TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Salt in Michigan. — Historical 171 



Well-Boring Machinery 172 



Pumping Brine 174 



Testing the Strength of Brine by Salinometer, with Comparative 



Tables 176 



Brine Analyses 180 



Reception and Settling of Brine 186 



Evaporation of Brine by different processes 187 



Treatment of Crude Product 193 



Analyses of Kettle, Pan, Steam, and Solar Salt 194 



Fuel, the Amount and Kind used, Cost 197 



Barrels, Material, Cost, and where made 197 



Labor, Supply, Wages at different years 198 



Fixed Outlay in detail igg 



Companies, Capital, Amount of Salt made last year. Number of Ket- 

 tles, Grainers, Pans, and Covers 200 



System of Inspection, Inspection Law 201 



Prices, Markets, Prospects 215 



Collateral Products of the Brine 216 



