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SOAP FROM MOTHER EARTHMines In Nevada Willi the Heady Made ArticleIn Nevada there are several d*po»it* of mineral toap. Ono of these nas b*eu worked for three or four yean*. The soap is sometimes made op into oakes as it comes from the mine, but usually it is toned down by ndniix nrr with various other soaps. In Dakota and Wyoming are also deposit* of natural soap. lu region* where aoca, borax and mineral oil* abound il is only necessary to biiug the mgrediep's together and a soap intue is the reaul*. Hot spring* assist very materially in uniting and concentrating* tl»o ina'trials provided by nature. The soup found abont hot springs ia therefore generally harder and more perfect than that produced in the dry way in nud about the boiUH of exlinct lakts. The water* of Owens and Mono lakes are eo thoroughly saturated with borax aud -odd in -olvlou that the addition of nuy olt ttginou* matter produces soap. The water* of Mono lake produce my raids of grub* the.* after a time become dies, and are wa-hrd ashore and in some places form beiches a foot or two in dt pth.The oily matter oon'ainod In the grub* or flies uniting wl’h the alkali lu the water of the lake, forms n deposit of soap an inch or two in thickue-s each year. Thus in the course of i-gea a deposit of na»aral soap of grea* u-j.th has bien built no on th»« east eidr or the alkali laae* where the worm* are strand'd —the prevailing winds tuing from the west. These peculiar grubs arc the ouly living tiling* found m the waters of Mono and lt;«. n* lakes. At’ certain sea son* an in sec iforn* duck cvled the spoou bil!, rrtrjuents the-% Ink-* and feeding upon the aqua'io !l *a ana grabs become* eo fa? it can hardly fl,. Hunters kill thee- «pooubiil docks for their »#t‘, a* the grub *n which they Ilt; t d ill. parto them ft Ashy tas’e so strong tha they chi.no* hr eaten except by Iidiua*. who eat both worm- aud duels. Dicks killed by hunters arid lost are ho me times found in the wa't-rsof tha Inks. All tha feather arc oven c:f the fowl by the alkaline solution, and il.e layer of fat beueatn the -km, aniuch in thickness, is found to be changed to soap, hard n* theb -t castiU*. az.d tM-nutifti.lv white.
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The Sully County Watchman
Onida, South Dakota, US
Sat, Nov 24, 1888
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