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ingston county was due principally to the activity in rock salt 

 mining at Retsof and Cuylerville. The Retsof Mining Co. and 

 the Sterling Salt Co. furnished the output. The Genesee Salt 

 Co. was the only producer of brine salt in the county. 



Onondaga county was second in regard to production, though 

 the greater part consisted of salt in brine consumed by the 

 Solvay Process Co. 



Tompkins county, represented by the International Salt Co., 

 with two plants, and the Remington Salt Co., made the third 

 largest output. Wyoming county with the three plants of the 

 Worcester Salt Co., the Iroquois Salt Co., and the Rock Glen 

 Salt Co., was fourth in the list, followed by Schuyler county 

 with two plants owned by the International Salt Co., and the 

 Watkins Salt Co. 



The progress of the salt industry in New York during the 

 last 25 years is summarized in .the table below. The statistics 

 for the years previous to 1904 have been extracted from the 

 annual volumes of the Mineral Resources. 



Production of salt in New York since 1885 



BARRELS 



1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 189I 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 I90I 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 



304 787 

 431 563 



353 560 

 318 483 

 273 007 

 532 036 

 839 544 

 472 073 

 662 074 

 270 588 



832 33^ 



069 040 



80s 854 



791 798 



489 105 



897 071 



286 320 



523 389 

 8 170 648 

 8 724 768 



8 575 649 



9 013 993 

 9 657 543 

 9 005 311 

 9 880 618 



$874 258 



I 243 721 



936 894 



130 409 

 136 503 

 266 018 

 340 036 

 662 816 

 870 084 

 999 146 

 943 398 

 896 681 

 948 759 

 369 323 

 540 426 

 171 418 

 089 834 

 938 539 

 007 807 

 102 748 

 303 067 



131 650 



449 178 



136 736 

 298652 



