Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1890 — A Mountain of Salt. [ARTICLE]

A Mountain of Salt.

St- I/mU Republican. A mass of 90,000,000 tons of pure, solid, compact rock salt, located on an island 185 feet high, which rises from a miserable sea marsh on the route Brashear to New Iberia, up the river Teche in Louisiana, is one of the wonders of the world. How this Island, which contains over 800 acres of ex? ceilent land, ever came into existence in such a a locality is a matter of conjecture. Vegetation is prolife and the scenery is beautiful and varied. In the center of this Island which is the only solid spot in the vast expance of sea marsh for miles aiound, rises Salt peak, the largest body of exposed rock salt in the world. Having never been surveyed, its exact is as yet unknown. However, Engineer Brown, who nas visited it says that there is not less than 90,000,000 tons of pure crystal salt ip sight. The dazzling clearness of Salt peak forms a striking contrast with somber lagoons, bayous and salt marshes which surround it on all sides.