Inside a salt mine under Lake Erie

[@alchemi8085]

"jeff here is operating this at a distance for safety". Cameraman gets camera 6 inches from the auger.

[@cielo4413]

It's not like the auger is going to swing around and be like "Got you, fam!"

[@coachb3599]

@@cielo4413 😅

[@the.malinski]

Exactly what I was thinking, lol

[@ESPLTD322]

I love anything with salt. Especially fries. God Bless these people.

[@ALPHAXOMEGA333]

I used to work here and moved to AZ. It was a nice experience. worked with some good people

[@jenimarie92]

You think they hire chicks?

[@SlowMoMofo]

How do you even go about to apply for a mining job

[@youdontknowme3935]

@@SlowMoMofo you have to be able to punch down a tree with your bear hands.

[@SlowMoMofo]

@@youdontknowme3935 I just have bare hands😔 puny mortal

[@youdontknowme3935]

@@SlowMoMofo what a shame. I'll paws and take a second to mourn your faults.

[@donthatec]

Crazy that’s it’s dry 3 miles under a lake. Who even discovered that?

[@johnrambo6861]

When they go to work do they say "I'm going to the salt mine"?

[@brakoholic]

Why doesn't the lake bed collapse above them?

[@justins7666]

Why do they need to mine it when there are 2 limitless oceans from which it can be evaporated from

[@StillNotMarble]

Traditional salt cultivation by evaporation, requires specific conditions and climates. You create artificial ponds and evaporate the water - which means that the location which you are in must have several long months without rain. Additionally, the concentration of the salt brine needs to be fairly high before it becomes profitable, and the brine water can really damage your skin if it gets on you. Rock salt mining is much faster as well.

[@LUNITUNZBackup]

Also, Cleveland is closer to Lake Erie than it is to any Ocean so this is easier.

[@pba21]

How're those trucks and equipment holding up to the salty environment?

[@5urg3x]

It’s not a problem. There’s no precipitation down there.

[@spaky1954]

Dry salt won’t do much

[@yomama9191]

​@@5urg3xthere's no precipitation but there is humidity. I work in a underground salt mine where rust and corrosion is a never ending battle. The money sometimes makes it worth it

[@hgjf3]

So screwers was used and by the company "Tunele Brasov" when was built the train tunnel between Timisu de Jos and Predeal, and the Brasov's catacombs.

[@jasongates-]

1,000 years from now, most of that salt will be gone. I wonder what they will do once it's all gone. There's only so much of it to mine.

[@briannatekampe8991]

by the time natural salt deposits run out, we will most likely have a more efficient way to harvest salt from salt water (the ocean)

[@aaronb.4499]

They will never run out of salt. There is salt underneath all the great lakes, including parts of the surrounding states. Well, over 70 trillion tons of the stuff.

[@InsideThaJackalsHead]

lol I'll be long dead 1,000 from now... So don't care. lol

[@Guitar157]

What do they pay how are the benefits?

[@ricksmith6298]

Oh crap....I knew a john deare mechanic who went down there all the time.

[@hgjf3]

Detroit saltmine contains few giant halls and salt catacombs.

[@hgjf3]

@@flyingtoaster1427 Thats is at deep beneath Detroit .

[@madman5710]

I'm a bit disappointed that he didn't taste the salt.

[@jayvonmcclendon-ll2wc]

For real all that fresh salt coming from the auger

[@eirikmurito]

This is how you get the good stuff. Not fom the condensed saltwater sludge..

[@hyahyam3326]

So, are there any differences between these salt with sea salt?

[@frasierthebichon7422]

hyahya m ......umm......yeah

[@dparker716]

@@frasierthebichon7422 false , all this salt is left behind from an ancient inland sea that dried up way before the Great Lakes were around

[@christopherbickley9704]

@@dparker716 Actually, I did some research and found that the salt mined from under lake Erie is rock salt which is used to melt ice and snow. Sea salt is used for food items and is not considered rock salt.

[@dparker716]

Watch the history channel special on how the great lakes were made, it’s both, once it’s mined the rock is made to be thrown on the roads but they also send some to be processed into table salt, it’s all the same shit that salt under Lake Erie is from an ancient salt water sea that dried up many times and left all the salt behind

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Might not have the toxic chemicals that have been added by humans to the oceans

[@kirkstoner88]

That trick ass mark poured Morton salt on my sneakers!

[@Walter_Sobchak_43]

I came here to write this comment. Lol

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Drill for oil in the right spot ; would take care of the high water on the lakes

[@deborahsavitt1439]

EVERYTHING CONCERNING CLEVELAND OHIO IS SPECTACULAR !

[@jamesvw769]

Cleveland fucking Ohio. What kind of games people play in Cleveland Oh.

[@gungyeon6208]

Reminds me of the beginning of Starfield. Lol 🤣

[@TheEvilj3]

Sometimes I do say my job is pretty awesome!

[@hgjf3]

Those are smaller tunnels, that are simmilar with Brasov's catacombs under the park "Dupa Ziduri/Behind Walls"

[@jq7323]

It's a mine

[@conarc-d1037]

Absolutely could not do it. The fear of being trapped, drowned, asphyxiates, etc.. in the absolute most pitch dark you can imaging and .0000000001% rescue in said pitch black is horrifying. Nope

[@DuramaxL5P]

Where do they take a dump?

[@jamesvw769]

In the salt.

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Porta potty - same as any work site , just not as easy to swap

[@Expert50]

No way would I be caught down there ! Nope nope nope!!😮

[@flyer3455]

Best place to be during a nuclear war

[@GenAfterNextTactics]

0:45 You aren't 3 miles underground, you might be about 2000 ft underground.

[@evetsp100]

She meant 3 miles INTO the mine

[@rickprusak9326]

Betcha all the mine employees have high blood pressure from being exposed all day long to the salty air, and breathing the salt vapors in their lungs. Well, for their carry-on lunch pails, all they gotta bring is pepper to season their sandwich. The salt is already there.

[@borris3768]

Lol no

[@piehamcake1]

One day underground cities will be built

[@Enes-wj5xq]

Vaults, by Vault Tec

[@MH-up1xe]

Especially when the magnetic field collapses soon the sun will be deadly for a few hundred years.

[@BE4STY_BOY]

@@Enes-wj5xq That’s funny.

[@mattwoody1089]

The reporter looked scared and cowardly down there

[@richtea615]

Still less salt than Twitter HQ.

[@snackwrap160]

Pretty cool

[@bojanglesobrien6883]

One day, somebody is going to drill through that some and cause cataclysm

[@ggeiser3]

All that just to rust out Ohio cars; good job Morton. I moved from Akron, OhICEo, arriving in Palm Beach, FloriDUH on March 4, 1974. I really don’t miss it.

[@Wreckhouse69]

From Lake Erie area moved 2015 definitely don’t miss it. Dreadful winters filled with slush and miserable folks

[@oldsrocket8841]

Salt water along with Florida humidity is a recipe for rust.

[@kylebeitlerr]

I’m putting mini rocks on my food and eating them... Yay?

[@chehystpewpur4754]

its a crystal not a rock. but yes you are putting minerals on your food.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

It’s nuts to foul the environment with salt just to coat the roads The salt eventually runs off into the pristine fresh water of the Great Lakes Dumb

[@connorvaughn6460]

I live above this salt mine and our water is fine. There's literally a mountain of salt right next to the river that flows into the lake. it doesn't harm anything.

[@przybyla420]

They’re driving over my salt! Disgusting!

[@ThePoeticsoulja]

What?

[@margaretneanover3385]

Well that's dumb, a salt mine beneath the lake. Quakes are coming

[@mazenilnd77]

We have had 10 since January, which is out of the ordinary

[@richdoh5443]

It will drain the lake.

[@oldtimergaming9514]

Nope.

[@fatface2911]

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