Naddition to coal, lead, and petroleum, salt was an important mineral resource. where did salt manufacturing first begin? a. seminole landb. creek landc. cherokee landd. arapaho land select the best answer from the choices provided

Native Americans made salt at Kanawha, West Virginia before 1755 by boiling brine from salt springs. Large-scale salt production from brine springs was underway by 1800, and the process of drilling for more concentrated brine began within a few years.