Near the seashore, prehistoric man started extracting salt, a practice that continues today.

The settlers also extracted salt from the waters of Salt Spring.

They had permanent housing and stationary camps, and worked the salty water to extract salt.

The ancient process of extracting salt from the sea is still practiced in Chekka but without traditional wind powered water pumps.

It is known that the indigenous people extracted salt in a very rudimentary way.

By growing corn, pineapple, and extracting salt and gold they were able to exchange them with other tribes in the region.

Then the ministers asked the Gorkha bhardars to extract salt out of the water.

He also patented an improved process for extracting and purifying salt.

Here layers and layers of square pits are cut out for extracting salt.

The shallow southern end of the bay is used for evaporation ponds to extract salt from the sea water.