Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-26
BUSINESS And MINES.
IntsImlun,ala salt Company Makes
Its First Shipment,
no NEED or IMPORTING SALT.
Colorado Minors' Strihc.-Notcs OF
business aud Mining
Events.

AN'AA.fH
Tho Iulormountein Salt company Of
this city has jus, shipped it, fret car-
load Of salt, the destination being
Denver The company was organized
oct. /, 1902, with James Jack presi-
don't, \. w. Clayton vice president
aud general manager, aud /. a. Ciay.
ton secretary nnd treasurer. Work on
the plant was begun anu u commDiioue
building erected on the onst bank o!
the Jordan River, between South Tenn
pie ami F.t.tsjuth strsc.s. Machinery
was placed In, aud the largest refined
salt factory Ia the West was completed
No work was done dur.ug the SUM
mur, as 70 was necessary 10 wait Tor
salt 10 boo gathered iu the ponds nt the
lake. When the season arrived Tor
this, tho necessary steps were taken
anu the mill started ON H. Initial
run, which hus been lust completed,
Tue process Of refining this crude Salts
quite simple, yet ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lrIduut from thu lake is tut into a
rfushur, from which it emUrgsa and
takes IT, place IN large revolving
dryers. There the moisture l. removed
~ tue salt Will not "cakt" when put
mt0 the sacks. Amer passing through
tho dryers it goes into the mill anu IL
there ground b. the requisite hneness'
From the mill u goes 70 sleeves o. BE-
separated into the various CRATES Of
marketable salt. Powerful fans are
applied during the sieving process
which drive Oh all the Just OF soda,
which "a caught in q receptacle anu
conveyed into HacsF, 10 hu utilized la
making "rUCk salp Tor animals.
The grades ot falt made are; dairy
which De- most finely ltuundi next h
table sslg then No. !, uuckcPs, ana
hide salt Each 0f those Ia sorted out
the proportion Of the various grades
heiug regulated according 20 tho de-
MANI OF the market. About iour'hiths
ui all the manufacture DO Ihat called
table salt.
There 10 but little waste In working
up the crude saline matter that II
gathered at the ponds. That which
the company obtains Is REMARKABLY
clear anu tree from impurities.
The Compapy's mill has capacity
for turning cut thirty t0us OF uarketa'
b ! Vic FANH NANAA NNAN ". A'.N AANhANa
mill IL clU4tu down now, TO make some
necessary changes In the arrangement
Of the machinery which the expert
encu o. the Trial run suggested would
, be an improvement. Mr.. Robert
johnson, the foreman, states that
these changes will ba completed this
week. "fhen,H said he, ",he mill
will be started up the beginning OF
/. next week, and We hope 10 Keep
running regularly thereafter.
Already the company II receiving
liberal patronage, and orders are pill
, up both from local and outside dealofn
II anticipated that IL viii be neces'
sary to run overtime until the Crder'
are caught az with.
with theH 10 works now IN operation
IN this city there are several
there II o. necessity Tor chipping any
salt In ff0m the outside, aud utah puO
pie should insist on purchasing only
lie home product. Some shipping II
y being done Of various grades, notably
: what Is known az Liverpool dairy
salt, anu tho claim Of superiority hal
been set uu for the latter. II does no
: deserve It, however, Tor the Utah sal
:, " the strongest, anu q luss quantity j
y needed IN butter than Of the imported
," article. All through the Utah salt
'. the beet ami cheapest.
d NOTES.
A Lafayette, Colo, dispatch OF tn
2lth GAYS: Excitement over the La
iayette. Louisville strike IL TunninI
hiph. A monster mass meeting OF tn
II miners OF tue two towns was held
10 Speeches were made by the men o
@ both IowDs. The sentiment was unan
10 imous In favor OF no work until al
VI back pay Ia received AMI guaran te
y given that In the future their psy shal
he In cash at the mine offices. Tn
meeting then resolved 10 form unto
Of all the miners OF the northern Goa
10 uistTlcts. Committees Are now O
~ WORK on the plan. TINS minera ON
Z, ployed by the CitiEens' Coal ana COX
company suut representatives 20 tn
meeting with pledges Of their support
They will also demand Of tho cOmpau
u, cash Instead Of checks. Senator Ere
in Lock wood was present aud in n mes
M speech pledged his support 10 "a
M mlners. From general appearances tn
n. striko will be prolraoled one. Ever
! mine owned by the United Coal con
M | many In northern Colorado IL close
down. Another meeting will DO hel
here Thursday.
Vistoria, B. g., dispatch; Warbur
CT ton Pike has returned TO NanAim
m from "trip to the interior Of Alaski
~ He lett Victoria year ago last Jur
in a canoe weighing 100 pounds. III
did considerable hunting aud Visite
mining camps now abandoned excel
"a. by men too poor TO leave. heiollows
~ the DEAF river 10 H." Junction OF "a
~ Willard, atributary OF the MaeKenzi'
4, Ho there cAmped for the fret part
no the winter. He then followed Il
- Polly river 10 It's source, ttaveralng
county never before explored whic
Is worthless except for hunting, h
went into the Pelly river country, 81
m ploied by Dawson, AMI padding dow
ny The Lewis uver struck tie Hukoi
~ and going down Kusk1kium rive
struck the clast near Fort AltEandt
Much Of the country, no says "
title value. Very little gold WI
cleaned this season and few minel
average fair wagoa.