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In the same district two firms, the Worcester Salt Co. of 

 Silver Springs, and the Genesee Salt Co. of Piffard, which also 

 owned the Livingstone plant, were not absorbed by the National 

 Co. and were actively engaged in salt-making up to the end of 

 1902. In the early part of 1903 the Genesee Salt Co. passed 

 into the hands of a receiver. The Iroquois Salt Co. of Perry 

 N. Y. has purchased of the National Salt Co. the plant at that 

 place. A large part of the salt made here has been marketed 

 by the National Co. Feb. 14, 1903, the bins were full of the 

 product, and the works were temporarily shut down till the 

 congestion could be relieved. 



In 1901 the National Salt Co. sold its Leroy plant to the 

 Empire State Salt Co. of that place. The stock of the latter 

 company is principally held by the butchers and meat-packers 

 of Buffalo, who consume the greater part of the salt which the 

 factory produces. 



A new salt mine 



Early in 1903 the Oatka Mining Co., an organization includ- 

 ing several members of the Worcester Salt Co., announced its 

 intention to sink a shaft for salt in the Oatka valley. The 

 exact location of the works has not yet been made public; but, 

 since several cores have been taken with a hollow drill near 

 Wyoming, it is probable that the site will be in that vicinity. 

 The plant will have a capacity of 1500 tons a day and will be 

 in charge of Mr John H. Duncan, assistant superintendent of 

 the Worcester Co. The principal office will be in New York. 



Processes 



In the methods of evaporating brine the grainer and pan pro- 

 cesses still hold the lead. The vacuum process appears to be 

 gaining ground, as is shown by the fact that it is now used by 

 four factories — the Worcester of Silver Springs, the Glen Salt 

 Co. of Watkins, the Yorkshire of Warsaw and the Cayuga of 

 Ludlowville. Neither open nor steam-jacketed kettles are now 

 employed in the western New York field. 



