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There's salt mines under Lake Erie in Cuyahoga and Lake Counties (Ohio).
I never knew that till I watched a episode of "Dirty Jobs" that feature salt mining .I forget what job Mike Rowe was doing.
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Years ago I was on a business trip and one of our stops was located inside an old salt mine. I'm not sure, but I think it was near Kansas City, Mo. Anyway, they had stores, shops and other businesses located down there. As I remember, there were pillars of salt that were left behind to provide support since there were no tunnels but rather a very large open area. I can't seem to find out anything about it on Google, but I do have a brochure that I brought back with me, if I can find it.
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Goderich, Ontario also has sal mines under the lake -- this is 2 lakes north of Windsor.
That is the main traffic at one end of the Goderich & Exeter Railway.
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