Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-17
Conemaugh Sa't.W~ orks,
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
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IN PENNSYLVANIA.
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SO many Improvements, inyerticm
land discoveries, are daily ANNOUNCED ID
l,he public papers, there to live ths,
lay, and be seen and heard If no mr,n
= that we have hitherto been careful 70
lavoid exciting, in relation to such nat.
ers, expectations which might neYerbe
lreaiized and hence have thus lolg re
/ ,lected to notice tie CouehaDgh S2e
! Nolks--ihese work we are happy 70
late. are now in the full tide Of success.
III operation, aid are not ony revsidi,
he enterprising Individuals NO, con.
| iructed them, bat comforting important
advantages upon the district in With
i;hey are situated, as vel as upon The
country generally.
! They are situated in EFe8tmoselara
and indiana counties b2in. CD both bai-s
1 4 the Conemangh river, eae nile abO's
is confluence with tie Los4ihanna, and
sabolt u miles n. e. from GreenshuI.
lit is BUT about tire wears since tas htEils
or salt water was commenced by Mr..
/ VILLAIN Johnsep, OF Johnson 2Oiet,
hand new the Messrs. Johnson Reefs
boegs and Co.-and Bosgs and For5art
have four ellis sunk. and are sigals
three or four more. Tie four wells ncs
n use supply sufficient wafer fcr sixteen
furnaces. Fourteen furnaces are IN
operation, and produce, IL tie aggregate
Of 100 bushels Of salt per diI
through The year. EacI, furnace, ls'
one large FIT coFper b,iler or pan, Of 40
,biong shape, and six metal ketdts.
The wells are bored to tie depth Of from
$50 to 500 feet in the marsh OF the liver.
The salt water rises in tubes TO Ieya
with the bed Of the river. and j. here PIE.
sseryed FROM mixture with the fresh water,
10y cisterns or reese yoirs constructed d
boards. around the faCuths Of he wills
From these cisterns, it is EOnpei By
horse poe er, into conductors through
(which it runs into large troag's, that
supply, BY spouts, as occasion r ,urf:
1.-The boilers. Here by sir pie and OOSisss
sprocess, which any labot rer is oapsOIea.i
Conducting, it is converted into beaaa'
Etui graduated salt.
Fuel is remarkably convenient. s'0hs
coal is had within 40 o. 50 rerches 0! me
works On the Indiana side OF the r'';
land Oh the 'NestmoreIand side, is PrCcuI.
led in abundance III the hill iul,neu''R!
Iabove the works Of the McssTs. 10. .'s'N,
land desends the declivity or ar lr:Nnsl
jscaEoiding Of boards, erected tor tlsg y,
Ipose. from tie mouth OF the pit 10 u,
Imouth Of the CRATE or farraee. - E slJ'
furnace erecting by the Nessfs' ,sJ Jr.
Ia bed of stone coal was discoFe'eG ia''
ssing the foundation. n
There is nothing in the situation 3
appearance ofthe grsard Or in the 9. -,
|ty cc The soil, about these wOfSs' :~
|peculiarsv DISTINGUISHES hem, IN gu. 'T :,
Int least from various Oder situations ~; =.
the same and on other rivers ~ .otfs
tercsting rhenomenoh with resFrc,5 flaw f@r
Wells, IS that Tx il waters ehb apd n .,a
once eysry tweaty-lour hoors, \, a.
usually about the s,ne hour '
day. ,, on
excellent quality snd Of a sI '.. sttto
hess. Ii is re!aiIed a the o, ol1 -. lad,
at one dollar and 80 certs ref D has,
The navigation IS sale for 'sI = s,re il
from the wolAs to Pittsburgh s y !r,e.5ia
salt commands a higher pace, orls.
IssIs. than that of tie kcnha0a, v", tst.
It is not, we 5elleve. mere . TIA. VI,
wears since this part Of tie e'un 'ai, oec,
Supplied with foreign salt, oI0u pss,tfos
les, and at a great tspense Of ,', teen SUP
land money. l,atterlyu we have .ast;,facte
Ip,ied. moro conveniently ana aeheaplf
XIV indeed. but not mach more Gnt'fG1t
From the Kenhawa and Lake w" ~ an en-
upon all these Is a. Is por
That article OF indispensable usg h vclss
at the cenemaHs o"'g .aw
a such Quantities az WIZ mo- but dfT
much u.oney in the district s,is 90
,nore to ia cousideratipp, at ~; ;rbc 10
|mert, Of no ANAL Importance