On the Salt Springs at Salina, ^yracuse^ ^c 1 1 



It is estimated that the solar establishments at Syracuse, 

 including the land necessary for the roofs and passages, oc- 

 cupy one hundred and ten acres ; that the aggregate length 

 of the vats is thirteen miles, and their superficial surface one 

 milhon two hundred and fifty thousand square feet, of which 

 the annual product is about three thousand five hundred 

 tons. 



The steam-works are similar in their construction to the 

 blocks, the kettles of which are covered, to save the steam 

 produced in the boihng of the water to saturation, and, by 

 condensation in its passage through metalhc pipes, immersed 

 in the brine which is in deep wooden vats, the heat 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 Avhich year the business was in its commencement, but 

 has since been gradually extending; and last year, in the town 

 of Sahna, the quantity made was about thirty thousand tons, 

 one milhon two hundred thousand 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 sale, in barrels that contain five bush- 

 els, and is inspected and branded before it can be removed. 

 "An account of the Salt Springs at Salina, by Lewis C, 

 Beck, M. D." published in the " New-York Medical and 

 Physical Journal, No. 1 8," contains analyses of the brine, 

 salt, and impurities, with geological and other information. 



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 

 cold fresh water only. The following is his analysis of the 

 brine, in which there is an omission of the iron, which evi= 

 dcntly exists in the salt water of every spring yet discovered 

 in this vicinity. 



Carbonate of lime, - - 1.79 



Sulphate of do. - - 4.20 



Muriate of do, <■ - 3.48 



Muriate of magnesia, - - 2.57 



Muriate of soda, - - 143.50 



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