New-York tribune., 1886-06-06
THE WARS4W SALT FIELDS.
WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE YEARS Has
SHOWN.

WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE YEARS Has
SHOWN.
Ex Congressman Augustus II. Frank, OF
Warsaw ~ Y. said to TRIBUNE reporter that what 10
known "a tho Warsaw salt District has been developed
to such an extent b destined TO revolutionze the
salt industry and production OF the world.
~Itis located In Wyoming Coupty" said he. but ex-
tends over portions OF Livingston. and At Gerry ~
Cieneses County. there are also brine wells The DIS
coyery the occurred about three years ago. Per
sons boring oil and struck solid vein OF sait
at e, seventy feet thick The territory under which
this bed is known lie be forty or frty thousAne
acres 1t extends all up and down the War
saw Valley In places the Ves
ia not above forty feet thcK In Others
running n to eighty for this unevenness 90
the theory that flow Of salt water originally came
upon AL conhgurston of ground. and nave
heard theory with reference to IT. Ihe SAT- u
self Is the purest the world. The beds nave no"
been worked about years Eight large factories
put up at warsaw aud two more are pui'uns
az The pres.n. tine is benz built by Kerr
Brothers, OF Philadelphia who have hitherto been the
largest salt in the country IL 10 proDape tn1s
they will also put up chemical works at warsaw
Another factory 10 being c0n,ructei Tor the war
saw salt Company. OF whch John d. Wing Of New
York. president Mr. Wings firm Is one OF the largest
IN tho soIs ash business The present OF maxi
ing salt by DOrny wells and taxing out the brine
There twenty-five wells right at warsaw and num-
ber OF others in the vicinity. They bore hole i've
inches In diameter. put In y three-nch tuDe
n pump and proceed To pump up the brine from
depth l.so0 l,4oo Ieet its pns nto TANKS aud
into where the water Is boiled down.
The hundred degrees OF strength whIis
the test of brine at Syracuse Is only slxy-six. Tue
syracuse works sely benefited the states n-
The state owns the salt lad and pro-
.he present these state lands never ne
sold. IL Is probable that an enoss wnu
these <ud Will Drinx handsome revenue
to the State with the Development OF tile warsaw
salt property would xivs the people Just abundant
valley fee that n Is wrong for tho state 20 maze sppro
priaons constantly Tor the syracuse SAT- WORKS WINS
Warsaw helps herself"
tails r.
There is necessity for that as long as the
brine supply great as at present rAcuse they
have sold beds OF sait, out ony the Drhr IN our
Warsaw district there - an average Of sixty or seventy
feet OF clear salt Iu Europe veins OF SAT- exht iest "a
th. h.ckness we been worked for over TWO hundred
years. The warsaw Held would last for eoup'- ot
thousand years on the same Dss prc o .s yry
materially salt Ia s0d in warsaw al sixty cents
They make not only coarse salt. but dairy aud
table salt There several Problems
Interest Que OF them tarin We feel tnat would
take the tariff on salt Without ssking
our msE.ns 1sn-rs free trade It Industry
which present destined TO be one OF the greatest ID
sixty seuts u Darre. It comes nere from Europe a.
ballast and under the lover condition Oh w"ees
price that tho tsrin our industry would Do
de.rroys They get their wurkuen for y cents day.
whereas pay AdoliAr aud quarter u dollar an
hali Another problem Is thai OF eL IL requires .
Largo amount each day TO run tho salt worsA single
concerns buy as high as ty thousand OF coal AT
purchase Jhis Item Is affecting the Saginaw salt IN
dustry fu Michigan They nave been usiug the rpfuso
Of nbe for fuel. but tho lumber supply IN Michigan
giving Az WsrsAw tho screenings VI haru coa are
used There are millous or tons or those screenings
piled I'D Pennsylvania anthracite coal regions
wnlcn until within year or two nave NOT oeen usod
for any purpose Syracuse Is using the same fuel
Would iL De possible To maze Coioinasson H cou'
troll the W Warsxw Valley salt region ~ monopoly
No that coul not he done. The extent of tue Held
in not known, but large enough AS already known 70
preclude any possibility OF creating monopoly OUT OF
IL Even II the lands actually uDierlAd with the SALT
beds could bo controlled veins Of tho brine nixhf 10
struck miles away and monopoly would not DO SAKE
against sucn q condition OF things"