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<br /> <br />.,~ . <br /> <br />OPEll \TIO\" \:\n "\I,Tt:"; \\I:E <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Salt illl'l'l1tigntiolll1 <br /> <br />The operation and maintcll<lIlCl' force:' continued to operate two <br />t'xpt'rimental enlporation ba:.;ins in the vicinity of llanby Pry Lake <br />wht're the District controls rock SHlt ami brine dt'l)t.lsit:-: unllt'l' a <br />pending U. S. Gon'rnment 110':.1....... Two basins. Olll' acre .mll two <br />acr('s in "iZl>, h:'l\'l' bt'l'1l in Olwratioll ..-incI' .Jul.... 1!1-J7 <Inti Aprill!I.t8. <br />respectin~ly. During the year brirw WliS ]ltlmpt'tl rl'gutarly, 1l1t':L:-<ure- <br />ml'nls of the l'Ialt production Wl'I'C made. ami thl' test hrine \\'i.'II~ <br />checkl'(1. By :\Iay 1950 the smaller basin had lwcoml' lilled with salt. <br />It was allowed to dry out. the hard salt wa,.; ,.;carifiecl and the top <br />portion of the depo,.;it pushed into a pile on the north sid,' of the <br />basin to make room for additional brine. At thl' l'ml of the li"l'al <br />year both basins wt're again in oper:\tion. <br /> <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /> <br />