Excerpt from A History and Description of the Manufacture and Mining of Salt in New York StateThis, in truth, was a rather laborious undertaking, as the percentage of salt that can be extracted from the ocean is small and the pioneers were Of necessity limited to crude methods of manufacture.The practice was persisted in, however, as salt from the old countries was expensive and ocean freights high. There is no doubt that small quantities were made by almost every band of settlers from New England to Florida, but as this book treats of New York State only, we shall confine our observations to the contiguous territory.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.