FIRST SALT HOISTED LABOUR DAY, SEPT 2, 1918

Diamond drilling was carried out in 1917.

Shaft sinking commenced Dominion Day, 1918. A crew of five men did the digging in the almost impervious clay, which was loaded into a tub and hoisted to surface with block and tackle, and gin pole and one horse.

On Labour Day, September 2nd, 1918, the first rock salt was mined in Canada.

(Taken from the book 'Malagash Salt', first published in 1975)