Salt Lake Herald | 1905-02-28 | Page 6 | Ledge of Pure Salt

LEDGE OF PURE SALT One Fifty Feet Thick Is Discovered Out of Moapa The dIscover discovery of a an immens immense leg ledge of r ur sal salt ha has been mae made thirty m ks from Moapa Nev and a a lage lageNe large Ne k t f the salt st almost a as cle clear a as has been placed on exhibition at thc I L Angele Angeles offices orte orthe San Pedro The discovery Is mentone mentioned in tLc Ls Los Angele Angeles Express a as follows reached the Salt Le Lake offices toay today that an Immense ledge o of pure rt k sal salt ha bad been found in the moun tais thiry thirty mies miles from Moapa Nev a station station along along the lne line A According tf to th the reports the the lege ledge Is fifty fet feet in n ad and is eight miles mUes long Is Its depth his has not been discovered I It appear appears that th the people living HYing at Moapa lea learnd c 1 this his ledge from the rhe Indians ad and have the sl salt for yea years but kept t P rrt to A A lare large piece t thc rock st salt ha ha been brought to toI I Ls A I It i is almost as clear as L grade appers appears to tobe be of an extreme