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Home Lost Mercer Saltworks known to only a few locals, adventurers 1895 USGS Topo showing Mercer Salt Works

1895 USGS Topo showing Mercer Salt Works

David Sibray inspects stonework in a thicket near the old saltworks.

An early topographic map shows Mercer's Salt works on Lick Creek, then in Mercer County, West Virginia.

David Sibray at Mercer Saltworks

Justyn Marchese at Lick Creek Bridge

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