The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-29
DUNDEE, Yates Co., N. Y, Sept. 2ad, lsf7.
The Salt Works-InterestingI Intelligence.


The Salt Works-Interesting Intelligence.
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On my return from the Ssut de st. Marie, few days
since stopped at the pleasant village of Geneva to
some Of my old friends from the city and while there
heard much said about the DundSe salt works-which
together with the frequent notices concerning them that
have of late appeared in the papers, induced me to visit
this place. pleasant sail Of couple Of hours on the
Seneca board the steamboat Richard Stevens brought
to the Dundee landing, whence mail carriage plies
to and from the vilage-thres miles.
Dundee is busy, thriving little village, situated very
pleasantly contains about 800 1000 inhabitants has
four churches ton twelve stores, two taverns
mechanics shops and several saw mills grist mills,
SO. Big Stream, which runs through the south west
part Of the village furnishes abundant power for
the mills and its banks from here to Seneca
Lake, geoogcaly considered, singular and inter-
/. esting.
visited the salt works yesterday. In bend of the
stream at the west end Of the village found number
otaborers employed In sinking shaft for wa
ter and others In erecting the necessary building and
masoning In blocks OF large caudron kettles such
used at Syracuse and Montezuma for boiling salt The
shaft that being sunk Is ION inches in circumfer
aud has descended 43 feet Several large OF
salt have already been struck which, according to
comparative analysis by Albany chemist is remark
ably free from ferrum and msgnesia. The from
the bore to the stream and the the works
where the water had overaowed from the bore aud
porsted quite white In many places, with saline par
tcles. The bend In the where the boring is
going formerly deer lick" and the old sal.
spring where the Indians used to boil their salt Is still
visible.
Some four Eve years ago the first efforts at obtaining
salt water In any considerable quantity were made and
three inch shaft sunk l07 feet. Plenty Of strong
salt water-brine, might almost call twas obtained
small block kettles set up and considerable salt
featured for while, until repairs becoming neces-
ssry disagreement took place among the several
and nothing more was done until short time since
Some salt manufactured from the water recently
by neighbor Chiffon, and according to his
cate superior in strength to Turks Island Liver
pool That block Of kettles merely set matter of
experiment, and the having found 1t successful
refused large offers for the premises of course.
small scale the works could not be made profitable
they were and further outlay became necessary Each
afraid he advanced means to 60 that the
others would reap proportionate benefit, and
quently the works remained unmproved until recently
tax burthen, instead of benefit to the owners. BY
shrewd management for long period, the present
succeeded entcing the dogs from the by
a small slice, and have concentrated the title AZ the
springs what Ia called the Gore between the
and new presumption lines from the Pennsylv boun-
will be free from state duties owing PEE uary Of
the original patent granted by the State for the land
comprising the gorethere being reservations IN IT,
The volume Of salt water suicient TO supply al
blocks OF forty kettles each, day and night hs gas
forces the water to overflow at times elects 1t TO the
perry constructed apparatus, at the Ksnhawa works
doubt not the whole process Of boiling be performed
by OF the gas alone. IL to me that these
works become exceedingly valuable and they
are already attracting the attention numerous persons
we'll acquainted with the salt manufacture.