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  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
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  which 
  is 
  pumped 
  up 
  after 
  becoming 
  saturated. 
  The 
  grades 
  of 
  

   salt 
  known 
  as 
  common 
  fine, 
  common 
  coarse, 
  table, 
  dairy, 
  pack- 
  

   ers, 
  agricultural 
  and 
  milling 
  salt 
  are 
  made 
  by 
  artificial 
  evapora- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  brines, 
  the 
  quality 
  depending 
  upon 
  the 
  methods 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  and 
  the 
  degree 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  refining 
  operations 
  are 
  

   carried. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  salt 
  that 
  is 
  marketed 
  as 
  such, 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  

   proportion 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  converted 
  into 
  

   soda 
  products 
  by 
  the 
  Solvay 
  Process 
  Co. 
  This 
  company 
  has 
  a 
  

   plant 
  at 
  Solvay 
  near 
  Syracuse, 
  where 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  soda 
  

   ash, 
  carbonate, 
  bicarbonate, 
  etc., 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  from 
  brine 
  that 
  is 
  

   supplied 
  by 
  the 
  company's 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Tully, 
  20 
  miles 
  

   south 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  The 
  salt 
  content 
  of 
  the 
  brine 
  thus 
  used 
  is 
  

   included 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  tables 
  herewith. 
  

  

  Altogether 
  there 
  were 
  31 
  companies 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  who 
  reported 
  

   an 
  output 
  in 
  1907, 
  or 
  one 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  Of 
  

   the 
  total 
  number, 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  was 
  represented 
  by 
  20 
  com- 
  

   panies, 
  while 
  the 
  remaining 
  11 
  were 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  counties 
  : 
  Genesee, 
  Livingston, 
  Schuyler, 
  Tompkins 
  and 
  

   Wyoming. 
  The 
  International 
  Salt 
  Co., 
  the 
  largest 
  manufacturers 
  

   of 
  brine 
  salt 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  operated 
  four 
  plants 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Ithaca 
  

   works, 
  Ithaca 
  ; 
  Cayuga 
  works, 
  Myers 
  ; 
  Glen 
  works, 
  Watkins 
  ; 
  and 
  

   Yorkshire 
  works, 
  Warsaw. 
  The 
  Hawley 
  and 
  Warsaw 
  works, 
  at 
  

   Warsaw, 
  owned 
  by 
  the 
  company 
  were 
  inactive. 
  No 
  new 
  manu- 
  

   facturers 
  have 
  entered 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  producers 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  quantity 
  of 
  salt 
  obtained 
  from 
  mines 
  and 
  wells 
  in 
  

   New 
  York 
  last 
  year 
  amounted 
  to 
  9,657,543 
  barrels 
  of 
  280 
  pounds, 
  

   on 
  which 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $2,449,178 
  was 
  placed. 
  This 
  shows 
  a 
  gain 
  

   of 
  643,550 
  barrels, 
  or 
  7 
  per 
  cent, 
  over 
  the 
  output 
  for 
  1906 
  which 
  

   was 
  9,013,993 
  barrels 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,121,650, 
  the 
  largest 
  reported 
  

   up 
  to 
  that 
  year. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  increase 
  was 
  contributed 
  by 
  the 
  

   mines 
  of 
  rock 
  salt, 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  one 
  third 
  the 
  

   entire 
  total 
  for 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  accompanying 
  tables 
  show 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  salt 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  grades. 
  The 
  output 
  listed 
  under 
  

   " 
  other 
  grades 
  " 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  principally 
  of 
  rock 
  salt 
  and 
  salt 
  used 
  

   for 
  soda 
  manufacture 
  which 
  are 
  combined 
  so 
  as 
  not 
  to 
  reveal 
  

   the 
  figures 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  individual 
  companies. 
  A 
  small 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  other 
  kinds 
  not 
  specified 
  in 
  the 
  returns 
  is 
  also 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  under 
  that 
  item. 
  .The 
  valuation 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  salt 
  thus 
  

   listed 
  is 
  much 
  smaller 
  proportionately 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

  

  