kindle.]        SALT    OF    WATKINS    GLEN    DISTRICT,    NEW    YORK.  569 
This  record  shows  the  salt  at  Watkins  to  be  distributed  through 
815  feet  of  the  Salina  formation. 
The  following  record,  which  was  kept  by  Prof.  C.  S.  Prosser,  in- 
cludes only  the  Salina  portion  of  the  old  Ithaca  well.  The  well 
started  at  896  feet  above  tide. 
Log  of  Ithaca  test  well,  Ithaca,  A7.  Y. 
Feet. 
1.  Magnesian  limestones,  calcareous  shales,  and  some 
gypsum 1,  900-2,  244 
2.  Rock  salt   (I) 2,244-2,268 
3.  Shale    2,268-2,274 
4.  Rock  salt   (2) 2,274-2,328 
5.  Shale    2,328-2,340 
6.  Rock  salt   (3) 2,340-2,357 
7.  Shale    2,357-2,388 
8.  Rock  salt   (4) 2,388-2,409 
9.  Shale    2,409-2,476 
10.  Rock  salt   (5) 2,476-2,518 
11.  Shale    2,518-2,542 
12.  Rock  salt   (6) 2,542-2,590 
13.  Shale 2,  590-2,  650 
14.  Rock  salt   (7) 2,650-2,654 
15.  Shale 2,  654-2,  672 
16.  Rock  salt   (8) 2,672-2,714 
17.  Shale 2,714-2,720 
18.  Greenish  and  dark-gray  shale 2,720-2,900 
19.  Rock  salt   (9) 2,900-2,906 
20.  Some  salt  crystals,  the  last  seen 2,906-2,912 
23.  Green    shales 2,912-2,922 
24.  Salt  crystals,  the  last  seen 2,922-2,944 
25.  Mottled  red  and  green  shales 2,944-3,130 
26.  Last  sample 3,130-3,185 
It  is  seen  from  the  above  that  the  salt  deposits  are  distributed 
through  TOO  feet  of  strata  and  include  nine  distinct  beds  at  Ithaca. 
Only  the  uppermost  of  the  salt  beds  are  utilized  for  the  manufacture 
of  salt. 
Development. — The  presence  of  salt  in  this  region  was  first  shown 
by  the  drilling  of  the  Ithaca  test  well  in  1885.  No  attempt  to  develop 
the  salt  commercially  was  made  at  Ithaca  for  ten  years.  In  1896  the 
manufacture  of  salt  was  begun  at  Ithaca  by  the  Ithaca  Salt  Com- 
pany. A  plant  with  a  daily  capacity  of  800  barrels  was  erected  in 
the  north  part  of  Ithaca,  just  east  of  the  inlet.  The  plant  is  now 
in  active  operation. 
A  second  plant  was  put  in  operation  about  two  years  ago  by  the 
Remington  Company.  It  is  located  on  the  east  shore  of  Lake 
Cayuga,  three-fourths  of  a  mile  north  of  Ithaca.  Three  wells  have 
been  sunk  by  this  company.     The  works  are  now  in  active  operation. 
