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water obtained from deep wells is quite strongly saturated with 
salt and other mineral substances. 
Salt Marshes. 
The salt marshes are found in a zone trending a little east of 
north and west of south from Republic county to Barber county, 
and to the Cimarron in Oklahoma. 
In Republic county there are two interesting marshes, Tuthill 
and Jamestown. There are two salt marshes in Mitchell 
county, near the southern border, and two near the northern 
border of Lincoln county. Stafford county likewise has two 
marshes ; while south of Harper county, in Oklahoma, there are 
several salt marshes that were well known to the Indians and 
earlier settlers of the territory. 
Rock salt exists beneath a large area in Ellsworth, Barton, 
Rice, McPherson, Stafford, Reno, Pratt, Kingman, Sedgwick, 
Harper and Sumner counties. 
The extent of the distribution of salt in the underlying strata 
of the state may be gathered by reference to the following analy- 
ses of brines from various localities : 
Parts of salt per 1000. 
Well, Greenwood county, contains............... 0.22 cee cee 6.9 
Geudasprings sCowley countyn.-55- sc oss ose sodas. 7.4 
YR ENGIN CONTA os cots Gro Gin ob DOG crue eorena Ce oi Ctr me oe ee a 16.7 
ell Wry andottencountynrcys-tonicie. <ne eesiae farses eens sle s 2D) 0 
Wake Mieadeucoumbyetiers sere ot. cece: sls bes beak Mag to oe Peee 42.8 
Well, Douglas county, 1300 feet deep........................ 49.7 
Well FB artonecoumbyney vere ots yereiccas 4 closet ele Sreladeinn weleyalele oe be 04.9 
Well, Pawnee county, 755 feet deep.................. 0000005 57.8 
Well, Montgomery county, 1091 feet deep.................... 59.4 
WellMicehersonycountyaeeeics so. sore eels ere ince es ce eelers 187.0 
The pioneer salt manufacturer was a Mr. Tuthill. The scene 
of his operations was in the marsh previously referred to, in 
Republic county. In the fall of the year the water is generally 
nearly all evaporated, and the edges of the marsh are dry, and 
covered with a hard, thin scale of impure salt. Towards the 
center of the marsh the surface is more moist, and the scale of 
salt less thick and solid. “*‘‘This deposit is said to cover about 
1000 acres. When the sun is bright, and shines upon the en- 
30. Salt in Kansas; its Composition and Methods of Manufacture. E.H.S. Bailey, Reports 
Kansas State Board of Agriculture, vol. XIII, pp. 168-180. 
