I wonder about other salt extraction sites. I presume coastal Indians extracted salt from seawater. Was Mono lake also used for this? And then this site must have been one of the few alternatives in between.
There were some newspaper and other publications about this site beginning in 2009, but fortunately they all have been respectful about not making the location obvious. I like your photographs better!
Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native Saltworks in the Sierra
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Re: Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks in Sie
This is fascinating. Very cool photos--thanks for posting this, Russ!
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Re: Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks in Sie
Still curious about where the salt was coming from....
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Re: Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks in Sie
Really??? You haven’t heard about the secret submarine tunnels under the Sierra? Just Google “Walker, Navy submarine, Hawthorne”.mokelumnekid wrote:Still curious about where the salt was coming from....
Seriously, though…check your PM.
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