There has been quite a bit of work on the evaporative slat works around San 
Francisco Bay.  Aside from the Sandoval volume noted previously it is mostly 
grey literature:


Ananian, Benjamin

1985    An Archaeological Reconnaissance of 1200 Acres Associated with the 
Proposed Shorelands Project, Hayward, Alameda County, California.  Prepared 
for Cole/Mills Associates.



Baxter, R. Scott

2006    Historic Study Report for the Baumberg Biological Mitigation Tract, 
Alameda County.  Report prepared for the California Department of 
Transportation by Past Forward, Inc.

2006    Historic Property Survey Report for the Maumberg Mitigation Tract, 
Alameda County.  Report prepared for the California Department of 
Transportation by Past Forward, Inc.



Baxter, R. Scott and Rebecca Allen

2000    Historic Study Report for the Baumberg Biological Mitigation Tract, 
Alameda County.  Report prepared for Santa Clara Valley Highway Association 
by Past Forward, Inc.

2001    Evaluation Report of Historic Archaeological Resources for the 
Baumberg Biological Mitigation Tract, Alameda County.  Report prepared for 
Santa Clara Valley Highway Association by Past Forward, Inc.



Dobkin, Marjorie and Robert Bruce Anderson.

1994    Oliver Bros. Salt Co., Alameda County, California.  Historic 
Resource Evaluation Report prepared for Mara Melandry, Environmental 
Planning Branch, South District 4-Oakland, California Department of 
Transportation.  Manuscript on file at Northwest Information Center, Sonoma 
State University.



Hope, Andrew, Mark Hylkema, and Thad Van Bueren

1996    Archaeological Survey and Historical Resource Evaluation Report for 
the Baumberg Biological Mitigation Tract, Alameda County.  On file at the 
Northwest Information Center, Sonoma State University.


I have electronic versions of the reports we drafted and a paper I presented 
at the SIA meeting a few years back if you would like them.  If you look at 
the Cargill Salt webpage they have some photos of some of the old equipment 
used around the Bay, including some unique windmills that used Archimedes 
screws.  There is also some massive solar salt works at Guerrero Negro in 
Baja California that I think are fairly historic.

Scott Baxter
Past Forward, Inc.

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From: "Hatchett, Jennifer C" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:48 AM
Subject: Evaporative salt works


I am new to the HISTARCH list, but I am hoping someone out there can help me 
out.  My master's thesis is on a mid-nineteenth century evaporative salt 
works on the Texas coast (near Rockport).  I am looking for reports on other 
evaporative salt works from the same time period.  Also, if anyone has heard 
of a "Johnny Armstrong arm" windmill, it would answer a question for me. 
The windmill name may be a local thing, since I have not been able to find 
anyone who has heard of such a device.  It was apparently used in the 
operation of the salt works, although in what capacity I do not know.  Any 
responses will be most appreciated.
Jenni Hatchett
Texas Tech University