Stuck Miners and Salt Potatoes

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   Some of you heavy surfers may have heard of some miners being stuck in an elevator shaft last night, they work a salt mine that is under the lake next to mine here in Central  NYS.  If you drove to work in the north east the last couple days your car might be covered with some of the product.  It is an insane endeavor 2300 feet under the ground they have been mining salt day in and day out for nearly a hundred years now, usually about 50 people a half mile underground at any given time.  This vane of salt under the area is part of the origin of the Salt Potatoes that we enjoy here in the Central NY area and I have tried to send out to a few other parts of the country… for those of you that have an interest in history and crazy engineering projects… 

Cayuga Salt Mine History

And then for those that just like good food with a little bit of history

Salt Potatoes Wiki

Oh and the Miners are mostly out, apparently coming up 4 at a time in a bucket

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JoeinNY Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: October-19-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5698	Post Options Post Reply Quote JoeinNY Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Stuck Miners and Salt Potatoes Posted: January-07-2016 at 10:50am
	Some of you heavy surfers may have heard of some miners being stuck in an elevator shaft last night, they work a salt mine that is under the lake next to mine here in Central NYS. If you drove to work in the north east the last couple days your car might be covered with some of the product. It is an insane endeavor 2300 feet under the ground they have been mining salt day in and day out for nearly a hundred years now, usually about 50 people a half mile underground at any given time. This vane of salt under the area is part of the origin of the Salt Potatoes that we enjoy here in the Central NY area and I have tried to send out to a few other parts of the country… for those of you that have an interest in history and crazy engineering projects… Cayuga Salt Mine History And then for those that just like good food with a little bit of history Salt Potatoes Wiki Oh and the Miners are mostly out, apparently coming up 4 at a time in a bucket
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74Wind Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: August-02-2011 Location: Georgia Status: Offline Points: 2101	Post Options Post Reply Quote 74Wind Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: January-07-2016 at 1:27pm
	I've spent a lifetime passing thru Watkins Glen on our way to Keuka and as I'm sure you know, there are also salt mines 1/2 mile down under Seneca as well. Seneca Lake is over 600 feet at it's deepest, i wonder how deep the water is down by the mines at the south end.
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