Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1920 — Great Salt Lake a Mystery. [ARTICLE]

Great Salt Lake a Mystery.

The Inland sea, known as Great Salt lake, in the northwestern part of Utah, about 20 miles from the city to which it has given its name, has a curious habit of receding and coming back. For many years men of science have studied its rise and fall, but have been unable to solve the mystery. Aside from the Interest that attaches to the lake because of its beauty, it is valuable as a commercial asset Ih the production of salt. In the spring from the lake is pumped into large evaporating ponds which have been constructed near by, covering several hundred acres. Throughout the summer the desert sun draws out the water, leaving salt behind. The harvest takes place in September, when the salt beds resemble a vast plain of blue-white snow. Much of the salt is shipped out just as it is quarried to supply the large demand for it from the ore reduction plants and for the millions of cattle and sheep that roam over the western prairies.^—Kansas City Star.