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  NEW 
  TOEK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  transferred 
  to 
  this 
  new 
  district 
  and 
  the 
  manufacture 
  

   of 
  salt 
  at 
  Syracuse 
  has 
  gradually 
  diminished. 
  

  

  The 
  salt 
  mines 
  of 
  the 
  Retsof 
  , 
  Livonia 
  and 
  Greigsville 
  companies 
  

   produce 
  immense 
  quantities 
  of 
  salt 
  for 
  the 
  beef 
  and 
  pork 
  packing^ 
  

   industries, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  are 
  not 
  directly 
  competitors 
  of 
  the 
  

   companies 
  manufacturing 
  salt 
  from 
  brine. 
  About 
  15 
  miles, 
  

   south 
  of 
  Syracuse 
  the 
  Solvay 
  Process 
  Company 
  having 
  found 
  

   rock 
  salt 
  in 
  great 
  quantity, 
  by 
  boring 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  wells 
  

   and 
  availing 
  itself 
  of 
  an 
  abundant 
  water 
  supply 
  is, 
  by 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  

   gravity, 
  enabled 
  to 
  bring 
  brine 
  in 
  a 
  highly 
  saturated 
  condition 
  

   to 
  its 
  works 
  at 
  Syracuse 
  through 
  a 
  pipe 
  line. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  basis 
  

   of 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  industry 
  in 
  soda 
  ash. 
  The 
  Solvay 
  Company 
  also 
  

   sells 
  brine 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  salt. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Genesee 
  valley 
  and 
  near 
  Warsaw 
  and 
  Wyoming 
  are 
  

   many 
  salt 
  wells. 
  There 
  are 
  others 
  at 
  Ithaca 
  and 
  Watkins. 
  

  

  A 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  and 
  gypsum 
  deposits 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  11 
  oi 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Gypsum 
  

  

  Gypsum 
  is 
  quarried 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  on 
  the 
  outcrop 
  of 
  the 
  Salina 
  

   group 
  in 
  Madison, 
  Onondaga, 
  Cayuga, 
  Ontario, 
  Monroe 
  and 
  

   Genesee 
  counties. 
  It 
  is 
  chiefly 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  fertilizer 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  o-f 
  

   land 
  plaster, 
  though 
  at 
  Oakfield, 
  Genesee 
  county, 
  a 
  factory 
  has 
  

   been 
  established 
  to 
  utilize 
  the 
  gypsum 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  wall 
  

   plaster. 
  

  

  Graphite 
  

  

  Graphite 
  of 
  excellent 
  quality 
  is 
  obtained 
  near 
  Ticonderoga, 
  the 
  

   deposit 
  being 
  controlled 
  by 
  the 
  Dixon 
  Crucible 
  Company 
  of 
  Jer- 
  

   sey 
  City. 
  The 
  mineral 
  occurs 
  in 
  a 
  mica 
  schist 
  and 
  in 
  crystalline 
  

   limestone. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  pencils, 
  crucibles^ 
  

   lubricants 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  other 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Quartz 
  

  

  This 
  material 
  is 
  quaTried 
  for 
  pottery 
  at 
  Bedford, 
  Westchester 
  

   county, 
  and 
  is 
  shipped 
  to 
  Trenton, 
  N. 
  J. 
  "\^%ite 
  quartzite 
  of 
  

  

  