The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-03-17

literally in its establishment. Nearly 2,oO0, ,000 bricks were burned here last year, and it is probable that furnaces for the burning of fire bricks from the fine local fire-clays will soon be estab- lishexl. There is
 RooM AND OPPORTUNITY
 here for the founding of dozen in dustrial enterprises. The city is cen- tr&l to a broad, rich-growing market country, and its fine railway facilities make it capital distributing point. The
 LATEST AND GRANDEST RESorR RCE of the city, and indeed of central Kan sas, was disclosed by the recent dis coyery of vast deposits of rock salt under the very centre of the town, and below them strong volume of nat ural gas. This Is unquestionably THE GREATEST SALT FIND IN rnE
 WORLD,
 both as to volume and quality. The Natural Gas, Oil and Mineral Com pany, on tho 2d day of last December, struck at & depth of 7S5 feet
 A DEPOSIT OF PURE ROCK SALT, which later developments proved to be nearly 800 feet in thickness. A re- cent analysis of this salt by Prof, Wm. McMurtfie ei the University of Illinois, and communicated to Mir. C.. w. Silver, president of the Lyons Board of Trade, gives the following gratifying results;
 Sodium chloride tsaltl-.a,.--t,,..... ...ss saN Calcium chloride de...,s,,. ,.,..-,.,.,..,.ss-. n Calcium sulphate tHypsuml. .....,,....,.s. tss Insol Il hle sediment th0
 loo od The chemist adds: "The rcsiduum insoluble in water appeared to consist principally of slaty matter from strata adjoining that from which the salt was taken and therefore foreign to 1t. If this were removed, the salt repre- senting the probable composition, or vein, would have tho following com position
 Sodium chloride {sAlu aS 3s Calcium chloride ,.,t,. ....=-...s...., ll3
 W.sl
 IL will be seen from this analysis that this vast deposit of rock salt Is, in its natural state, the purest of any yet discovered in the world, and when 1t Is remembered that ninety foot vein of rock salt discovered at War saw, N. r., only half dozen years ago, has resulted in the building and operating of thirteen sal; blocks a;iJ millions of new wealth for that now prosperous town, the reader may form some estimate of the natural wealth of this unprecedented salt find. Tint capital and experienced salt manufact- urers will be attracted hither by this great mine of wealth is simply qucs- tion of brief months, and equally cer- tain is the building here of salt, chem ical and great meat packing works which will quadruple the business volume, wealth and population of the city. Hard after this startling dis covery, and from depth of ,260 feet in the same well, came the flow of
 NATURAL GAS
 in strong and steady volume, with Il pressure of e pounds to the square inch. The same company will imme- diately sink two new wells for the further development of these grand resources, and before the coming mid summer Lyons will be on the high tide of a business, building and real estate boom in comparison with which that of last year will seem com- mon- place. The
 GROWTH or LOCAL WEALTH is something remarkable to the eau tious and conservative new comer. All inside property doubled in value last year, while the suburban addi- tions with their manifold improve. ments at once quadruplcd the value of large tracts that had previously been valued only for farm uses. The growth in trade and banking and realty value last year, runs away up into millions and the end Is not yet. Back of all this exhibit of prosperity are still working, the material, mental, commercial and industrial forces that are yet to make Lyons q city of l5,000 or 20,00o people. With few exceptions, brave, strong, resolutc
 YOUNG MEN ARE AT THE uELM in every department of local life Young men of high ambition. clear vision and splendid action. With ungloyed hands and steady pnr- pose, they are handling the crude materials and forces about them, by stern practical Roman methods and are turning them to the best uses with the facility of men born to the work of town-building. With these men there is neither haltiDg, doubt