On ihe Bal Aipriaps et BalinagSigraeise, de. 11 
__ It is estimated that the solar establishments at ee: 
cael the land necessary for the roofs and passa 
eupy one hundred and ten acres ; that the aggregate length 
of the vats is thirteen miles, and their superficial surface one 
million two hundred and fifty thousand square feet, of which 
“ — product is about three thousand five hundred 
The s team-works are 9 opti im Sane construction to the 
blocks, the kettles of which are covered, to save the steam 
produced in the boiling of olin rte nintalbeoupees and, by 
conden in its immersed 
in the brine which Pin deep woeden ta vats, the a eet is applied 
a second time to the crystallizing of the salt, 
Some of the earliest laws for the regulation of the manu- 
facture were passed by the state of New-York in 1797, ante- 
rior to which year the business was in its commencement, but 
has since been gradually pei ag ; and last year, in the town 
of Salina, the quantity made was about thirty thousand tons, 
one 0 million two hundred Giunaaa bushels, of which the ave- 
rage price at the works, exclusive of the state duty, was 
twelve and a half cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds. _ It is 
commonly packed, for _— in barrels that contain five bush- 
els, and is is inspected and branded before it can ee removed. 
* An account of the Salt S prings at Salina, Lewis C. 
Beck, M. D.” published i in aes a New-York ee and 
Physical Journal, No. 18,” contains analyses of the brine, 
salt, and impurities, with sablopieal and other info: 
In regard to the saltness of the water at the bottom of 
Onondaga lake, (very commonly called Salt lake,) it-is ap- 
prehended that Dr. B. was misinformed, as an experiment 
with a bottle, let down in the way that he mentions, in the 
deepest places, about one hundred and fifty feet, brought up 
fresh water only. The following is his analysis of the 
brine, in which there is an omission of the iron, which evi- 
dently exists'in the salt water of every spring yet gags 
in this vicinity. 
- Carbonate of lime, ~— - . 1.79 
; te of do: - - 4.20 
- Muriate of do. — . sat sa ‘348° > 
_ -Muriate of magnesia, - - ak wat -< 
of - “ 143.50 
: ge: 15.54? Soe 
