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report about 4 500 ban tit, and arc n 



barrels per month. The salt is put up in extra quality ol white- 



arrets, c Fuel, of hai d and 



. mixed, costs, delivered at the works, ab 

 cord. 



The quality of the salt produced is unsurpassed, either in 

 ■al purity oi ; qualities. Several of the i 



fishermen upon the lake shore having given it a thor 

 trial, prououDce it "more economical, (in quantity re- 

 and better than the I ilt. w 1* is 



equally commended by butchers. Foe butter it has 1 1 

 botti in our nun State and in Orange county, N. V., and pro- 

 nounced not at all inferior to the famous Ashton Bait. 



This company have sunk another well during the past sum- 

 under the same roof, to the depth of 806 feet, Though the 

 tubing has not been inserted, the indications are that a !. c 

 BBpplj >ng brine has been obtained. The only brine 



drawn op stands at ( J0°. 



her enterprises have been started along the Sag- 

 .iv. t, of which one is at baginaw City, one at Carrolton, 

 one at Portsmouth, and one at Bay City. According to infor- 

 mation ■ 1 from Win. Walker, the strength of the brine at 

 :s depths, in the Bay I At 223 

 feet, 5 : at 220 it., B°; at 235 ft , 12^; at 245 ft, ll°; at 256 

 ft., 10°; at 270 ft., 18°; at 273 it., I9°j at 431 it., 20°; at 438 

 ft., 42°; at 444 it, GG°- at 4eU it, 70°; at 4sO it, 7^°; at 481 

 ~; at 490 fL, 90". From this point to the depth of 513 

 feet, it vai it s I I I w< I D 88° and 92°. 



At the date of the printing of this report, the following par- 

 ties have either a d e dt borings or have them in pn 



ie statcDB inlay to Jan. 1st, Lb6 1, and estimates to 



June Let, 1 rely upon an editorial article in the Detroit Tribune: 



