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  although 
  in 
  considerable 
  quantity, 
  detracts 
  very 
  little 
  from 
  the 
  real 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  salt."* 
  The 
  suggestion, 
  therefore, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  from 
  time 
  

   to 
  time 
  made 
  in 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  these 
  deliquescing 
  chlorides 
  

   is, 
  of 
  all 
  others, 
  worthy 
  of 
  attention, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  if 
  this 
  was 
  

   in 
  all 
  cases 
  carefully 
  attended 
  to, 
  no 
  complaint 
  would 
  be 
  heard 
  in 
  re- 
  

   gard 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  salt. 
  

  

  Brine 
  Spring, 
  Galen, 
  Wayne 
  county. 
  Some 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   1843, 
  a 
  salt 
  spring 
  was 
  opened 
  at 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  Lockpit, 
  within 
  thirty 
  

   rods 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal, 
  about 
  eight 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Montezuma, 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  westerly 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  Montezuma 
  marsh. 
  A 
  boring 
  was 
  

   executed 
  here 
  which 
  attained 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  400 
  feet. 
  The 
  water 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  this 
  well 
  is 
  more 
  highly 
  charged 
  with 
  saline 
  matter 
  than 
  

   any 
  which 
  has 
  heretofore 
  fallen 
  under 
  my 
  notice. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  

   the 
  results 
  of 
  an 
  analysis 
  which 
  I 
  made 
  in 
  November, 
  1843: 
  

  

  1000 
  grains 
  of 
  the 
  brine 
  contain 
  247-50 
  grains 
  of 
  perfectly 
  dry 
  saline 
  

   matter. 
  Of 
  these 
  247*50 
  grains, 
  59*66 
  grains 
  consist 
  of 
  chloride 
  of 
  

   calcium, 
  mixed 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  proportions 
  of 
  chloride 
  of 
  magnesium, 
  

   sulphate 
  of 
  lime, 
  and 
  oxide 
  of 
  iron. 
  ~ 
  The 
  remaining 
  187*84 
  grains 
  

   are 
  chloride 
  of 
  sodium, 
  or 
  pure 
  common 
  salt. 
  

  

  The 
  proportions 
  in 
  100 
  grains 
  of 
  the 
  Lockpit 
  brine, 
  therefore, 
  are 
  as' 
  

   follows, 
  viz 
  : 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  calcium 
  and 
  other 
  impurities, 
  as 
  above, 
  5*97 
  

   Chloride 
  of 
  sodium 
  (pure 
  salt), 
  ... 
  18*78 
  

   Water, 
  - 
  75*25 
  

  

  10000 
  

  

  The 
  richest 
  Onondaga 
  brine 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  examined, 
  contains 
  in 
  100 
  

   grains 
  : 
  

  

  • 
  Mr. 
  Meriam 
  seems 
  to 
  take 
  rather 
  too 
  much 
  credit 
  to 
  himself 
  for 
  this 
  very 
  plain 
  

   proposition, 
  which 
  he 
  thinks 
  many 
  " 
  excellent 
  chemists" 
  have 
  overlooked. 
  But 
  

   this 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  concerning 
  which 
  no 
  chemist 
  can 
  be 
  mistaken. 
  All 
  agree 
  that 
  the 
  

   great 
  objection 
  to 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  salt, 
  arises 
  from 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  deliquescing 
  

   chlorides. 
  But 
  this 
  is 
  entirely 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  neglect 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturer. 
  With 
  

   care 
  they 
  can 
  all 
  be 
  removed, 
  and 
  hence 
  if 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  chloride 
  of 
  sodium 
  

   is 
  large 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  Lockpit 
  brine, 
  even 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  mixed 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  of 
  these 
  chlorides, 
  salt 
  may 
  still 
  be 
  manufactured 
  from 
  it, 
  by 
  a 
  close 
  at- 
  

   tention 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  drainage 
  of 
  the 
  salt, 
  and 
  washing 
  it 
  with 
  saturated 
  brine. 
  

   No 
  better 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  this 
  statement 
  need 
  be 
  given, 
  than 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  sea 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  brines 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  best 
  foreign 
  varieties 
  of 
  salt 
  

   are 
  manufactured, 
  contain 
  considerable 
  proportions 
  of 
  these 
  earthy 
  chlorides. 
  

   Indeed 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  brines 
  are, 
  perhaps, 
  as 
  free 
  from 
  them 
  as 
  any 
  that 
  are 
  else- 
  

   where 
  used. 
  

  

  