Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-10

teen wells, 772,573 bushels more than the
year previous.
The salt manufactured last season was
shipped =
To New York. Observation-Disclosures. 1850
~ San"oe .-..... .'....-.....-...- olo.oo4
10 lower lake ports. .................1,9l S,S
TO upper lake ports .................l .sll .l7n
miscellaneous. ...........-... ........2. III, 75s
lo'hi- sss...s.. ADO. 90
THE MODS OF SALT MAKING.
novel. What are callei fine salt works or
blocks, cost from $4,000 To & ID, 900, each
containing from forty to Que hundred ket-
ties, made from cast iron, wsighisg from
800 TO 900 hs., four feet in diameter and
holding l25 gallons OF brine. 1hesu kettles
are formed in two rows cnbedded 70 ehsir
extent into brick arch running through
the entire centre Of the block which arch
has on the front end furnace and on the
back end chimney. varying in height
from 30 10 100 feet. Zone chimney giving
draft y . half dozen blocks. owned by Jss.
?. naskibs, Esq 10 l5a feet high and IA
ieet to II feet AZ its base). Between the
rows Of kettles run wooden pipes, about one
loot in diameter, VIII CHI are bored out most>
~ from pine trees, and at every kettle q
sort Of faucet lets in the brine al litem.-
these pipes convey the brine from the high
reservoirs where It was forced from the
Wells by tho large pumps.
The kettles beng full If brine are now
set 10 boiling by two men in each block.
twelve hours on and twelve hours off,"
night and day. This is called evaporation
by artificial heat, produced nov mostly by
coal. When the water is boiling down
some, bitt.rn pans with handles are set in
tae centre Of each ketile to catch the scdi.
nent before the sal, falls 10 tile bottom. -
The salt f.kes are taken from the kettle by
"A laic which resembles somewhat On Irish
spade, and put into basket, resting upon
two sticks across the kettle, and when sui
iiciently drained OF brine, each basket full il
emptied on either side Of the block. into
large bins. where the sat lies "a dsyswhep
II Is packed into barrels, insp, cted like
flour, branded, rolled 10 the side cut ~...ls
IN front Of each block. and Clipped by the
"Sai. Company" which control . the mau>
uniactures, and regulates the price Of the
salt. pursuant TO joint compact entered in.
- by the manufacturers. Fine salt ia this
market is now worth ~ 10 per barrel. and
coarse salt 80 10. The latter salt ia made
~ solar evaporation. the brine being let I'M
TO va's about one foot deep and from II to
~ ieet.square. The greatest snnusi Weld
OF this commodity wss had in 1869, being |
nearly two millions Of bushels.
DAIRY AND TABLE SALT.
This salt, to large amount. is heated by |
arihc'sl heat, 10 placed into mill and |
ground fine, afterwards either barrelled or
rnt INT, sacks, aud is called "Factorv
tiied. and for dairy or table purposes is
considered even far superior to the cele-
DRAFTED Ashton salt, and cheaper The |
test made IN perfcct'ng the Factory filed" |
so as to drive out every impurity, cost over
So, 600.
THE RIVALS OF THESE SPRINGS
only, for the present, NAV be considered the |
Saginaw Salt springs, Michigan and the |
last becoming rival IN coarse salt, the Petit
Anse Island, IN Louisiana. Fine salt in man.
aisctured very extensively now at Saginaw.
and from the fact that wood for barrels and
luel is cheap whereabouts these springs can
Afford salt cheaper (but Of inferior quality.
ana have already shSt ours oh Of several
me markets IN the far west. So too. is
feared the Petit Anse Island rock salt. This
WAS discovered BY John Marsh Avery. in
Nay 1862. and over two million of bounds
Was excsvated in one year. In 1864 Cen
hanks destroyed the vosks. % cut off the
be rebels supply but tie prsmises hsv
ecsooy fallen into the hands Of heevv ~.
salists, Who ofee to lay each ton a TIA
ock on the deck a New Orleans "a, ~.
IAN -. This figure Of cost whuld b. iniu.
ious to the coarse salt trade Of Ono91Asa.
nd C0Rt pol ho
he Mississippi rivss. 80.
a hAhAorH EARfaEN RESERVOIR.
Inc visitor to these springs should not
srget 70 lock atths hsgessoervoir sionaaed :
pen an eutneDce, which Is about 1h;s1v !
ecs deep, covering over five acrss, erected
er the preservation Of brine duyine ~ A.
se season, and holding oves "a. OOO. ON AZ (.
a'lone. The sslt Wesis q Stijs roser se,cr
70 from $40 to 400 ~ dasn snA lhs nine )
rom 20 to 80 dsersea. -
rRs sousGE Or THESE spnrys, IL
Inere have been many theories Given 70 Z
p's""s sns source from which flows these :
stsfss but al aGeee that they come feom Al
D'ntton Of bedo Of fessil nN. Ovracrr. NJ.
valley surrounded By high hills. AMI r,
supposed by meh Of science that these ,
Jus contain eaIiferous material which isl
'ssolved by subterrancan currents Of v..or
nd deposited in hs,hssin below. In r,s.
ort OF this theory I NV 6yev vrs,s 40 :
piece 81 salt rock which vss d;sccv..s :
h'ie digging side cut for . road on On. .
the Manlius hills in Osondse. cou,,w I
'Out eight miles from these springs and >, I
! altitude from the bottom OF the sal ~s,is d
q loass ] 500 feet. Is IT,
Travellers frequently stop over dav or q
70 with- rs and visit these sals spr;or.