The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-06

portions Of sulphur magnesla, calcium,
bromide, potassium, llthia, and boraclc
acid, The Aslatlc Dead Sea water con-
1aIns % per cent Of solids, including less
salt and soda and much more magnesia,
calcium, and potassium than Salt Lake.
Atlantic ocean water holds bat 3,5 per
cent Of solid material, Of which salt con-
stItutes 26 per cent. Hundreds OF thou
sands OF tons Of salt are made by nat
ural evaporation along the shores Of the
lake, and at one place, near salt Lake
city, a windy night never fails 70 pile
I'm many tons OF soda, eliminated by the
movement OF the waves.
Compared with this vast liquid treas
ure-house OF riches. the greatest bonan-
"a mines OF Utah or OF the United states
dwlndle to begGars' penny-boxes. TAKE
out your pencil and do little hgurlhs.
Figures, Il Is said. will not lle' and you
will soon find yourself dumbfounded Pc
fore your own mathematical trutns'
Say Salt Lake Is 100 miles long, ana
mas nm average width OF twenty-seven
miles; that gives an area OF 2,IOO square
miles There are 81, 900 square feet
in a mile; so the lake has an area OF TO-
2Ii $780, 900 square feet Take 20 feet as
lie average depth; then 20 times Ib.2n, :
$4,000 viii give US 1906, I33, 100000 cubic
feet as the contents OF the lake. Now,
1929 per cent, or one-si1th OF this, ae-
cordluE 20 the analysis Of eminent chem
Ists, Is salt and Bulphate Of coda.
That is, the lake contains 260,sO5.6OO'0OV
cubic feet Of salt and sulphate OF soda.
of this mass one-cighth Is sniphate OF
soda, and seven-eiEhths common SAT- q
cubic foot OF sulphate of'soda weighs 10
pounds, and cubic foot Of common SAT-
so pounds;so we have as the contents'ln
mart OF this unparalleled reservoir OF
wealth 1866, 100, 100000 pounds, or 49,
0s0OOO tons Of sulphate Of soda, and H.
$50 33g, 2O0, 900 pounds, or $3.50. 1865, 600 tons
Of SAT-. Allowing ten tons to Il carload.
that would be TS.49g.o9 cars OF coda and
S7s,0l6.960 cars OF salt. Taking 30 feet as
the total length Ola freight car and It's
couplings. we would have train of soda
Ai5.5OO miles long. or nearly to the moon
and back, and train OF salt 4,9SS,tll
miles in length. or long enough 20 reach
l9C times around the earth, ana leave an
S,000-mile string Of cars over on a SIDE
track Running twenty miles an hour.
and never stopping, night or day IL
would take the salt-lnden train twenty
eight years. five months ana twenty
three days TO pass station.
Garry the computation one step more.
me ordinary NAtuhtluu uA HulEHatg Va
soda is cent per pound, OF $50 per ton.
Common salt, ut low estimate. ls worth
u cent per pound. or $40 per ton, aBgre.-
eating for the salt and soda contained
in this great body OF water a value OF
$i03. 4sJ, 296. 900.
The irregular. picturesque banks,
painted n gllsteninR snowy white. by
heavy deposits OF salt, extend miles from
the waters edge, marking with unmis-
taxable evidence the old bed OF the pres
ent lake. Out Of the motlonless emerald
water giant mountains rise to.an eleva-
ton Of 5000 feet. In tho summer they
are covered with verdure and abound In
exquisite scenery. Ncnr the tops many
springs send forth pure crystal water
which winds us way In silver threads
about the mountain. and, ultimately
meeting other water. forms larger
streams, which leap playfully over
lodges and make sweet music as they go
dashlng, splaahinR, singing lnerrily
down the mountalngldo into the lake be-
low. Rich grasses flourish everywhere.
while extensive groves OF trees lend
their exquisite beauty to tho scene
At this season OF the year the tn0un-