Details for C.S.A. Salt Works
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5281000599
Data
| Marker Number | 599 |
| Atlas Number | 5281000599 |
| Marker Title | C.S.A. Salt Works |
| Index Entry | Salt Works, C.S.A. |
| Address | US 190 |
| City | Lometa |
| County | Lampasas |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 557230 |
| UTM Northing | 3453219 |
| Subject Codes | geology; cowboys; water topics |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | on US 190 (north side of highway), 1/2 mile west of junction of 190 and Highway 183. Marker reported vandalized May 2017. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | West of here, on the Colorado. Brine springs used by Indians as infirmary or health resort. Increased operations in Civil War to make Army supply, for the men, cavalry horses and mule teams; and for general use for table and ranch purposes. To pump brine from the spring, a horse driven in a circle operated a lift that filled troughs upon a 40-foot-high scaffold. Cedar boughs placed in the troughs concentrated the brine, which filtered down into iron kettles that boiled one bushel of salt out of 50 bushels of brine. |