Show MM I 1 n MO V 0 19 groad salt e 14 jbf f the G great at interior ulterior basin asin con contains many of kiture tur and many evidences ot of t the 1 he handi wark of the alie great creator tilt the great salt lake located within sight right of akis 0 camp R ampt is ia one of these wonders and is p preeminent pre re L eini eminent nent as an evidence of the power of hita who holds the earth in the hollow of his hand baud the I 1 a is it about bo fi t W on cy in t I 1 is fr on f sa Salt I 1 tva Lake k e city its only qua dead so a in one respect it is sti superior to io it for while the thi dead sea is hundred feet below ill the le level elof of the 0 ocean ean tile the great Sal kLake is ia noray fat above it I 1 in ge general leial terms the length of the lake is 19 P forty miles tind and iti ils width about fifteen miles milca or making me uia of the scientific expression employed by an english writer the major axis axis of tile irregular iri agular barall parallelogram 1 ram ig gix nil miles 1 es in length If fro fai m na north h t to 0 ad about thirty five fie miles finlin fin fri mont made iliade a partial purvey in in 1845 whick which was completed complete d b by y stansbury lif ait 1850 Fr fremonte emonts observations are arc n foil owing extract frolic frontu djoi report it and utah lake will readily elaw he says on page 97 11 farat and expeditions to the rocky rock mountains M the greatest orea test bread utah tab lake is ia fifteen I 1 I 1 it g feir r to the north narrowing as and connecting with the G great reat salt lake it then conti continue as inflows to how tt 11 this is the common which h I 1 believe to be correct and then ilien with an ignorance truly re refreshing freshing on the part of an officer sent out by tho the government to ase ascertain ertain the faeta facts adds 11 but it i id fresh freshw kr while UK the other is nut only salt all but a saturated solution tion ot salland aeilt sal tand and here is ii a problem which requires to be solved tin several P lac i in his narrative li he e speaks s of utah lake as the southern sou thirn extremity of the great salt lake 1 fromont rode ter tep outlet 0 if o f luke lake the problem feln lie lett t to rao laore re energetic mc i louia have bce n solved in his own 71 tle main influents of the great salt lyk tire bear arr aliver var n ad ad the jordan anthe side the traveler finds ft a vast desert on which neither he nor 14 14 anny ariy riy other man will cure care to tarry long the watt yoi he P lake cont coni nina aine about one waitr aich is i RIX aix awl ami otla o haw hief nir gitlic solid 0 ol 01 0 r aea ea ir anter stansbury says 6 one hundred parts by wei weight glit were evaporated to dry iw w w a water bath below tile hie boiling point and then heated to about three hundred degrees of the thermometer and rett re ted tied ut at that heat bent until the macii cased c ased to loee any weight it gave solid co 2 1 and consisted d of k chloride Cli loride of sodium Sullo sulphate liate of soda 1834 1884 clil chlorice trice of magnesium cale calcium lam 1 I airm it is ia fudged budged by many that the water varies considerable in in its streng strength ib at different fer elit seR seasons kolls of the year it lim w bee found to io wenty per percent le ehi of cure pure chloride of sodium tind and not more ilian ihan two per cent of other salts it is beyond all question one of the purest stad aad most meet concentrated brines known in the world it has been found that it will yield about twenty per cent of pure common salt and about tei tea par delit of foro foreign salts tile the most mosi objection ble sible jm garfs i rf aps ops of the latter laiter are tile the el chloride florida I 1 of lime and the ahlo rid ridic of magnesia these being v very de 1 aleut attract moisture the ali T e dump atmosphere which aas as tile the effect to moisten moia slid and partially partial ly dissolve the common salt lt and the mia mu luthus be to dry ary afifi air a hard crust is formed dr gale davs this evil ear ean be avoided by ailt biuk k alig a dold cold solution of tile the suit sait as it is fromi from the lake over the salt isalt blainer blai neu vy by the e evaporation 1 oration of the water until bryst vry stul bp to ile be df posited deposited hc asserts brine while it will awa ive all uie olal orides of f balei um and magnesium carrying un thom dern through rough the porous bottom will not dig die alv wh salt this theory if correct will leave the salt purer and better than any now generally found in our market r 1 M ra the water i perfectly edear the gr of 1170 the water waiter being 1000 F aih is cannot live in it and it t 18 is assert asserati tI that at matt man cannot sink in in it thi the writer riter has bathed in the lake and found that he could sustain hn his head above tile the surface of tile the water holding both hands above the surface and wid without 1 exercising any power ower whatever beyond that absolutely to preserve the centre of gravity in its il pr proper status he oHr however assure any ally P person er who euA templates suicide by drown ing that tile the mat feat cuu can be it in the of salt lake as well as in ili any other ether if one is a big enoah enough tool to ruy maw m i U beli 1 eid P ask ill ing W c w ae rs 0 a J L lake at e N desires the cerii 1 l nt unless anle lie he can haw ili frac acce ceas to a awn n ticul apply offie of freeh eh lyate water for in i n less than two mil lutes s after stepping step on thy tb dry land lie he will firitz fi I 1 id ilia his body completely c covered coi ertil with crystallized salt abi abich ell tile th most vigorous a application of a coarse towel fails to remove and ana when after laVe laborious riona rubbing rub hing lie he congratulates hini him self alf ilpo lipon being I 1 rid nd of nil all of the salt lie he walina non is es his hia back it will feel as thoi though igli lie he had been flayed clayed with a oat cat 0 nine til tail i we do not desire the reader to under stand that we are st e writing from experience on oil the latter point the person bathing must i irr keeping keepin the f the LINA ahta ria mid mouth for the sensa sensation T tib n is is J infinitely films 1 afe more disagreeable ij a gree able illan alph t 1 just mentioned 1 there are arc about thirty y wands in lands ln in t the inke eake alie largest e 1 Q I 1 11 11 tins has i bus fe feet t above of tilt antee aniel Tn iel hafid is elai oed by J cg belati for the benefit lof agtual em emiera igra i tion jund co of afi the e mormon morin on as ie also another an othor ira islawa known gg Hs t an es wands are re found jau springs of excellent freshwater fresh water with Babun t dant supply of grass which ana inalee k thra places for herding ni stock the th la lake c is ia shallow sad and e easily i forded corded from the main main land to many of I 1 which alywin in it A this lake I 1 dram aramia dr aMia banji anait it is is a matter 0 if f some little that with an ft armeal 8 apply of fresh water ftp ats baline are not mate naya d the ih e ir is generally gene yally at 22 deg 1 ul vy e find wn ali man ibon who will wili terni term utah lake the of the silt lake the dead sen sea and tbt abw tk jo jorian jordan r certain it is ie ahm that thi ail comparison is an an apt W ij nd rs w 01 7 wallas a substitute for the theyo ader of thourl land 1 the traveler ataru 1 u anqus desolate ebore awe ki me 01 h 4 g evi dence of grids ab is sublime and ana i vegetation tation cease near 11 its ts hatem the gylte is iwah fl fly Y about him eway to and add ta t the solemnity of affie seena the delands arb ris gnp fhern tw of tue tk par to be pod fab over tile the vat shet sheet ot cf water atar in which no living thing moves breah or lim an far awa I 1 i u thrpo the tye pary crt reach beachy is is an water cold I 1 Z tand almost the cause of it ex ee istance a wonder onar and as as he burn iu tto abo re arad leaves its ce behind him a of relief is is elpe rier iced towe ira a in its pir presence ence he not account for aid ft a P gladness badness lad ness to tob att b away from it he be is not willing to confess conal 99 and am scar scarcely eely able to explain pj aji t j L 0 f from pur our amai we C camp dimp on a allt night ind anil with A antl in the itlie r hearn ewt v I 1 it presenta presen tg it 9 most moats beautiful picture T the city of the skia lying it r our feat ilai Yr Alley tyrenty miles and meard it can c be W traced the 4 silver ail ver lining or of the jardan asias gators are jeblee hy the soft oft r rays a Y ve 0 of the 4 queen cc n 0 of cai nig night r ht sur rounding roin re ding us on three sides rire are leff lofty mountain etain rang ranges a delightful tempera ettre pe avides ides the valley valler and beach bt irich land and away in the distance towards the west lies the salt lake like a sheet of bd silver caare C a I 1 M und and solemn za misty haze surrounding ita border re ps of lake ake 0 f a human being when 0 one fie or of the er is called upon to enter eliter the bod body Y of th ihal new born CAMP Do DOUGLAS oct oc at ath 1864 |