Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-30

kx-CongEessman Augustus n. Frank.
Of warsaw n. y, said % q frfbans r.
porter tnat Wnet is knoWn a. The Warsaw
nait DISTRICT has been developed 10 sash
al extent that ie is destined = FeRol1-
tlonizs tie salt industry and prediction
q tho world.
~It L located IN Wyomine osunty, ,
&Aid be- hat extends oyaE portions a.
AdVlngatou, ehd - Gerry, Il oentseo
oenntY, there aFn Alao brine wells. The
discovery of the Geld occurred abcut
tnree years AGO. Persons uho we're baf.
ING Tor oil struck q solid vein of salt a
least seventy feef thick. The territory
under which this bed Of sals ID known
% lie mog1 Be forty o. ATTY thousand
acres. 4 extends 81 40 aud down TIE
WAxHaW Valley. IL some places the vain
= nel above forty foel thick, in uihers
running ap 70 eighty. Iaoooant for this
une9onnea1 en- the theory that ths hou
Of aail water originally came ueon al
uneven eonfRuEafion 81 ground. and
have heard 10 osher thsory with refer
enaa % Is. The salE ilsslf q iha pnrest
aalt IN the world. Iha beds have nos
uoen worked Tor AboQl two years. Eight
large factories haws ben pat 40 at MAJ
saw and two more are buIldinQ az tie
present time; one Of them in being built
~ kerr brothera, of RhliRdelDhia, Who
have hitherto been she largest salt iua.
porfeEa Ia the country. kt q probable
that they viii also pat Up chemical
works as Warsaw. Another new factory
e being constructed for the Warsaw Salt
Company, of which John D. Wing az
New York Il president. NJ. Winq,a
nrm b one Of She largest h the soda
ash business. The present proaaan uf
making salt Is by boring wells and tax
ing out the brine. There are e walls
right at warsaw and q Humber OF others
IN the gininitg- thcy boro q hele hrs'
inches IN diameter, pas IN q 8-inch tube
and punp and proceed 20 pamp 40 the
brlne from q depth Of 100 10 100 feet.
II is put into tanks and fhroWn into vats
Rhere tbs water is boiled doan. Tha
brine Is tested by an instrumsnt called
. eal0meieF. Tbs test shows 100 degrees
Of strength whila the teal Of brine Al
Syracuse e uniy08. The Syracuse works
ara largely bsnehtad b. the States in.
terest In them. The State owns the salt
land and produces the brine. which Is
sold 30 She AAit-makefs. undeF the
present constitution these State lsnds
can heser BE- sold. II is probable that
~ N1JGA 4ltA ~ N1NI1s AU9N zee new
constitution Is changed, % have lhess
lands eelds which will bring q handsome
teveuue % The State and, witt the deyel.
opme1t Of tho WaFsaW sait property,
woaid give she people iast as abundant
q supply Of salt without STATE aid. Tbs
people ID oar valley feal that IL is Wrong
for the Slata 70 make appropriations for
tie Syreoass aalt works while Warsaw
heips herself.
sCould pot the ssls Il Warsaw Be TAX
en- ouE In eFystalafn
There Il nc necessity for that as long
as the brine anpplg Il 10 great as at
present. Az tSyraouse they have no solid
beds Of all, bat enly the brine. In our
WaFsaw distFiei there ID an average %
80 OF 20 feet Of clear sails. Ia Earops
veins Of sails eight fest Ia thickness have
been worked Tor over two hundred years.
fhe WaEsAw hsld would last fof 9 couple
Of th0nsand yeaFa on tbs aamB bnals.
The great strength of she brine taken
has lowered Cd price Of sslt very matte
rally. salt Is nov sald III WaFsaq af
60 cents; the barrel oosss Is least . ols.
thus roduoiuQ fhe 50 10 IS oenta. They
make nos only coarse sais, bul dairy and
tabie salt.