Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-09
SALT WORKS
ARE INSPECTED.
Prest, Smith and Party Visit Prop
erty Of Inland Company
A VAST SUPPLY ON HAND.
About 100000 Expended for Mnchin.
cry Within tho Last Year-1sO,-
900 Tons sui Remain.

The president, general manager and
some Of the directors OF the Inland
Crystal Salt company went out TO the
company's plant today and made a
thorough inspection OF all the property,
The party consisted Of Presidents Jo-
seph f. Smith, John X. Wlnder and
Anthem ii. Lund; Apostle John Henry
Smith; General Manager Colonel N. w.
Clayton, General Secretary and Treas
urer Isaac A. Clayton. James Il. Lang
ford and press representatives. The
run was made in special car and
every member of the party felt more
than repaid for his time. 1t was the
first time President Smith had visited
the plant since the new machinery was
installed, and the conditions out there
were quite a revelation to him In many
respects.
The company was never before
operating upon SO large scale as at
the present time. 1t has become
current impression that the company
Is a trust combination, but such Is said
to be an absolute error. The COM
pany has always had to contend with
shrewd and determined competition,
but 1t has managed to so conduct and
control its affairs that 1t is still In
the field with constantly increasing
strength.
The plant is practically new in every
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100000 has been expended In equipping
the mill with the very finest machinery
that could be secured. The result Is
That there is no better plant anywhere.
The capacity OF the mill is 60 tons
every ten hours, and the article turned
out Is absolutely pure. The harvest
this year is about $4,000 tons, about the
same quantity as has been produced
for the last few years. The company
has market for about 30, 900 tons, hav-
ing surplus Of about 10000 tons. But
this vast amount is only fraction OF
that which Is available. In one of the
ponds alone II Is estimated that $4,000
tons OF salt have been deposited and
yet the company has l,600 acres Of
land under salt water, or available salt
estimated at 10000 tons, or enough TO
supply the intermountaip trade for five
years.
Manager Clayton had the car run on
on the siding before going to the plant.
to let the visitors look over the fell
and gather some idea OF the magnitude
of the sayory article that the company
has at hand. At present about sixty
men are employed In gathering the salt
and piling 1t. and thirty men are EN-
ployed at the mill.
On reaching the plant the company
was taken in hand by Superintendent
w. II. Jack, who led the way through
the mill and explained every part OF the
process from the time the salt Is I'M
loaded from the cars until It Is pre-
pared TO go on the table. II Is first
taken from the cars by a steam shovel
and elevated into bin. From there
IL Is conveyed to the driers, heated up
by steam. On resuming It's journey
il Is elevated to the second floor and
lowered into the first set Of rolls. ground
slightly, subjected TO a refining pro-
cess by means Of fan and then con-
veyed to the second rolls via the upper
floor, In this department there are six
sets Of rolls. through all Of which the
salt Is passed. becoming more refined in
each succeeding roll. In passing from
one set Of rolls to another. the salt goes
through purifier and when 1t is ready
to be hagged II is as pure as II would
be possible to make II.
The company also has valuable ar
ticle they call sulphurized salt. two per
cent OF which is sulphur. This is pro-
nounced to be an excellent preventive
of distemper scab and black-leg In
stock
President Smith was very much graft
fed at the fine condition in which he
found the plant and the encouraging
prospects that lie before the company.