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reported for 1905 was almost as large as the production of natural 

 rock cement which has had a much longer history. 



There was little change in the salt industry during the year ; the 

 total of rock and brine salt produced amounted to 8,575,649 barrels 

 or 1,172,591 short tons. This is a decrease of 149,119 barrels 

 from the quantity reported in 1904. The prices obtained for the 

 different grades were, however, above the average, and the value 

 of the output which aggregated $2,303,067 exceeded that of the 

 preceding year by $200,319. A considerable proportion of the salt 

 production is used for the manufacture of soda products. 



The mines and quarries of gypsum made an output of 191,860 

 short tons, a gain of 40,405 short tons for the year. The greater 



Mineral production of New York in 1904 



PRODUCT 



Portland cement .... 

 Natural rock cement . 



Building brick 



Pottery 



Other clay products. . 



Crude clay 



Emery 



Feldspar and quartz. 



Garnet 



Glass sand 



Graphite 



Gypsum 



Iron ore 



Millstones 



Metallic paint 



Slate pigment 



Mineral waters. 



Natural gas 



Petroleum 



Pyrite 



Salt 



Roofing slate 



Slate manufactures. . 



Granite 



Limestone 



Marble 



Sandstone 



UNIT OF 

 MEASUREMENT 



Barrels .... 

 Barrels .... 

 Thousands. 



Short tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Long tons. 

 Short tons. 

 Short tons. 



Pounds 



Short tons. 

 Long tons. 



QUANTITY 



Short tons 



Short tons 



Gallons 



1000 cubic feet . 



Barrels 



Long tons 



Barrels 



Squares 



Trap K^UWf. . . i.tfc. 



Talc I Short tons . 



Other materials" I 



1 377 302 

 1 881 630 

 1 293 538 



3 

 1 1 

 132 



8 959 

 1 148 



8 703 

 o45 

 080 

 927 



151 455 

 619 103 



4 74° 

 3 132 



000 000 



399 987 

 036 179 



5 275 

 724 768 



j 8 090 



65 



ii 245 778 

 1 207 883 

 7 473 !22 



1 438 634 



2 592 948 



17 164 

 17 220 

 28 463 



104 325 

 8 484 



119 509 



424 975 

 1 328 894 

 2 1 476 

 55 768 

 23 876 

 1 600 000 

 552 197 



1 709 77o 



20 820 



2 102 748 



86 159 

 7 44i 

 2.21 882 

 2 104 095 

 478 77i 

 1 8q6 697 

 468 496 

 455 000 

 750 000 



Total value. 



S28 562 595 



a Includes apatite, carbon dioxid, diatomaceous earth, fullers earth, marl and sand The 

 value is partly estimated. 



