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  General 
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  Economic 
  Products. 
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  stone 
  brought 
  from 
  the 
  surrounding 
  hills. 
  Three 
  or 
  four 
  

   kettles 
  commonly 
  constituted 
  a 
  " 
  furnace." 
  Large 
  boilers 
  were 
  

   also 
  obtained, 
  split 
  in 
  half, 
  wooden 
  bulkheads 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  

   ends, 
  and 
  mounted 
  on 
  similar 
  foundations 
  of 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  A 
  rent 
  of 
  2^ 
  bits 
  (37/2 
  cents) 
  per 
  bushel 
  was 
  charged 
  

   for 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  making 
  the 
  salt 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  wood 
  consumed. 
  

   The 
  receipts 
  by 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  land, 
  at 
  this 
  rate, 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  

   have 
  amounted 
  to 
  $375.00 
  per 
  day. 
  This 
  would 
  give 
  a 
  daily 
  

   production 
  of 
  about 
  1,000 
  bushels. 
  Each 
  furnace 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   have 
  averaged 
  30 
  bushels 
  daily. 
  As 
  there 
  are 
  66 
  old 
  furnaces 
  

   still 
  well 
  defined, 
  at 
  least 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  which 
  must 
  have 
  

   been 
  in 
  operation 
  when 
  the 
  greatest 
  receipts 
  were 
  realized, 
  this 
  

   latter 
  estimate 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  little 
  too 
  high. 
  

  

  Pumps 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  wells 
  and 
  platforms 
  built 
  around 
  

   them 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  elevate 
  the 
  water 
  to 
  a 
  sufficient 
  height 
  to 
  conduct 
  

   it 
  in 
  troughs 
  to 
  the 
  furnaces. 
  Every 
  seventh 
  day 
  the 
  kettles 
  were 
  

   "chipped," 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  layer 
  of 
  limy 
  matter 
  which 
  had 
  formed 
  

   a 
  coating 
  over 
  the 
  bottom 
  and 
  sides 
  possibly 
  an 
  inch 
  thick, 
  was 
  

   chipped 
  or 
  broken 
  out. 
  

  

  King' 
  s 
  salt 
  works. 
  — 
  The 
  history, 
  the 
  topographical 
  surround- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  King's 
  salt 
  works 
  are 
  almost 
  

   exactly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  at 
  Rayburn's. 
  Mr. 
  King 
  commenced 
  

   making 
  salt 
  for 
  himself 
  in 
  " 
  the 
  forties." 
  His 
  salt 
  well 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  about 
  150 
  feet 
  deep. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  after 
  

   the 
  crops 
  had 
  been 
  gathered, 
  the 
  negroes 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  the 
  salt 
  

   house 
  and 
  the 
  winter 
  supply 
  was 
  made. 
  Neighbors 
  brought 
  

   their 
  negroes 
  and 
  availed 
  themselves 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  opportunity. 
  

   This 
  salt 
  work 
  shared 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  localities 
  a 
  period 
  

   of 
  intense 
  activity 
  during 
  the 
  war. 
  The 
  lick 
  was 
  covered 
  

   with 
  shallow 
  wells 
  from 
  18 
  to 
  20 
  feet 
  deep 
  and 
  rude 
  furnaces 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  type 
  as 
  seen 
  at 
  Rayburn's 
  were 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  

   the 
  bordering 
  hills. 
  

  

  King's 
  lick 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  Castor 
  bayou 
  very 
  

   close 
  to 
  the 
  line 
  between 
  Sec. 
  34 
  and 
  35, 
  15 
  N., 
  8 
  W. 
  The 
  

   whole 
  lick 
  occupies 
  about 
  200 
  acres. 
  The 
  main 
  lick 
  where 
  the 
  old 
  

   wells 
  were 
  sunk 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  flat, 
  wet, 
  palmetto 
  meadow 
  and 
  occupies 
  

   about 
  40 
  acres. 
  

  

  Price 
  s 
  saltworks. 
  — 
  Price's 
  old 
  salt 
  works 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  Sec. 
  

  

  