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Show THE GREAT SALT LAKE. Aa the boaeoo is now at baud when tourists will he visiting the Great Salt Like a few facts will he given rejecting re-jecting this lamous watering place, 'i'rje firdt notice we find o' this supposed sup-posed inland st-a is that recorded in journeyinga of the company of Jacob Astor in 1820, when a fow of the party, uuder the direction of a Mr. Miller, came into Cache valley; on which occasion tuat gentleman uis-covertd uis-covertd the Great Bait Lake, to which the whole party proceeded, and finding find-ing the water salt they concluded it was an arm of '-he ocean. Jn 1S25 it was again discovered by a Mr. John Budyer, aud again in 1831 by Captain Bonneville, from which circuuidtanco tho ancient lake when defined by the United S'.ates exploring party, received re-ceived the namo of Lake Bonneville, a groat fossil lake of the quarternacy period, the shores of which may be ueen on the mountain slopes through-out through-out tho valleys. In 183G Captain -Stanbbury mado an exploration of the lake. General Fremont aluo visited it in 1S1G. Fram this time this re nion censed to be a terra incognita. But, in April, 18-19, an expedition was lilted out by direction of the government govern-ment and placed under the coimnaL-d ill Captnin Howard Staiiibury of tin United Blates topographical corps ol engineers. Tbe rebults of this expedition expe-dition were that a regular exploration of this region waa made, a vory large amount of information obtained re specling the llocky Mountains generally, gen-erally, a complete survey made ot the Great Salt Lake, and ft report of the name published by order of the house of representatives in 1851. There have been many analyses made of the waters of the Great Salt Lake. AH of them agree that it is a Bulatiou consisting mainly ol chloride ot sodium or common salt. The sulphates of soda, poiaah and lime, and chloride of magneaium are variously reported by different nnnlysts, tbe variation in results probably pro-bably arising in part from the difference differ-ence of locality where the waters were obtained. In many result.) our lake water differs from that of other salt lake. This may arise from the fact that it is tho residuum of the Urge ancient lake referred to above, its saluble constituents being concentrated concentra-ted and continually added to, by the influx of saline springs and the drainage drain-age ot a large mineral region. Tbe analysis given by Dr. Glo, as 1 found in the Stansbury report is as i follows : One hundred parts by , weight gave a solid residuum of 22.-422, 22.-422, or in simpler terms water rather 1 more than 77i par cent, solid matter nearly 22$ per cent. This solid ' matter waa found to be: Ublorideof sodium (common salt 20. 1 00 Sutphrits of soda ((Iftubdra salts) 1.S34 , Ch oride of magnesium - - 0 2j2 (Jiorido of calcium, a trace - The specific gravity of the water wai then found to be 1.170. The analysis published in the Heeald some time ago aa made by Dr. Charles Smart, of the United Slates army, who was at that time stationed at Fort Douglas, gives the epecifio gravity 1.1067. Grj. per gal. Chloride of Bodium or common sail 9 001.0 Limo carbonato - 11.0 Lime sulphate or glaubors salt - GG.S Kpsoiu Enlt or sulphate of Alng- neiia - S70.0 Magneiitn ch'oride - - 853.5 Iron, etc., traces 10.183.2 To institute a comparison subjoined sub-joined are the mean results of several examinations of Solid contents Specific per cant. gravity Groat Salt Lake water 13.8 1.107 Dead Sea water - 21.0 1.116 Ocean water - - 3.5 l.Oiili The most recent reliable analysis of Lho nnlpra of tho dmat. Ult J.al-n hw Professor O. D. Allen, ot New Haven, gave the following results: Per cent. Chloride of Eodium - 71). 11 " magnesia - - 9J5 Sulphito of'a:an - - - 6 22 " potasi - - 3.GS " limo - 0.67 Exceii of chloriao - - - 0.57 100.00 |