The Cargill salt mine beneath Lake Erie

Go 1,800 feet below Lake Erie into a network of mining tunnels that spans nearly 3 miles away from the Cleveland shoreline. Cargill mines nearly 4 million tons of salt annually for use on winter roads.

[@danhill6298]

Use to work here. I remember Steve Horn. Spent a lot of years underground

[@ALPHAXOMEGA333]

Steve horn I remember him. When I left the mine Nick Newsome was the new mine manager.

[@korbinmcvey4652]

@@josephwunderle9355 how do i get into a job like this and how much does it pay

[@gordbaker896]

There is a Saltmine at Windsor and also Goderich under the lake. Ammonium Nitrate is Fertilizer.

[@opathe2nd973]

Toured the mine some years ago and it is fascinating. That salt runs from Columbus, OH up into Ontario. One of my greatest experiences.

[@aarontaylor9458]

Very cool video! I've always wondered about the whole mining process. I work for Mike's Trucking and haul salt from this mine all over Ohio. Hats off to all the brave miners down there breaking that stuff up! 👍

[@strechinpick]

I work for a company that supplies steel to these mines. I’ve not been to these particular sites but I’ve been to many salt mines elsewhere in the US.

[@bonniemaich4517]

WOW! I never knew this existed.

[@patriciaschuster1371]

Never knew this existed. Must be incredible.

[@Less1leg2]

Have to ask, since the Salt Mine down in south was hit with surface drilling mistake. We all have seen that video of the river flowing backwards and the area around the drill shaft punching through. The land and everything around that hole being sucked in.
If there is a fault in the earth crust, and there was a few years ago an decent earthquake that shook that area. If Lake Erie is holed by a fault break. What would happen to the mine, and surrounding area?
Lake Erie is a pretty substantial water area, if you pop a hole in its bottom. Where will the water come out and will it stop?

[@vickidoulton]

Wow! Had no idea! 😮 But I've got issues with the pressure of the water on the tunnels and they have been 2 small earthquakes in Ohio! What would happen if they have a stronger quake here? I didn't know there were salt mines in the south? 😳

[@Less1leg2]

@@vickidoulton Lake Erie would totally drain and wash away the slums. Niagara River in Buffalo would dry up fast. Lord have mercy on the surrounding Ohio low land zones though. all that water from Lake Erie will find a place to blow out.

[@gordbaker896]

In your dreams. Tunnels would eventually Fill if there were no blocks that could quickly be placed.@@Less1leg2

[@pmcleod6844]

I watched a TVO special one time..salt mine under city of Detroit as well..also under Hagersville area (southern ontario)..

[@RightInNiagara]

The Hagersville, Ontario site is a gypsum mine. There is also a salt mine under Windsor, Ontario. The largest salt mine in the world is in Goderich, Ontario, which stretches under Lake Huron.

[@ALPHAXOMEGA333]

I used to work here I miss the fresh smell of h2s

[@MrBillcale]

i used to work on top of international salt paltaizing 100 pounds bags of salt all day long

[@mitchellwise-mh8sq]

I worked there when AKZO sold to Cargill. Got hired back at Cargill but didn't last long...lol ...work a lot of Ot and got the nickname Timeminer..... Where's Karl L. ?

[@buddy9577]

So eventually the salt will be all gone then what

[@577buttfan]

sea salt then

[@marksuave25]

That would literally be like thousands of years from now. No need to worry.

[@birdiemiller4219]

Interesting, is this all one tunnel or are there multiple tunnels; what happens to the one's, if ever closed? What are they used for?

[@donbeck8835]

Imagine being under there when an earthquake is going on

[@m.j.morshead]

Is the salt contaminated by the blasting process or is the anfo non toxic, surely residues would be present.?

[@frankkolton1780]

The rock salt is used to melt snow and ice on streets and highways, it's not used for human or animal consumption. I imagine that the salt itself is more toxic at high quantities to human than the trace amounts of residues from the explosives used.

[@markwalter1050]

I have just one question: how did they get all that machinery down there?!?

[@mattlageorge2339]

In pieces

[@markwalter1050]

@@mattlageorge2339 and then they put everything back together? Wow.

[@mynamenowhastobeasecret.2079]

@@markwalter1050 yep

[@lynndemartini9379]

WOW - Very interesting!

[@Bmxr1991]

Why don’t they run continuous miners instead of blasting?

[@rimckd825]

Eventually the mine will flood and we can kiss the existing SEAWAY goodbye. Remember, if a phenomenon is least likely to occur, it will occur at such a time as to maximize the inconvenience... 1800 ft of crust is nothing, and Cargill should get out and go back to the Western Minneapolis suburbs.

[@cherylcheung2657]

wow trap trap trap

[@katelane6250]

God mo9

[@muddsmugglers]

You need more volume,

[@todd6446]

Cargill is a scab company as only scabs will work for them.

[@brendenbenoit7539]

What's that mean

[@edpsdad8663]

Thanks for sharing Todd

[@zl_KingLeo_lz]

@@brendenbenoit7539 hes sayin its not a true union. Scabs will cross a strike line for fear of losing thier jobs. A true union worker will stand and strike with the union. Problem is now days most unions write a no strike clause into the contracts anyway and can only strike if the big guys down at the hall organized it and most of the time they won't. They just try to come to a resolution before it gets there.

[@bobbiejeanbarnett675]

...🙀scary!!! ...

[@johnnybgood774]

Why the hell are they mining under a lake smh ,, humans always fukin shit up

[@piggypiggypig1746]

because that's where the salt is.

[@michaelgregory7457]

You don’t know anything about the Great Lakes obviously. Humans always being idiots in the comment section.

[@chris60810]

stay out

[@andrewwebber8207]

Why?

[@johnwattdotca]

@@andrewwebber8207 Same reason I wouldn't dive to see the Titanic.

[@vickidoulton]

Amazing! I wouldn't go in there for any amt of money! 😲😳😬🫢