Malagash Salt Miners' Museum
Malagash, Nova Scotia

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The First Rock Salt Mine in Canada
Location: Malagash, Nova Scotia, Ca...

 

 

PRODUCTS

The Company produces the following classes of salt for the trade-

Fishing SaltUnder 5-6 mesh

Refrigerator SaltThrough 3 mesh

Coarse Salt (selected or returned to crusher)Over3 "

Hay SaltThrough 10 mesh

Hide SaltUnder10 mesh

Land Bait (containing potash)Under8 mesh

No. 1 Grocery SaltUnder6 mesh selected.

Sardine SaltUnder10 mesh

Chemical SaltUnder5 mesh

Heaving SaltUnder2 mesh

Highway SaltUnder8 mesh

Cattle LicksLarge selected lumps

Pan SaltRefined coarse salt

Of the salt mined on a 100% basis, 75% is of good quality.

Of this 75%

55% is recovered for fishery salt.

20% is recovered for refrigerator salt.

25% waste

 

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