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We dont even know that Salem even has other bases.She mainly works by convincing others to do her work remember?

The most likely option was that he was gathering info about the where abouts 'Pawns' (Cinder and co).Which was why he was pissed that Ozpin and crew didnt tell him that they knew that Cinder was  already in Beacon.