The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-10
ANNUAL INCOME FROM MINES IN
 NEW YORK BIC

i NEW YORK Oct 10.-Mineral re- sources of the State of New York cover wide range and yield an an nual income of many millions. Second only to the soil of the state" they form its most important natural asset. according to a report for the years 1917 and 1918 by David H. Newland, recently published ~ by the University of the State of New York.
 The 49.204 square miles that make up the area of New York State com prise great variety of geologic formations. The rocks of the Ad- irondacks are part of the Lauren tian highland, the foundation of the North America continent. while the strata of Long Island and Staten Is land represent the latest addition to the continent.
 Such a variety of formations nat urally contain a wide variety of min erals. at least thirty-siX of which are commercially important. Among these iron ore. sine ore. pyrite, gyp- sum, salt Portland cement, petrol cum, natural gas, tale, graphite. clay and sstone take the lead. Products worth a million or more dollars were extracted during 1918 in each of the following industries: Salt, Portland cement, pottery, iron ore. natural gas, limestone petroleum building brick. gypsum, clay products, sand and gray el
 During the past few years, changes in the economic relations of raw material supplies" has caused a de cided shift in the relative value and development of the extracted indus tries. A statistical canvas of over thirty mineral industries shows a tween 1916 and 1918 of $8,221,34O. This increase in value is due in some cases to an increase of the quantity of the mineral produced. together with an increase in price; in others the quantities produced have fallen eff, but this decrease has been offset by greatly increased value. Thus among the products quantity and value three increased quantity and value. and nine in both quantity and value, and nine increased in value while falling off in the quantity produced.
 Comparison is impossible for the other products considered because in the 1916 statistics they are included among the miscellaneous materials, Although there has been during these two years a general decrease in the quantity of minerals produced, and although q majority of the products have decreased in value. the in crease in the value of others has produced a large total increase
 In dollars and cents salt is the most important single mineral in dustry in the state, In 1918, l5,- 21S,O7I barrels were produced. with value of $7336. .S67. an increase of more than $500. .O0o over the output for 1916 Salt occurs in the state both as natural primes and as rock salt, and is secured either from wells or by mining. The record of the in dustry is unbroken since 1797. when 1 5,095 barrels were produced. Portland cement decreased in out put and increased in value between 1916 and 1918 Although New York offers an extensive market for this product. it has to meet the keen i competition of adjoining states. par ! ticularly Eastern .Pennsylvaina. It held in 1918 second place among
 New York mineral products in re- gard to value. The production of natural cement. which was until 1900 a fIourishing industry in the state, 1 continues to decline under the com petition of Portland cement. In the two years under discussion it's pro duction decreased from 1O4,415 to l01G7 barrels.
 Clay industries, the production of common brick, paving brick, terra cotta, pottery, etc, take an important place among the states mineral in dustries. The total value in 1918
 was nearly a million less than it
 was in 1916, largely due to sharp decline in the manufacture of com
 mon brick. due to inability to se cure labor and fuel. This decline was to some extent counterbalanced by increase in the production of