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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Wed Feb 13, 2019, 03:08 PM Feb 2019

There are salt mines under Lake Erie? Wow!

Just read about this. Seems like these should be a pretty big deal.

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There are salt mines under Lake Erie? Wow! (Original Post) bobbieinok Feb 2019 OP

Yes I had a neighbor who worked there doc03 Feb 2019 #1

My husband fishes Lake Erie every summer Ohiogal Feb 2019 #2

Photos: Inside the Salt Mines 2,000 Feet Below Lake Erie, Just Outside of Cleveland Fla Dem Feb 2019 #3

doc03

(35,337 posts)

1. Yes I had a neighbor who worked there

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2019, 03:14 PM

Feb 2019

20 years. I understand it is in or near Cleveland. The guy loved it he got laid off from a coal mine and went there for work the salt mine a lot cleaner. Also not confined they run huge Caterpillar tractors to dig salt.

Ohiogal

(31,998 posts)

2. My husband fishes Lake Erie every summer

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2019, 04:18 PM

Feb 2019

Yes, it’s True!

Fla Dem

(23,668 posts)

3. Photos: Inside the Salt Mines 2,000 Feet Below Lake Erie, Just Outside of Cleveland