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fish to live upon, as the water is so densely salt that it is death to all 

 but a species of shrimp. Water insects thrive upon its surface, and 

 upon them and the shrimp the birds feed. 



The lake had been a long time an adjunct of Salt lake City before 

 the Mormons set about to profit from the opportunity for salt making. 

 In late years the industry has increased to such a degree that it is 

 not improbable that the wate"r pumped out has contributed somewhat 

 to the lowering of the lake. The process of salt-making is simplicity 

 itself. Pipes are run out into the lake and the water is pumped 

 ashore, where it is distributed to the depth of several inches over pre- 

 pared oblong beds, formed by banking the mud up into little walls. 

 After evaporation, when the water is gone and only the white sedi- 

 ment remains, men are put to work shoveling it up into a heap in the 

 center. The product is unrefined salt, which is loaded upon fiat cars, 

 run out upon the salt flats by a convenient switch track and shipped 

 away. 



Within the last five years numerous artesian wells have been dug 

 in Utah, but they have not increased the irrigation supply of water to 

 any marked extent, as their use is confined closely to the spots imme- 

 diately about the wells. Their value is for gardens and small or- 

 chards. The Jordan Valley is green and fruitful, but the shadow over 

 the Great Salt Lake grows darker. Chicago Tribune. 



