FIRST FUSED SALT IN NORTH AMERICA

Probably the first salt fused in North America was when James Chambers, Malagash Salt Company blacksmith, melted rock salt over the forge in a babbit laddle at Malagash Mine in 1940.

A specimen of Malagash rock salt was fused in the Federal Mines Department laboratories, Ottawa, in 1943, and this event is recorded as the first fusion of salt in North America.

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