Salt Mining Small 320×203 Medium 640×407 Large 1024×651 Download Tiff Original 2400×1525 | (2.1 MB) Description A salt mine is an operation involved in the extraction of salt from rock salt or halite. The manufacture of salt in Mason City, West Virginia was started by Albert Edward Smith in 1880. Keywords Mason City, mining, salt mining Galleries Mining, West Virginia Source: Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1870)
