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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  arsenic 
  and 
  other 
  deleterious 
  impurities. 
  It 
  is 
  shipped 
  to 
  acid 
  

   makers 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  adjoining 
  states. 
  

  

  The 
  National 
  Pyrites 
  Co., 
  who 
  formerly 
  operated 
  the 
  mines 
  

   at 
  High 
  Falls 
  or 
  Pyrites, 
  has 
  retired 
  from 
  business. 
  The 
  prop- 
  

   erty 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  over 
  by 
  the 
  Oliver 
  Iron 
  Mining 
  Co., 
  a 
  branch 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Steel 
  Corporation. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  pros- 
  

   pected 
  in 
  a 
  thorough 
  manner 
  by 
  the 
  diamond 
  drill. 
  The 
  ore 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  lenses 
  that 
  strike 
  northeast 
  and 
  dip 
  northwest 
  at 
  an 
  

   angle 
  of 
  15 
  or 
  so, 
  with 
  a 
  pitch 
  toward 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  line 
  of 
  

   outcrop 
  extends 
  across 
  the 
  Grasse 
  river 
  under 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  

   workings 
  reached 
  from 
  openings 
  made 
  on 
  an 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  river. 
  

   A 
  striking 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  deposits 
  is 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  pyrrhotite 
  

   in 
  segregated 
  masses 
  between 
  the 
  pyrite 
  shoots. 
  The 
  mineral 
  

   is 
  not 
  intermixed 
  to 
  any 
  extent 
  with 
  the 
  pyrite. 
  

  

  The 
  Cole 
  mine 
  near 
  Gouverneur 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  lens 
  that 
  

   outcrops 
  at 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  is 
  worked 
  as 
  an 
  open 
  cut. 
  It 
  affords 
  

   an 
  ore 
  above 
  the 
  average 
  imrichness, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  being 
  

   suitable 
  for 
  shipment 
  in 
  the 
  crude 
  state. 
  The 
  American 
  Pyrites 
  

   Co. 
  took 
  over 
  the 
  property 
  in 
  1906, 
  as 
  successor 
  of 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack 
  Pyrite 
  Co. 
  The 
  suspension 
  of 
  operations, 
  it 
  is 
  understood, 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  due 
  to 
  any 
  failure 
  of 
  ore 
  supply 
  or 
  technical 
  diffi- 
  

   culty, 
  but 
  to 
  the 
  heavy 
  burden 
  of 
  royalties 
  imposed. 
  

  

  SALT 
  

  

  The 
  continued 
  growth 
  of 
  output 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  feature 
  of 
  

   the 
  salt 
  industry 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  recorded 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  The 
  

   gain 
  has 
  been 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  average 
  and 
  indicates 
  

   apparently 
  that 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  product 
  is 
  fully 
  holding 
  its 
  own 
  

   in 
  the 
  trade. 
  Owing 
  to 
  its 
  command 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  eastern 
  

   markets, 
  the 
  local 
  industry 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  maintain 
  the 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  position 
  which 
  it 
  secured 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  century 
  ago, 
  not- 
  

   withstanding 
  the 
  recent 
  rapid 
  development 
  of 
  other 
  sources 
  of 
  

   supply. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  grades 
  of 
  salt 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  trade 
  are 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  rock 
  salt 
  mines 
  situated 
  in 
  Livingston 
  

   county 
  supply 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  half 
  of 
  that 
  commodity 
  used 
  in 
  

   the 
  country. 
  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  salt 
  by 
  the 
  solar 
  process 
  is 
  

   carried 
  on 
  extensively 
  on 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  Reservation 
  where 
  it 
  

   was 
  first 
  started 
  in 
  1789. 
  The 
  brines 
  used 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  are 
  

   natural, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  localities 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  brine 
  

   salt 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  solutions 
  obtained 
  by 
  driving 
  wells 
  into 
  beds 
  

   of 
  rock 
  salt 
  and 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  surface 
  

  

  