Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-11-17
OREGON LAKES WORTH
MANY MILLIONS.

The following article from the Reno
Gazette Is of considerable local inter
est for the reason that the lakes re.
ferred to were originally located by
c. NJ. Sain and Charles H. Keith. who
are still extensively interested In
them.
The locators succeeded in securing
lease on the lakes from the State of
Oregon through legislative enact
ment, and then they financed q COM
pany for the erection OF plant at the
lakes. About $4,000 was spent in pre-.
llminary work, but when money grew
tight with the beginning OF the war,
the project was temporarily aban-
doned. The greatly increased price OF
potash salts and other contents OF the
water has made the proposition a most
attractive one for capital, and there
seems TO be little doubt now that their
hopes will soon be realized.
Messrs, Sain and Keith spent two
years on the preliminary work, and
several years were spent In securing
the lease and interesting capital
They never lost faith in the PROPOSE
ton, but believe that It will eventually
be one OF the biggeft propositions in
the west, one which will produce many
millions:
AS a result of certain experiments
now being brought TO a successful con-
clusion in the chemical laboratories at
the university, Jason c. Moore, a New
York financier, announced this morn
ing at the Riverside Hotel that imme.
diate steps would be taken for the
construction of large warehouses in
Reno for the storing OF salts-that
Reno would be the main distributing
point for the Pacific Chemical Com
pany. of which he is western manager
and that more than 1000 men would
be employed here and in Eastern Ore
son where the main plant will be situ.
ated.
Big Company Formed.
The Pacific Chemical Company is q
recently organized corporation, capital
lied at s5,OOO.OOO established for the
purpose OF reclaiming the valuable
saline deposits OF Summer and Albert
lakes in Southeastern Oregon. These
lakes are 130 square miles in area and
contain In solution three pounds of
valuable salts to each cubic foot OF
water
1T Is cstiliitcd that considerab bly,
more than 100000 tons of these salts
will be transported annually over the
n. c. o. railroad into Reno. where Il
Will he transferred from the narrow
guage TO the warehouse for shipment
east and west. Hundreds OF thousands
OF tons will be kept in storage hero
awaiting shipment. employing the ser
vices of hundreds of laborers.
Experiments Successful.
For the last six weeks DR.. n. II.
Levy of Columbia University has been
conducting experiments al the univer.
sity, through the courtesy OF President
Hendrick and of Prof. NJ. Adams of
the chemical department. These eX-
periments have demonstrated that the
waters OF the lakes contain approx.
mately 10000, 900 tons of salts. divided
as follows: 20,0O0,OOO tons of sodium
chloride. lS,5O0.OO0 tons OF soda ash
and bi.Carbonate Of soda. 1900 900 tons
Of potash salt
Since the beginning of the war soda
has increased In price 300 per cent.
and potash has increased 1900 per
cont.
Leases Lake from state.
Under the lease which Mr.. Moore
obtained from the state legislature I'm
Oregon, he may operate the lakes for
a period OF 40 years. paying royalty
of 10 cents ton on sodium chloride.
20 cents a ton on soda ash and 80
cents ton on the potash salts.
The salts will be extracted from
tho waters OF the lake by solar evapor. |
alton. and will then be transported TO
Reno where they will be stored await. !
Ing further shipment. The evaporation |
process has been thoroughly tested |
out by Dr. Levy and so successful ha |
his work proved that. according to Mr. |
Moore, immediate steps will be taken
for the construction of the evaporation
plant In Oregon and the warehouses IN |
Reno.
Plant 10 Be Built
THE waters OF the lake were
brought TO Reno in huge tanks by Mr.
Moore and DR. Levy who state that
owing to the slowness OF evaporation
in this city. their experiments con.