Show 229 ing beneath the pressure I estimated this field to be at least seven miles wide and ten miles The salt which was very pure and white in length averaged lf from to three-fourt- hs on an inch in thickness and was equal in all respects to our finest specimens for table use Assuming these data the quantity that here lay upon the ground in one body amounted to over four and millions of cubio yards or about one hundred millions of bushels one-ha- a-h- It alf was customary during the early years of the Utah settlement to compare all domestic salt with Liverpool salt which was considered the world’s best And until better refining processes were begun the Liverpool product was much better An analysis of the two showed 100 parts of Liverpool salt to contain 94227 pure salt while the Great Salt Lake product was only 790 percent pure As a result salt was imported from Liverpool to supply the needs of more demanding customers for years As late as September 7 1885 an article appeared in the L D S Millenial Star containing the following:® Strange as it may seem salt in large quantities is imported into Utah from Liverpool The cause of this is that the English salt possesses an excellency in butter making that is not equalled by the Utah article However the article hastened to add that there was then a movement on foot to install the same refining process as vas being used in England to overcome the complaint When I 443 many Johnston’s army 8 Quoted from J C came to Utah in 1857 to put Alter Utah The down Storied Domain : |