TRANSCRIPT

So where else did they ship to? You said they shipped to Newfoundland with the fish salt; did they ship to Ontario or other parts of Canada?

They started to ship to Ontario because one of our salesmen encouraged the Ontario government to start to use salt on the highway, to take ice off the highway; and it was quite was successful.

Do you remember his name?

Don't remember his name, no. Actually we have his picture downstairs.

So when did they start doing that, do you remember; was that middle fifties?

Yes, that would be about 1953, or something like that.

So did other areas start doing that besides Ontario?

Yes. Once they found out it worked. The one difference about Malagash salt even today, some of the seams of salt we had here in Malagash had a little bit of potash in it; and just a little bit of potash and salt would actually melt ice at a lower temperature. That would be on the old Fahrenheit scale that would melt ice at 5 below zero, and of course the salt they use today doesn't do that?.. But salt and potash with a little bit of water when you mix you see start boiling; the reaction of the two chemicals.