Venables Valley Epsom Salts 3 PR13 Traditional Geocache
Venables Valley Epsom Salts 3 PR13
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Epsom salt is not actually salt but a naturally occurring pure mineral compound of magnesium and sulfate. Long known as a natural remedy for a number of ailments, Epsom salt has numerous health benefits as well as many beauty, household and gardening-related uses. The deposits were staked in December 1917 by Mr Hammond. The salts have accumulated in four small ponds that lie along a dry valley and are concentrated mainly in the two upper ponds. In 1919, the Basque Chemical Production Co. Ltd. was formed in Vancouver to develop the property and work was begun the same year. Crude surface crystal was shipped to Vancouver and there prepared for market. At the deposits, the company erected 15 or 20 wooden buildings including a number of comfortable dwelling houses for their workmen. A factory was eventually built in Ashcroft with a capacity of 1500 tonnes annually in 1942. Remnants of old lumber can still be seen around the ponds.
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