Lake Erie Salt Mines
Both cargill and morton have salt mines under lake erie.
Lake erie salt mines. Evidently it is the cargill mine that is the worlds largest. The more than 50 year old mine rests 1800 feet below the waters of lake erie and 4 miles from the shore. They mine under the lake because then they have to deal with only one land owner ohio state. A vein off the main corridor of the morton salt mine.
Why is the mine under lake erie. The words business insider. As part of the great eastern salt basin the mine is an engineering marvel and. Cleveland ohio deep beneath lake erie is a massive salt mine stretching from edgewater beach to burke lakefront airport and north about 3 miles.
About 2 000 feet under lake erie 30 miles east of cleveland in fairport harbor ohio you ll find a vast site called the morton salt mine. Since 1959 the fairport harbor morton salt mine has been exclusively mining for rock salt which is most commonly used to melt snow and ice on roads. Since about 1958 a year after the morton salt mine in grand river under lake erie in lake county. Two crossed lines that form an x.
It indicates a way to close an interaction or dismiss a. The fairport harbor morton salt mine is located under lake erie in ohio. The mine could be anywhere in the great eastern salt basin under a huge area stretching from michigan to new york through ontario. Inside the fairport harbor morton salt mine.
The mine s main work site sits three miles out beneath lake erie.