The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-11-20
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...t. ". obtained nn.. gHri. o
...H.. af soda.
The big inland Ben h1. been furaisn
Ting D. aooi.Y part OF the region with .aiN
Tor many wears. The trade in salt IVA.
Increased greatly since 1901 at which
tint the process was perfected for rein
ing In analyzing the crude al, OF %,
lake, traces Of sulphate of soda, sui
> phate Of lime and calcium chloride are
fund, and lt has long been the custom
for few entcrprlslng men 10 90 TO the
lake o. winter time and gather from the
shores and bars what has been known
TO them as winter salt. In fact, the
presence Of large CRYSTALS appearing like
salt and found only In cold weather has
long been known and commented upon.
This "win;er salt" a. Il has been called,
l. really very pure article Of sulphate
Of soda, commonly called glauber salt
and It has been a subject OF much com.
ment In the past that so much of II can
be found In winter tlmc-tas a result OF
i,s cry staliSation at % degrees tempera.
ture or lowerl-when such very small
evidence Of It's presence can be obtained
from an anylls OF this water of the lake
or it, salt. This, however. Is now fully
cleared up.
Readers Of the Trlbune.wlll recall tina,
when the contract was let for putting
down the plllng upon which the pavll.
ion a; Sil,air rests. the contractor, after
three DAYS futile efforts to &c, plling
through the hard matter below, was on
the point Of giving the jo5 up, Ss he be.
lieved a solid shalc bed or strata of rock
lay there 10 defy pile drlvingi Quite by
accident the waste pipe from the pile.
driver VI, directed into the shallow
water and It was found thai the steam
had done what the rilc driver. with rs
force. could not dol that @ had made
hole through the hard substance below
the sand This substance wa, broadly
called "soda'
= few weeks ago hc sal' company
found q necessary 60 csienJ, o., ditch !
OF humc. their pumping plant % Salt. !
air owing 10 the lowering ct the lake.
and Manager J W Haywood On prose.
cutting the work Nfuek o.. o. depth Of
,lN Inches below the ola lake bed this |
soda deposit lie brought samples 20 !
town and O. was found q. Do, pure sul. /
lplatc Of soda mixed With silica, which |
can hc separated without trouble. Sui .
phalc Of soJs g. used largely ..-Nrr
'oan and glass wlLASs.<-s country
and gives psf,fcular luster 20 Mate
glhfs md can le obtained On no other
way Su'phai, Of soda. however. has
but llmlied use o. compared with
carbonate Of sooa lsal soiai A. ON o..
stance It might hc said that the country
between Denver aud San Francisco uses
about 900 pounds OF sulphatc per an.
mum, as against 5000 pounds per week
Of the carbonate
While large quantities Of carbonate
arc used In the Unlted States, vet vast
quantities are imported from England.
Artificial carbonate Il made from so
dlum chloride, or common salt, and the
first chemical change Is from sodium
chloride to sodium sulphate. The lie,
blanc process Is most generally used,
The product tina, Is found In Salt Lake
In such vast quantities obvlltes the
first medical change from salt to sodium
sulpha,e and |, Is believed a chemically
pure sodium sulphate can be produced
on the lake for SISo per ton. The his
tory Of various attempts at manuiactur.
ing chemicals In the West Is a long and
DISASTROUS one. II Is stated that great
quantities OF sulphate of soda exist In
the ncighborhood of Laramie, Wyo.
The Union Pacific railway constructed
a spur-somc seven miles long-irom
Laramie TO the soda lakes, and first and
last expended as much as $4,000 On
trying 20 make a carbonate etsoda from
the 'ulphaic there deps>Sed at prices
which would admit, ~Athelng q oommcr-
clal success Anrcvperi from England
was broushtto this point, put failure
attended the enterprise. Il {, said that
the problem % rypclling the water
from me mpha,g 'erys,alised sulpha,c
contains 40 per cent water was q prob
blem never sueee,,iully overcome.
AZ Green River Wye, a well was
sunk for oil la,t winter and Instead Of
obtaining what was sought, water con.
tanning about - per cent solids was
encountered and the work was aban.
doned Later Il was found that the
solid matter In this water was carbonate
OF soda OF purity greater than that of
any commercial carbonate of soda on the
market.
Why this remarkable find remains
undeveloPed cannot be explained, ex-
eept on the ground that It's commercial
value Is not fully realized. There Is
a demand for more carbonate of soda
now than this country produces, as Is
evidenced bV tha tr,nnrtation Of the 1