I try to rebalance it somehow - what i would like to add:

Maybe some changes to probabilities for ores (dont know yet)
Maybe steam output for the salt thing
Maybe a way to polish iron plates with salt to get a mirror for heating up a boiler or something in that line
Charcoal Pit (Image done, programming open - need to find out how to use smoke and how to build entities :D should be not that hard i think - just need time)
Maybe a way to add a filter direct to the water "drying" thing and extract dirt directly (after some kind of technology - maybe after the adv. sifting?)
Maybe add some kind of scaffolding (iron, copper - but that is more on the far end)
Maybe some kind of raft for exploration (just to satisfy a friend ;-) well.. on the far end as well )

Oh. And maybe i split the mod some day.. If i find time for it. I would like to make a mod for the scenario itself, maybe one for the starter chest, for the recipes, and so on. Just to make it more compatible for others - so it is easier to use parts of it.

But remember: I got not that many of time to spend.. i got much work to do - mostly.. so mostly when i do write on this mod/modpack how ever.. i do watch tv and make other things - then i forget where i was and make some mistakes just to redo it some day... with the hope to improve it in the end XD

Well.. i had written a old mod with crushers and so on.. but i cant find it anymore.. i thought that i had uploaded it somewhere - well.. and that is the reason why this mod is online too.. just to save it for me for the future (well.. and dont expect to get updates very often - atm. i play the game and then i stop playing for years just to get stuck on it again)