Saving the Salt

[Sumner]

I think the term "save the salt" is not really applicable to the condition of Bonneville any more, now we should be saying "Return the Salt"...... Sid.

 

Sumner

[wheelrdealer]

Good point, Sid.

We would like to have our salt back.

BR

[bearingburner]

Since thousands of train carloads, over a hundred year period have been transported elsewhere how do you propose to get them back ?

[Sumner]

Since thousands of train carloads, over a hundred year period have been transported elsewhere how do you propose to get them back ?

I'd be more than happy getting back what is across the highway.  Not happy about the other but maybe first things first,

Sumner

[rocko]

in pond 5 south of I-80 there is 116 million tons. There are 6 ponds, not all are large but a couple are pretty good size. Pond 5 has been abandoned by Intrepid. I think we know where the salt is.

[kiwi belly tank]

Since thousands of train carloads, over a hundred year period have been transported elsewhere how do you propose to get them back ?

And that my friends is a classic example of misinformed!
  Sid.

[Stainless1]

Sid? are you implying that the gondola cars with the white mounds that we have seen leaving Wendover over the years is not the product they call machine salt... mostly sodium chloride with a smidgen of the pot ash they were unable to extract??

[kiwi belly tank]

Ok, lets back up here, slide our logic into gear & ease out on the clutch. The millions of tons of salt in the settling ponds is what we would like to see back on the flats.
  Sid.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Let the Comma Cop/Handlebar Holder ask a somewhat pertinent question if I may:

Do I have to take a vote or run a poll to let you tell me what I should (re-)title this thread?

Save the Salt, Saving the Salt, Reclaiming the Salt, Frammistaning the Salt -- or should I just let it go on?

[SPARKY]

RESTORE to PRESERVE  short for

Restore the salt to Preserve the Salt Flats

[joea]

"""Reclamation is the act of returning something to a former, better state."""

[Peter Jack]

I always thought of it as being short for Saving the Salt Flats and the title continues to work for me. They will never be exactly the same as before but if the salt on the south side of the highway can be redeposited on the north side then the racing surface and the appearance should once again be satisfactory. Weather and Mother Nature will always be a factor.

Pete

[SPARKY]

MINING ?

[sofadriver]

Well, we got to race this year, which was good for us, but maybe not so good for Save the Salt's long term mission.  I hope the bureaucrats don't think the problems have been solved.

It's been mentioned that the new administration may make changes at the Dept. of Interior/ BLM.    Will they be good for the salt?

Will there be pumping and when will that begin?  Last year it didn't seem that they pumped long enough to really accomplish much.

I'm not feeling any more confident about next year than I was last year at this time.

[kiwi belly tank]

Unfortunately that is the general impression non salt racers have, "the two wet years in a row that caused the problem are over & you guys are back at it again Right!!". The true situation is just not getting out there.
  Sid.