On 2/24/2014 11:46 PM, Wiggins Patrick wrote:
To quote the King of Siam, "Is a puzzlement" (here played by a Vladimir Putin look-alike http://vimeo.com/45346724).
Patrick, the plant pictured is Cargil Salt. _C_ is, I believe, the largest family owned business in the us. If you use their plant as an arrow, you can see the plume from US Mag in the upper part of the picture. I do not know if the ponds are pumped from the north arm, or not (never asked that question), but it might make sense due to the higher salinity there. Or, if not, as the water evaporates, and becomes more and more concentrated, it could turn red due a bacteria change. I don't know about that statement, but I can see the economics of pumping a more concentrated brine. I am going out there next week and will bring up the "puzzlement." BTW, one of my more interesting sales calls was to ride a UP pickup across the current causeway, as we inspected the electronics along the way., eventually protecting their systems against corrosion. If anyone is interested, contact me offline about that trip or the day spent riding w/Dan (and expedition utah members) over the original rail bed from Promontory to the ghost town of Lucin. Coming South to the freeway, we stopped at the sun tunnels. 73