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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  returns, 
  with 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  in 
  the 
  lead, 
  though 
  

   its 
  output 
  consisted 
  mostly 
  of 
  salt 
  used 
  for 
  soda 
  manufacture. 
  

   Livingston 
  county 
  made 
  the 
  largest 
  quantity 
  of 
  marketable 
  

   grade, 
  chiefly 
  rock 
  salt. 
  

  

  An 
  aggregate 
  of 
  323,323 
  short 
  tons 
  of 
  gypsum 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  

   the 
  mines 
  and 
  quarries 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  last 
  year, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   262,486 
  short 
  tons 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  output 
  has 
  increased 
  by 
  over 
  

   100 
  per 
  cent 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  years, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  rapid 
  de- 
  

   velopment 
  of 
  the 
  trade 
  in 
  wall 
  plasters, 
  stucco, 
  etc., 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  gypsum 
  in 
  Portland 
  cement 
  manufacture. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  

   the 
  different 
  materials 
  was 
  $1,038,355, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $699,- 
  

   455 
  in 
  1906. 
  

  

  The 
  combined 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  petroleum 
  and 
  natural 
  gas 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  was 
  $2,536,349, 
  a 
  small 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  value 
  

   reported 
  for 
  1906 
  which 
  was 
  $2,487,674. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  petro- 
  

   leum 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  wells, 
  estimated 
  from 
  the 
  receipts 
  of 
  pipe 
  

   line 
  companies, 
  was 
  1,052,324 
  barrels, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,736,335, 
  or 
  

   nearly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  The 
  natural 
  gas 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $800,014, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  $766,579 
  in 
  

   1906; 
  the 
  volume 
  amounting 
  to 
  3,052,145,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  against 
  

   3,007,086,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  New 
  discoveries 
  

   of 
  gas 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  reported 
  and 
  the 
  additional 
  supplies 
  thus 
  

   made 
  available 
  have 
  more 
  than 
  sufficed 
  to 
  maintain 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  

   production. 
  

  

  The 
  mining 
  of 
  pyrite 
  showed 
  a 
  notable 
  advance 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  year, 
  the 
  output 
  amounting 
  to 
  49,978 
  long 
  tons, 
  which 
  com- 
  

   pares 
  with 
  11,798 
  tons 
  for 
  1906. 
  The 
  mineral 
  is 
  obtained 
  in 
  St 
  

   Lawrence 
  county. 
  A 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  exploratory 
  and 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  recently, 
  with 
  results 
  that 
  may 
  lead 
  

   to 
  a 
  further 
  expansion 
  of 
  the 
  industry. 
  The 
  product 
  finds 
  a 
  

   ready 
  sale 
  for 
  making 
  sulfurous 
  and 
  sulfuric 
  acids. 
  

  

  The 
  talc 
  mines 
  near 
  Gouverneur 
  contributed 
  a 
  production 
  of 
  

   59,000 
  short 
  tons, 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   output 
  was 
  $501,500. 
  The 
  production 
  is 
  governed 
  chiefly 
  by 
  

   the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  trade 
  and 
  shows 
  little 
  tendency 
  to 
  

   fluctuate 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year. 
  

  

  Garnet 
  for 
  abrasive 
  uses 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  Adiron- 
  

   dacks. 
  An 
  output 
  of 
  5709 
  short 
  tons 
  valued 
  at 
  $174,800 
  was 
  

   reported 
  in 
  1907. 
  The 
  returns 
  for 
  the 
  preceding 
  year 
  showed 
  an 
  

   output 
  of 
  4729 
  short 
  tons 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $159,298. 
  

  

  The 
  crystalline 
  graphite 
  mined 
  in 
  the 
  Adirondacks 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  2,950,000 
  pounds, 
  against 
  2,811,582 
  pounds 
  in 
  1906. 
  The 
  value 
  

  

  