  Little_buddy Member Username: Little_buddy Post Number: 51 Registered: 03-2006 |
Anyone have an idea of how far the salt mines go in each direction looking down on a map of Det. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 4888 Registered: 10-2003 |
Courtesy of Mikem. http://www-personal.umich.edu/ ~copyrght/image/solstice/sum99 /salt1.jpg | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 4987 Registered: 10-2004 |
Detroit salt mine There is salt approximately 1100 feet down in two major seams maybe some 100 feet apart. Only the lower seam is mined. The salt is mined to a thickness of around 22 feet. Much of that salt deposit probably extends to Cleveland. Pillars of salt (Lot's wife?) are left in place to support the mine. Everything down there has to be cut to size and stuffed down the narrow opening and be reassembled (welded, etc.). Tires can be a problem for the bigger equipment. The work crews usually are ten miners per shift. The Detroit mine produces salt to melting ice, and it's at an economic disadvantage due to its not being near water for shipping. Windsor and Cleveland's lower costs for shipping hurts the Detroit salt mine. The manager of the mine gave a slide presentation in Dearborn last March (or was it back in 2006?). | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 252 Registered: 05-2007 |
...economic disadvantage due to its not being near water for shipping not near water? isn't the mine within sight of the Rouge River? | ||
Chow Member Username: Chow Post Number: 437 Registered: 10-2003 |
slightly off topic, does anyone know what kind of map the salt mine map was drawn on? | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 4994 Registered: 10-2004 |
quote:Ships don't move too well on land, getting that 1/2 mile to get from the Rouge to the mine and back. So, to get the salt to the Rouge (or the Detroit) River, the salt must loaded and unloaded by rail or truck. One or two extra movements on a relatively inexpensive commodity. Ergo, the economic disadvantage enters. Versteh? That's one reason the Detroit mine ceased operations during the 1980s. quote: (Message edited by livernoisyard on January 30, 2008) | ||
Novine Member Username: Novine Post Number: 408 Registered: 07-2007 |
USGS Topographic Quadrangle: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/1, 1607,7-153-10371_14793-31264-- ,00.html | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2027 Registered: 12-2005 |
It is a little known fact that the salt mines are an elaborate cover up for a secret underground Masonic freeway, taking the illuminati from their offices downtown to their homes in the suburbs in less than 15 minutes. They use that "G" symbol on the back of their Cadillac sedans and Lincoln Town cars to identify themselves. I know it's true, I read it in "Fun" magazine (a local free rag, now extinct) back in '91. | ||
Living_in_the_d Member Username: Living_in_the_d Post Number: 19 Registered: 01-2008 |
Yeah, Very cool thread, this is what D-yes is all about. | ||
Living_in_the_d Member Username: Living_in_the_d Post Number: 20 Registered: 01-2008 |
Hey 56packman, anychance You would have any more leads on "Fun" magazine, or this article. It sounds too cool. And it was it was an episode of the "Simpsons". | ||
D_mcc Member Username: D_mcc Post Number: 192 Registered: 12-2007 |
That was the Stonecutters D, and the real number fro 911...is 912 | ||
Zephyrmec Member Username: Zephyrmec Post Number: 20 Registered: 01-2008 |
Damn Packman! now I have to take the square and compasses off the back of my Zephyr.... | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 11452 Registered: 12-2003 |
Dude, that stuff gets you out of tickets. Say your grandfather is, like, a 32nd degree and some grand puba in his lodge because he sometimes dresses up like a girl for their meetings...and you get your road salt for free for life, and never a rush hour again. Of course, if Jesus comes back, you'll get left behind his other two cheeks. | ||
Little_buddy Member Username: Little_buddy Post Number: 54 Registered: 03-2006 |
that is a great map you have there Johnlodge, where did you get it? And thanks for the info. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 4900 Registered: 10-2003 |
Litte_buddy, there is an archived threads about the salt mines here, Mikem had posted that map previously. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 4995 Registered: 10-2004 |
When the salt mine was reopened several years ago, the manager noticed that the back of a door in the office still had the worker's roster with the original miners' names from 1907. | ||
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek Post Number: 34 Registered: 09-2007 |
I tried to get a group of photographers a tour - promptly and not so politely denied. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5004 Registered: 10-2004 |
They don't do any tours anymore, due to insurance. They're running a **BUSINESS**. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 4910 Registered: 10-2003 |
I like have they have a link on their Web site for Tours. You click on it and it says: Can I have a tour of the mine? No. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5005 Registered: 10-2004 |
There are lots of pictures taken already. Why reinvent that wheel? Take pictures on the surface. Besides, they have their mine-safety reputation to protect. In addition, their mine-safety team took first place honors a year ago in a national mining-rescue contest--the first time they entered. And no! I have no particulars. But the manager there was very proud of his team. Ask him. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 4912 Registered: 10-2003 |
I saw all those awards on the site, very impressive. Sentinel of Safety Award: 200, 2002, 2003, 2005. From the Mine Health and Safety Administration. Maybe more, I doubt the site's been updated. | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 5006 Registered: 10-2004 |
quote:That award for the year 200 must have been won by their Roman Legion sentinel subsidiary... | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 4915 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yes, they've taken that out of most history books. One of those things they don't want you knowing about. |
