﻿THE 
  MINING 
  AND 
  QUARRY 
  INDUSTRY 
  I907 
  

  

  55 
  

  

  gradually 
  lost 
  its 
  importance 
  in 
  the 
  trade 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  total 
  now 
  returned 
  for 
  the 
  county 
  represents 
  the 
  salt 
  in 
  

   brine 
  consumed 
  for 
  soda 
  manufacture. 
  

  

  The 
  relative 
  rank 
  of 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  according 
  to 
  

   their 
  output 
  of 
  marketable 
  salt 
  in 
  1907, 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Living- 
  

   ston, 
  Wyoming, 
  Tompkins, 
  Schuyler, 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  Genesee. 
  

  

  Livingston 
  county 
  furnishes 
  the 
  entire 
  product 
  of 
  rock 
  salt 
  

   which 
  is 
  mined 
  at 
  Retsof 
  and 
  Cuylerville. 
  The 
  Retsof 
  Mining 
  

   Co. 
  has 
  worked 
  a 
  deposit 
  at 
  the 
  former 
  locality 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  

   The 
  Sterling 
  Salt 
  Co. 
  at 
  Cuylerville 
  began 
  production 
  in 
  the 
  

   fall 
  of 
  1906 
  and 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  one 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   mine 
  was 
  continuously 
  active. 
  

  

  The 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  industry 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   25 
  years 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  the 
  accompanying 
  table 
  which 
  covers 
  

   the 
  output 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  1 
  883-1907 
  inclusive. 
  It 
  is 
  noticeable 
  

   that 
  while 
  the 
  production 
  has 
  increased 
  nearly 
  six 
  times 
  during 
  

   the 
  period, 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  total 
  has 
  grown 
  at 
  a 
  much 
  

   smaller 
  rate. 
  The 
  figures 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  previous 
  to 
  1904 
  are 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  annual 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Mineral 
  Resources. 
  

  

  Production 
  of 
  salt 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  since 
  1883 
  

  

  YEAR 
  

  

  BARRELS 
  

  

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  I 
  619 
  486 
  

  

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  788 
  454 
  

  

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  2 
  304 
  787 
  

  

  1886 
  ; 
  2 
  431 
  563 
  

  

  1887 
  2 
  353 
  560 
  

  

  1888 
  2 
  318 
  483 
  

  

  1889 
  2 
  273 
  OO7 
  

  

  189O 
  2 
  532 
  O36 
  

  

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  2 
  839 
  544 
  

  

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  073 
  

  

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  662 
  074 
  

  

  1894 
  6 
  270 
  588 
  

  

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  6 
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  040 
  

  

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  1898 
  6 
  791 
  798 
  

  

  1899 
  7 
  489 
  105 
  

  

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  7 
  897 
  071 
  

  

  1901 
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  286 
  320 
  

  

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  523 
  389 
  

  

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  8 
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  1905 
  8 
  575 
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