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Show Ono of tho wonders of Mexico Is tho salt-producin lako near Spinas Bta-tlon Bta-tlon on tho Tamplco division of the Mexican Central .llway, 72 miles west of San Luis Potosl. It may .'ell bo termed a two-story lake, says tho Now York Sun, for at nor thero Is a lako l? fresh water overlying the salt lako. A water-tight roof of Dreen mud keparates tho fresh from tho salt water. wa-ter. For a largo part of the y-ar there Is no frcs water lake there. Tho sun licks It up soon after tho rainy season Is ver. Yho salt secured from this lako ?oes all over Mexico. The lake has been wor' ed ..bout slxty-fivo years. Tho wholo town of b.OC peo-plo peo-plo makes Us llv' lg from 'he 'alt. Tho property Is owned by a family or estate, but it Is said that not one ot tho owners has lived there for years. Tho old rcsldenco of tho owners own-ers Is still tandlng at Salinas. Its masslvo walls and towrs nnd turrets slve tho placo n resemblances to a fort or feudal castle. |