MORE SALT MINE HISTORY

When the operation was re-organized in 1948 as the Malagash Salt Company, J. L. Cavanaugh, who had been actively associated with the enterprise from the earliest days acting as mine manager; became president with George MacKay as a director. The mine was producing from 50,000 to 60,000 tons of salt annually, and had its own 10 mile railway, with the salt hauled out by diesel locomotoves. The company also had shipping facitlities on Tatamagouche Bay, near the mine site, with a wharehouse having a capacity of over 10,000 tons. Here vessels upto 3,500 tons could be accomodated.

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