Show THIS SALT SAI INDUSTRY I j lInD Han Issued lulI a n Bulletin OnI On In hit hit hi Subject MY Tr rr Edwin l C e I of o the Uie United Note survey spent a ahi f v I d hi iv II during Iho Iha field unison of IMS 1002 o c th study of the hue salt Industry user near Salt Kalt Lucks Utah and acid on Sun Stun i cc bay ha California A bulletin iI HI i ultimately be published by h the sur suri i v I on the th of the tho J Jk k R n mel Mr Ir Jekel J ckel link IRk li II on Ch ji U Industry In Utah Utahn n p ni In 11 the surveys recent iNo No I jo J j entItled a n II wa it II to tf t I 1001 This Thia Thian rut In n II ha nis R been beon for fou I t K s Hie 1111 ftp t I milt jIlt producing ir areas rull which M I 1 KM hl lire cure of ot peculiar i V t P for mr they Ihry contain the r plants In tho the United t I M into thus agreeing In IP method ft tr t to e li hi the tho two to torl i Iri rl o ari arle H C of pr In Inn n Ii n L gret gre of ot concentration f the ho brine iu l h in in pumped plumped red Salt Sn t Lako iRh l tuli over ocr M to p r rent edit of pf f Milne and Is therefore tree free tram from cal calI calL calL I L Hum which lies hat been 11 deposit pd 00 at it an 1 earlier taNs stage All In III the lie migration of the lake water Th Tue water wiler of 01 SAn an bey bu be on all the oth other or er hind hand In Is rather lees leM 1 salt than that of the tics open wa IMa soul and its be precipitated at lit the work ork Great Bolt la Is but 1111 till tIcs remnant of an In Immensely greater body bod of w water tt m lied Lake J k thiP which was wag re reo lured by evaporation to Its III nn else aim al wIllie while nt III the lii Mine time It I became It a highly concentrated till solution The Tue Th water of Great HAlt Bait Lake Luke has lias varied consider considerably ably duly In Its III degree of or concentration oven oen the comparatively short period bat bet has hn lId since Inco the Ihl of utah If It the records von can be bt relied upon It was All wn at Its point of ot maximum concen conlen concentration li flu UIO 1510 From that lint date doto until some line lime In the th seventies tile the Ink lako became fresher Its least recorded concentration III In 1873 1872 A reverse process ll thou then set lIlt In and tho the lake lako has Imi now almost reached the tics concentration ion tion point of IBM 1860 Mr 11 r Kokel okel I describe d in III detail dotoli tho ho liar and settling ponds of th Inland Crystal Salt company and the lice method by which tho the lake lako brine la is purified and the tail gait precipitated He Ire alno niso nt o describes the equIpment of that re refining fining mill and tho ho process by which the tile separation of tho the sulphates from tho the salt Anit is accomplished n The flue history of salt manufacture frOnt from the tho of Halt Bait Lake Inke with chili the arrival of the tho lie Mormons In InUIT UIT mr The only enI at al first firM was that obtained front the evaporation lion tion during summer of oC the water con ton In little lagoons lagoonA or natural has bas hasIM Inn IM along the tho shore loro of ot the tho lake Inko About the th year dams dame wore built to hold large Humilities of ot wider water In law for tor Or evaporation Thes fhe e wore Hooded doodad In the tics spring and the salt snit de during the tho by lIy solar come WOlf wag gathered Into Inlo piles along tho ho bunks bank antI and carried over trans from one year to another About this title time the till chlorination process of the he endue 1111 Lion Uon of sliver silver or orell oree H was discovered and the demand for milling salt call Increased very try ry rapidly The output for nil pur puce notes OliOS reached n a total of 01 toucH In 10 whereas not nol over GOO COO OO to 1000 pounds wore vere gathered In 11 1818 1841 At pros t n II Utah ranks milks sixth among the tho states as all K e snit sail producer so lice far hp hi quantity Is III concerned and fifth It the tho value of or orthe the Is In ll The flie than has Ims increased from barrels i iIII III lit usa liSO to barrels In ID The processes of ot if evaporating and milling salt curried carried on at the ho best beet equipped 8 d California plants I closely ie is Mmble those of ot Utah but butt a n tow low lm ira differences of ot practise have arisen because of tho the difference In III the I of the tho brine In evaporating the weaker urine brine of or ian Ban Francisco l co bay bl blIt I It Is 18 necessary to provide for lor tho the pre nrc IIrI of the tho Iron oxide lImo car I nail gypsum u |