The Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State Friday Evening, February 2-1883 Western New York Salt. Excitement in the Wyoming and Oatka Valleys. The attention of salt manufacturing from all points has been turned to the recent developments in the fields in the Wyoming and Oatka valleys, and many have visited them with an eye to speculation. Last evening's Rochester Post-Express says: "The Post Express has frequently referred to the developments of the salt fields in the Wyoming and Oatka valleys, and it now chronicles the commencement of a ___ which is causing salt manufacturers and speculators to flock to the fields. Last evening, W.C. Go__nlock, of Seaforth, Ontario, a large Canadian salt manufacturer, and the agent of a Canadian syndicate, arrived here, and this morning, with General Manager Merchant, went to Le Roy and Warsaw where he proposes investing in lands, sink wells, and manufacture salt. Mr. Go__nlock, has already made an examination of the products of the field and pronounces the salt the finest produced. He is very enthusiastic over the matter, and says the new field will throw all other districts into the shade and forgotten past. An Auburn syndicate has already visited the fields and made arrangements to establish "blocks" for the production of salt. The owners of large blocks in Syracuse have also visited the Warsaw wells, and they are now making preparations to sink a test well some fifteen or twenty miles south of Syracuse, on what is said to be a continuation of the Wyoming Valley vein. If they do not succeed in striking brine there they will abandon their Syracuse blocks and make extensive purchases in the Wyoming fields. Among the land owners of the Valley mentioned, there is much excitement, as they already have visions of great wealth from the sale of their broad acres. Capitalists are making contracts for the sinking of wells at the earliest possible moment. Test wells will be made in the immediate vicinity of Batavia also, as it is thought that the salt fields extends to that place." * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************