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but owing to the loss from percolation with this method, the 

 wells are now pumped. The brine is conveyed by pipe line to 

 the works at Solvay, where it is used for the manufacture of soda 

 products. 



In Tompkins county, wells were sunk at Ludlow ville in 189 1 

 and 1892 and at Ithaca in 1895. At the latter locality the salt 

 deposits had an aggregate thickness of over 250 feet and were 

 found at depths below 2240 feet. In 1899 the wells came under 

 the control of the National Salt Co. by whom they have since been 

 operated. More recently the Remington Salt Co. has erected a 

 plant near Ithaca and has engaged in the manufacture of salt. 

 The company has drilled three wells, finding the deposits at about 

 2100 feet below the surface. 



Salt is obtained in Schuyler county around Watkins. The 

 Glen Salt Co. sank the first well in 1893 and encountered a deposit 

 at a depth of 1840 feet. The company was later merged into 

 the National Salt Co. The Watkins Salt Co. also operates at this 

 locality. 



The discovery of salt near Wyoming, Wyoming co. in 1878 

 furnished an incentive for the exploration of this region. The 

 first well penetrated 70 feet of rock salt at 1270 feet from the 

 surface. It was followed by discoveries at Warsaw, Leroy, 

 Rock Glen, Batavia and at numerous places in Livingston, Wyom- 

 ing and Genesee counties. Practically the whole valley of Oatka 

 creek, from Leroy to Bliss and the Genesee valley south of Monroe 

 county have been found to be salt bearing. The region is now one 

 of the most productive in the State. The National Salt Co. has 

 operated three plants at Warsaw. The other active companies in 

 this field are the Empire State Salt Co. of Leroy; the Worcester 

 Salt Co. of Silver Springs; the Retsof Mining Co. of Retsof and 

 the Oatka Mining Co. of Wyoming. The last named company 

 began development work in 1903 and will produce rock salt. 

 A large number of plants have been erected by other companies that 

 are now inoperative. 



In Erie county salt has been found at Eden Valley, Springville 

 and Gowanda, but these localities are no longer productive. At 

 Perry, the Iroquois Salt Co. has a plant which has been operated 

 during the last few years. 



Among other discoveries of salt in New York may be mentioned 

 those at Vincent and Naples, Ontario co. ; Dundee, Yates co.; 

 Seneca Falls, Seneca co.; and Aurora, Cayuga co. The deposits 

 are not worked. 



