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at $317,404, against 3456,337 barrels, valued at $233,477, for the 

 preceding year. The operations of the Solvay Process Co. account 

 for most 6f the production. Since this company converts the brine 

 directly into soda, the value placed upon the salt is much lower 

 than that given for the marketable grades. In addition to this com- 

 pany there were 22 producers in the county, all of them operating 

 in Syracuse and vicinity and marketing their product through the 

 Onondaga Coarse Salt Association of that city. 



The relative rank of the other counties contributing to the out- 

 put was as follows, in the order of their importance : Livingston, 

 Wyoming, Schuyler, Tompkins and Genesee. 



The single rock salt mine which has been active was that at 

 Retsof, Livingston co., owned by the Retsof Mining Co. of Scran- 

 ton, Pa. The Oatka Mining Co., which has been engaged in 

 opening a mine at Wyoming, has discontinued operations. A new 

 company organized under the title of the Sterling Salt Mining Co. 

 began development work during 1905 at Cuylerville, and intends 

 to produce rock salt. At the close of the year the shaft had reached 

 a depth of a little over 500 feet. 



The International Salt Co., of Xew York city, operated the fol- 

 lowing plants in 1905: Glen Works, Watkins ; Ithaca Works, 

 Ithaca ; Cayuga Works, Myers ; Hawley and Yorkshire Works, 

 Warsaw. The Warsaw Works at Warsaw was inactive. The 

 International Salt Co. assumed control of the works mentioned on 

 August 1, 1904, succeeding the National Salt Co. The company 

 is also interested in the Retsof rock salt mine. 



Bibliography 



Beck, Lewis C. Mineral Springs. Mineralogy of New York. 1842. 

 Bishop, I. P. Salt Wells of Western New York. N. Y. State Geol. 5th An. 



Rep't. 1886. 



Salt Industry of Central New York. N. Y. State Mus. 45th An. Rep't. 



1892. 



Hall, James. Geology of New York: Report on Fourth District. 1843. 

 Luther, D. D. Geology of the Livonia Salt Shaft. N. Y. State Geol. 13th 

 An. Rep't. 1894. 



Brine Springs and Salt Wells of New York and Geology of the Salt 



District. N. Y. State Geol. 16th An. Rep't. 1899. 

 Merrill, F. J. H. Salt and Gypsum Industries of New York. N. Y. State 



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SAND 



Sand is obtained in nearly every part of the State. Enormous 

 quantities of building sand are consumed each year, and glass sand, 

 molding sand and other varieties are produced on quite an extensive 

 scale. 



