FIRST -- Rock Salt Mine, Avery Island LA
N 29° 54.766 W 091° 24.322
15R E 653943 N 3310187
The historic marker about the first rock salt mine on Avery Island
Waymark Code: WMN94M
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2015
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A Louisiana historic marker on Avery Island tells what this place was famous for BEFORE the invention of Tabasco Sauce. The marker reads as follows:
"FIRST ROCK SALT MINE
Salt evaporated from salt brine springs on Avery Island since 1791. On May 4th, 1862, workmen enlarging these springs to produce more salt for the Confederacy hit solid salt at a depth of 16 feet. Mining operations, the first of this type in North America, were begun and continued until the destruction of the salt works on April 17, 1863 by Union forces."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 05/04/1862
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