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Sifto was founded by Sam Platt who was prospecting for oil in 1866, and instead of oil encountered rock salt in Goderich Harbour on Lake Huron. Sifto Canada was formed in 1950 and the company was acquired by the United States chemical company Compass Minerals in the 1990s. The Goderich mine developed into the largest salt mine in Canada and ...
Just over 50 years ago harvesting of the salt began, and continues today by Sifto Canada. The mine is 530 metres (1,750 feet) below surface, [38] extending 7 km 2 (2.7 sq mi) under Lake Huron - roughly the size of the town. It is the largest underground salt mine in the world. [37]
Sifto Salt Mine [7] in Goderich, Ontario, which, at 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide and 2 miles (3.2 km) long, is one of the largest salt mines in the world extending 7 km 2 (2.7 sq mi). [8] [9] [need quotation to verify] Colombia: Zipaquirá: England: The "-wich towns" of Cheshire and Worcestershire. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti
Compass Minerals Announces New Contract with Union, Ending Strike at its Goderich, Ontario, Salt Mine OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sifto Canada Corp., a subsidiary of Compass Minerals ...
NOTE: This image is a panorama of Sifto Salt in Goderich consisting of 2 frames that were merged or stitched in Lightroom. As a result, this image necessarily underwent some form of digital manipulation.
The 2011 Goderich, Ontario tornado was an intense F3 tornado generated ... the tornado made its first destructive appearance at the Sifto Salt mine located on Indian ...
(Reuters) -Orla Mining will buy the Musselwhite Gold Mine in Ontario from Newmont in a deal valued at $850 million that will help more than double its production of the precious metal, the ...
NOTE: This image is a panorama of Sifto Salt in Goderich consisting of 6 frames that were merged or stitched in Lightroom. As a result, this image necessarily underwent some form of digital manipulation.