Show ASPHALT BENEATH LAKE N salt lake herald republican asphaltum was iwas discovered last sunday under the bed of great salt lake by a company which has been conducting experiments north of the lucin cutoff for the past three months the discovery was made at a point about seventy miles west of ogden and seven miles south of corrine in the lake A caisson was driven through seven feet of water and sand at the bottom of the lake and a shaft sunk to a depth of feet it is the intention of those who are behind the project to start a steam barge line on the lake to get the asphaltum aspli altum from the point of discovery to one of the railroad points on the old southern pacific line around the north of the lake J C culver of ogden has been interested in the work of sinking the shaft julian bamberger president and general manager of the bamberger Ban iberger line is one of the salt lake men who inspected the property he says the asphalt is hot and has a strong smell of crude oil the shaft was sunk in the lake in order that file fhe theory that oa oils ls and asphalt are the result of the decomposition of vegetable matter might be tested it is expected that a corporation will be formed to mine the asphaltum |