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Re: Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks in Sie
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:57 pm
by kpeter
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!
Re: Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks in Sie
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:11 am
by TehipiteTom
This is fascinating. Very cool photos--thanks for posting this, Russ!
Re: Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks in Sie
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:47 pm
by mokelumnekid
Still curious about where the salt was coming from....
Re: Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks in Sie
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:34 am
by Vaca Russ
mokelumnekid wrote:Still curious about where the salt was coming from....
Really??? You haven’t heard about the secret submarine tunnels under the Sierra? Just Google “Walker, Navy submarine, Hawthorne”.
Seriously, though…check your PM.
-Russ
Re: Hand-Hewn Granite Basins at Native American Saltworks in Sie
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:23 pm
by TehipiteTom
The basins show up nicely in the satellite imagery:
Hard to imagine how much work over how long a time went into all those basins.