Home Lost West Virginia saltworks are known to only a few adventurers The New River looking downstream from Lick Creek

The New River looking downstream from Lick Creek

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

New River and Anderson Ridge looking downstream from the mouth of Lick Creek. (Photo courtesy Justyn Marchese)

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