Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Salt: Not a Pillar, Exactly, But Still There Beneath Detroit


Not sure if the Detroit Salt Company is still mining deicing salt these days, but they were as of a couple of years ago. Before that, Detroit's underground salt was used in foods and leather products. For more, see: http://www.detroitsalt.com/home.htm

Hopefully there are no salt vampires lurking in the mine shafts, nor is the notorious Red Dwarf ready to pop out like a Jack-in-the-Box.

Has anyone in the blogosphere been down in the salt mines?

Today's Rune: Possessions/Fehu.

8 comments:

the walking man said...

Nope, never been. The only working mine I know of now is up in St. Clair or Marysville.

That bastard red dwarf has been jumping out quite a bit lately though.

Charles Gramlich said...

Nope, never been. Might be an interesting place to set a story.

Sidney said...

BONES! IT NEEDS SALT TO LIVE!

jodi said...

Eric, I have a friend who has toured the mines, and says it's really cool. I am petrified of dwarfs, gnomes, trolls and such..

Rocket_Scientist said...

i dont know about anyone else, but i love my leather a with a little salt...maybe some pepper too!

Adorably Dead said...

I've never been there. The picture kind of reminds me of Cooper something, it's a town that's pretty much completely underground out in the desert. It's very neat.

JR's Thumbprints said...

Under Detroit is a company owned by woman. They certainly haven't updated their website in a couple of years.

JR's Thumbprints said...

Women? Red Dwarf? Current?