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My guess on the photo would be the salt mines under Dearborn,
Allen Park and Melvindale.
Linda Benedict
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I have a large chunk of rock salt packed away in a box of childhood items that my father brought me way back in the early 60's. He had a friend who worked in the salt mine. Odd the things we sometimes hang on to.
Ellen Smith
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This photo must have been taken in the salt mines under the City of Detroit. My dad worked for Morton Salt for 47 years and used to take people on tours of the mines. When the tour was over, you'd get an "Official Salt Miner" certificate to hang on the wall. Thanks for the memory!
Madelyn Zamora
Warren
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I went down in the mid '80s when they were getting ready to stop the public tours. Entrance was near the I-75 Rouge River bridge. Everything goes in and out via a 6x6 elevator. Machines are disassembled top side and re-assembled down in the mine. At that time we were told that the mining was taking place in the area of Southfield Road and Outer Drive (in Allen Park or Dearborn). Shaft is quite deep - 300 feet or maybe more and several miles horizontally. Never went with a school group. Mine entrance is still visible from I-75.
Bob Weidendorf
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They were open to school class tours in the late 40s and early 50s. One of my grade school classes (3rd or 4th) went underground to look at them. I remember they had a Catholic Church carved out of salt down there including an altar, statues and pews. I have no
idea if you could see them later or if they still even exist.
Bruce Konrad
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My dad visited the salt mine in the '60s. He brought back a chunk of salt the size of a baseball. It was dirty looking...not just a pure chunk of salt. I remember licking the block of salt...it tasted salty AND like gunpowder. I'll never forget that taste.
Kris Trot
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