Salt Mine: Detroit.

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Description:

Salt mine workers pose near machinery in Detroit salt mine. "This gigantic salt mine, 1,200 feet beneath the surface, spreads out over more than 1,400 acres with 50 miles of roads, it lies underneath Dearborn's Rouge complex , much of Melvindale and the north end of Allen Park, the mine shaft opening is in Detroit, the International Salt Mine Company operated the mines until 1983, when falling salt prices brought a halt to production ... mules, lowered by rope down the narrow shaft into the mine, were used in the early mining operations, once down in the mines, they stayed there until they died, workers descended in a two-level elevator in which six men pressed face-to-face during the long ride down ... recently [2000], the mines have reopened under the management of the Detroit Salt Co.," from Detroit News article.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1923-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Salt mines and mining, Salt workers, and Mining machinery

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc71089_2