174 REPORT OF THE 



I. WELLS ON THE GRAND RIVER, (AT AND NEAR GRAND RAPIDS.) 



Depth. 

 Foot. 



1. Grand Rapids Salt Manufacturing Co., (Scribner & 



Co,) 410 



2. Grand River Salt Manufacturing Co., (Ball, Clay & 



C->. ) *" 402 



3 R E Hntterworth 500 



4. Indian Mill Creek Salt Manufacturing- Co., (Powers & 



Martin,) 450 



5 J. W. Windsor, 446 



G. Taylor, 402 



II. WELLS ON THE SAGINAW RIVER. 



Depth. Outlay Estimate! 



Feet. to Jan. 1. to June 1. 



?. East Saginaw Salt Manufacturing 



Co., (E. Saginaw,) 1st well,. . . . 669 ) . . 



8. Do., 2.1 well 806 j $ 2 °' 000 $40,000 



9. Saginaw City Salt Manufacturing 



Co, (Saginaw City,) • 600 9. COO 12 500 



10. Hall, Gilbert & Co., (Florence,).. 8f>0 2.000 5 000 



11. Ward, Curtis & Co., (Carrolton,) . 560 7,000 .10.000 

 12 E. Litchfield & Co., » 680 4,000 10.000 



13. G. A. Lathrop & Co , " (Commencing.) 5,000 10 000 



14. Portsmouth Co., (Portsmouth,). ... 667 7,500 12,500 



15. Bav City S tit Manufacturing Co., 



(Bay City,) 542 8,000 12,500 



16. New fork Salt Manufacturing Co., 



( East Saginaw,) (Commencing.) 



17. Saginaw and Buena Vista Salt Co., " 



It is proposed to continue the boring in Taylor's well, at 

 Grand Rapids, until the Onondaga Salt Group is reached. 



The East Saginaw Co. are manufacturing 40 to 50 barrels of 

 salt per d.iy, and on getting their second arch of kettles in ope- 

 ration expect to produce about 100 barrels per day. This 

 "Company have received the dipfoma of the New York State 

 Agricultural Socieiy, and the prize medal frum the Mechanic's 

 Institute of Chicago." 



The Saginaw City Co. have 60 kettles on hand, and are pro- 

 ceeding with vigor. 



It cannot be denied that the prospects of the ultimate success 

 of the salt manufacture in Michigan are exceedingly encourage 



