No. 91.

IN ASSEMBLY. MAR. 10, 1852.

REPORT

Of the committee on ways and means on the petition of George P. Rose and others of Dundee, Yates county, for aid in testing the value and availability of the Dundee Salt Springs.

The committee on ways and means, to which was referred the petition of Geo. P. Rose and others of Dundee, in the county of Yates, for appropriation to aid him in testing the value and availability of the salt springs known as the Dundee Salt Works, respectfully

REPORT:

That the petition, which is confirmed by the oath of the principal applicant, and signed by a very large number of persons, represents that Mr. Rose is the owner of a piece of land containing about eight acres, known as the Dundee salt works, in the village of Dundee, in the county of Yates, being a small level island formed by a division of the waters of Big stream; that during the occupation by the natives of the country, this place was a noted deer lick, and that, within the memory of some of the oldest inhabitants, it was a place of resort of the different indian tribes in this section of the State, who annually came hither and boiled down in their camp kettles a supply of salt necessary for their purposes; that there were, and still are, numerous salt springs on said premises and along said stream, from which strong salt water oozes, so that in suminer, by means of solar evaporation alone, a large proportion of said land will, in a single day, present a frost like appearance with numerous incrustations containing particles of salt which can be scraped from the ground.

[Assembly, No. 91.]

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