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Great Salt Lake described as salt basin of Utah Territory
Beadle notes Great Salt Lake lies in northwest Utah at about 4200 feet elevation, forms a broad irregular parallelogram with axis lengths around seventy by forty miles, and covers a vast area with deposits of salt. He traces historical mentions from early explorers to the lake’s rising waters and salinity, compares it to the Dead Sea, and discusses potential salt production and evaporation observations.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah Reporter
J. H. Beadle
Dead Sea of America
Utah
Salt Lake
N. W
Stansbury
Baron Honton
Newfoundland
Mississippi
Missouri
Guaesitares
Isane Prissant
Ontaganis
Mexico
America
Carolana
Florda
Louisiane
South Sea
Fremont
Howard Stansbury
Corher
Tale
Bear River Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Nevada
Salt Mountains
Utah Lake
Jordan
Bear River
Solomon
Dead Sea
New York
Bradley
Stratford
Derby
Suath
Friend
Stanford
New Haven
Boston
Hartford
Providence