Home Lost Mercer Saltworks known to only a few locals, 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)

Lick Creek empties into the New River in a shoals above Bluestone Lake.

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