Ancient Granite Basins in California Produced Salt for Trade

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Ancient Granite Basins in California Produced Salt for Trade
December 29, 2009 07:13PM

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SACRAMENTO, Dec. 29 (UPI) — Geologists say they’ve found more than 350 ancient granite basins used by California’s Miwok tribe to produce salt for trade.

http://www.ecoworld.com/land/minerals-mining/ancient-granite-basins-salt.html

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rightstar76

Re: Ancient Granite Basins in California Produced Salt for Trade
December 31, 2009 11:42AM

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Fantastic story. Here's a link to a longer article with pictures in the San Francisco Chrnonicle.

Enjoy.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/12/30/MN571AV6P0.DTL