 
  

   barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,736,335 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  natural 
  

   gas 
  production 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $987,775 
  against 
  $800,014 
  in 
  1907; 
  

   the 
  volume 
  of 
  gas 
  amounted 
  to 
  3,860,000,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  against 
  

   3,052,145,000 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  exhaustion 
  of 
  both 
  the 
  

   petroleum 
  and 
  natural 
  gas 
  pools 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  imminent, 
  

   judging 
  from 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  production 
  for 
  recent 
  years. 
  

  

  A 
  product 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  almost 
  a 
  natural 
  monopoly 
  is 
  

   fibrous 
  talc, 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  county 
  in 
  extensive 
  

   deposits 
  and 
  of 
  superior 
  quality. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  consumed 
  mostly 
  

   in 
  the 
  paper 
  trade 
  and 
  is 
  shipped 
  to 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  to 
  foreign 
  mills. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  ground 
  talc 
  last 
  year 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  70,739 
  short 
  tons 
  valued 
  at 
  $697,390 
  and 
  showed 
  a 
  good 
  gain 
  over 
  

   the 
  total 
  for 
  1907 
  which 
  was 
  reported 
  as 
  59,000 
  short 
  tons 
  with 
  a 
  

   value 
  of 
  $501,500. 
  

  

  The 
  garnet 
  mines 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  were 
  worked 
  last 
  year 
  on 
  

   a 
  much 
  reduced 
  scale. 
  The 
  output 
  of 
  2480 
  short 
  tons 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $79,890 
  was 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  that 
  for 
  1907, 
  when 
  5709 
  short 
  tons 
  

   with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $174,800 
  was 
  reported. 
  The 
  decline 
  may 
  be 
  

   ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  smaller 
  demand 
  for 
  abrasive 
  materials 
  during 
  the 
  

   year. 
  

  

  