Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-27
JASON MOORE WILL
OPERATE FROM RENO
Oregon Resources to Be Used
Used to Build Up Nevada
Business Enterprise

According TO the Reno Evening Ga
zette of Nov. IS, Jason Moore, who has
leased the saline deposits of Summer
and Albert lakes, in Eastern Oregon.
provided he complies with the terms
OF his contract, he will make his head
quarters at Reno, Nevada In effect
the resources of Oregon will be used
TO build up an industry for Nevada,
which will be the principal place of
business for the enterprise. The Ga
zette says:
. AS result of certain experiments
now being brought to successful cor
clusion in the chemical laboratories az
the university, Jason c. Moore, New
York financier, announced this mora
ing at the Riverside hotel that immc-
diate steps would be taken for the
construction of large warehouses in
Reno for the storing of salts-that Re
no would be the main distributing point
for the Pacific Chemical company. o.
which he is western manager-and
that more than 1000 men would be
employed here and in Eastern Oregon
where the main plant I'll be situated.
Big Company Formed
"The Pacific Chemical company is u
recently organized corporation, capi-
talized at $5,000,000, established for the
purpose of reclaimng the valuable
saline deposits of Summer and Albert
lakes in Southeastern Oregon. These
lakes are 1870 square miles in area and
contain in solution three pounds of
valuable salts to each cubic foot o.
water.
at is estimated that considerably
more than 100000 tons fthese salts
will be transported annually over the
MOO. railroad into Reno, where il
will be transferred from the narrow
guage to the warehouses for shipment
east and west. Hundreds of thousands
Of tons will be kept in storage here
awaiting shipment, employing the ser
vices of hundreds of laborers
Experiments Successful
For the last six weeks DIR. n. K.
Levy, of Columbia university, has been
conducting experiments at the unive,-
slty, through the courtesy of Presi-
dent Hendrick and of Prof. NJ. Adams
of the chemical department. These eS-
periments have demonstrated that the
waters of the lakes contain approx
mately 40,000,000 tons of salts, divided
as follows: 20000,000 tons of sodium
chloride, 1S,500,000 tons of soda ash
and bi-carbonate of Soda, 100000 tons
of potash salt.
'Since the beginning of the war So
da has increased in price 800 per cent,
and potash has increased 1900 per cenr.
Leases Lake From State
" Under the lease which Mr.. Moore
obtained from the state legislature in
Oregon, he may operate the lakes for
n period of 10 years, paying a royalty
of 10 cents a ton on sodium chloride, 20
cents ton on soda ash and 30 cents a
ton on the potash salts.
The salts will be extracted from the
waters of the lake by solar evapora-
tion, 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 has
his work proved that, according to
Mr.. Moore, immediate steps viii be
taken for the construction of the eva
poration plant in Oregon and the ware
houses in Reno.
Plant to Be Built
"The waters of the lake were
brought to Reno in huge tanks by Mr.
Moore and DIR. Levy, who state that,
owing to the slowness of evaporation
in this city, their experiments consum-