Under Detroit, There’s a Huge, Active Mine (Here's How It Works)
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via Nebula creator roster · 85% confidenceTours the salt mine 1,200 feet under Detroit, explaining how ancient seas left the deposit and how room-and-pillar mining keeps the city above it standing; filmed at a real operating mine.
What you'll learn
The salt mine beneath Detroit: how the salt got there geologically and how room-and-pillar mining works.
Video by Alexis Dahl, played through YouTube's embedded player.
Part of Everything Runs on Rocks, Rocks Tell Stories, Michigan Science & History