Analysis of the salt performed in Ottawa in 1917. Production figures for the mine from 1922 to 1928.

Per Cent by Weight

Sodium Chloride21.00

Potassium Chloride .09

Magnesium Chloride .07

Calcium Chloride .02

Calcium Sulphate .37

Iron Oxide trace

Total21.55

Sp. Gr. at 15.5 C 1.200

As a result of this analysis it was suggested to the owners that further exploration was desirable in order to ascertain if the parent salt bed could be located. When Mr. L. H. Cole, Mining Engineer, Mines Branch, examined the district in June, 1917, several more holes had been drilled and brine encountered in each one.

In the summer of 1917, A. B. Chambers and George MacKay of New Glasgow, NS, obtained an interest in the property, and drilled a series of holes, after which they sank a shaft in June, 1918. In this shaft, Rock Salt was encountered at a depth of eighty five feet from the face. A diamond drill hole also encountered salt at a depth of ninety four feet below the surface, down to one hundred and seventy three feet.

The property, once opened up, has been in active operation ever since, and the following production figures were supplied by Mr. Chambers, Managing Director of the Malagash Salt Company, Limited

19222,000tons

19233,000"

19244,000"

19256,000"

19268,000"

192715,000"

1928 to July 8,000 "

Total46,000