Millard County Chronicle | 1947-03-13 | Page 2 | Salt Lake and Flats Lure Tourists, Industries, Racers

Salt Lake and Lure Tourists Industries Racers I There is no need to sink a shaft to find salt in Utah It is mined on top of the ground where it lies many leet teet deep on the shores of lake and in famous Bonneville salt fiats Naturally the state is a large producer of both common salt and sodium products People who go to the beaches of Great Salt Lake find that th they y float like a a cork In the water because of its saline content which ranges from 22 to 27 per cent The lake is feet above sea level and has no known outlet except evaporation It Itis Itis is 80 BO miles long and from 20 to 32 miles wide Great Salt Lake has several fine beaches Because cf f its salinity no fish live Jive in the lake but a small brine brine- shrimp no larger than a mans man's fin exists in great numbers in it West of the lake arc the Bonneville Bonne ville salt flats where thousands of ot acres of white salt stretch on either side of the paved highway which crosses the area The fiats are so level that many automobile speed records have been made on them Ab Jenkins former mayor of Salt Lake City and famed race driver prefers the flats fiats to all other courses claiming claim ing the salt ke keeps J s rubber tires cooler cool er than a dirt diTt or r board track The fiats also aTe are notable for tor their mirages