THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY 1914 



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Syracuse, and can be carried on of course only in the summer 

 months. The product is used practically for the same purposes as 

 rock salt. Packers salt includes the grade sold to meat packers and 

 fish salters. 



Production of salt by grades in 1913 



GRADE 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



VALUE A 

 BARREL 



Common fine 1 



1 490 957 

 III 057 



I 266 864 

 436 800 

 107 293 



7 406 550 



$583 757 



45 942 



789 857 



131 040 



5i 895 

 1 254 173 



$ -39 

 •45 

 .62 



•30 



•48 

 • l 7 



Common coarse 



Table and dairy 



Solar 



Packers 



Other grades 2 







Total 



10 819 521 



$2 856 664 



$ .26 



1 Common fine includes a small quantity of common co?.rse. 



2 Includes rock salt, salt in brine used for alkali manufacture, and small amounts of brine salt 

 for which the uses were not specified in the returns. 



Production of salt by grades in 19 14 



GRADE 



BARRELS 



VALUE 



VALUE A 

 BARREL 



Common fine ! 



Common coarse 



Table and dairy 



I 369 071 

 162 329 



I 272 629 

 328 700 



100 186 

 7 156 157 



$543 203 



74 545 



820 840 



90 392 



50 402 



1 256 324 



$ .40 

 .46 

 .64 



.27 

 •50 

 .18 



Solar 



Packers 



Other grades 2 







Total 



10 389 072 



$2 835 706 



$ .27 





1 Common fine includes a small amount of common coarse. 



2 Includes rock salt, salt in brine used for alkali manufacture, agricultural salt, and small amounts 

 of brine salt for which the uses were not specified in the returns. 



The production in recent years has come from a number of 

 localities comprised within the counties of Genesee, Livingston, 

 Onondaga, Schuyler, Tompkins and Wyoming. Altogether the 

 brine salt industry is the larger and includes the following list of 

 manufacturers now active : International Salt Co., with works at 

 Myers and Watkins ; Worcester Salt Co., Silver Springs; Eureka 

 Salt Corporation, Saltville ; Rock (Hen Salt Co., Rock Glen; Rem- 

 ington Salt Co., Ithaca ; Watkins Salt Co., Watkins ; Genesee Salt 

 Co., Piffard; Le Roy Salt Co., Leroy; and the several makers. of 

 solar salt at Syracuse who market their output through the Onon- 

 daga Coarse Salt Association of that city. To the list may be 



