Windsor Salt Mine

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The Windsor Salt Mine currently operates two locations in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The first is the Ojibway Mine at 200 Morton Drive in Windsor, founded in 1955, and owned by The Canadian Salt Company, Limited. The facility has 250 employees, generating approximately $ 75-99 million per year, producing road salts and mining. The second location is the Windsor Facility of the Canadian Salt Company, located at 30 Prospect Ave. in Windsor. The facility employs 110 and estimates their sales at $ 25-50 million per year. It was established earlier than the first, in 1893. Their main products are salts used for human consumption, water softening and agriculture. In 2008, Canadian Salt mine about 9,500 kilotons from the Windsor mine, 85% of them go to the deicing highways, and the rest to produce caustic soda and chlorine, producing pulp and paper, and water treatment.

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Histori

In the early days of European settlement in Canada, trappers brought salt loads with them for personal use such as healing skin and salt meat, and trading with First Nations nations. In 1860, the salt industry in the area began in Michigan, by Saginaw Salt and Wood Company. They began to produce a limited amount of salt, because their main industry was wood. In about 1890, William Van Horne, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway ("CPR"), realized the potential of the area. The company conducted a well test on CPR land in Windsor and found salt in 1891. The well test was supervised by E.G Henderson, a civil engineer who supervised the London CPR to the Windsor Line. He will be manager of the Windsor Salt mine plant, which was built and operational in 1893. One reason for CPR's interest in Windsor Salt Mine is associated with the desire to allow companies to transport goods to compete with other railroad companies. companies like the Grand Trunk Railway. Since its inception, the Windsor mine has been unique in Canada, using a vacuum pot technique used in the US, but not in Canada. Perhaps this is a real symbol of the close relationship between the two countries in the border area.

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Financial Issues

The Windsor Salt Mine had a difficult start, with the financial crisis in 1897. In 1910, the Canadian Salt Company, as it was known since 1901, was prosperous enough to buy Saginaw Salt and Salt Factory. Shortly before 1928, The Canadian Salt Company moved its operations to Sandwich and closed the older factory. In 1928, the mine was purchased by Canadian Industry Limited. In 1941, the Neepawa Salt Company in Manitoba merged with Canadian Industry Limited. The Canadian industry withdrew from salt manufacturing in 1951, and Windsor, Neepawa, and a mine in Alberta were merged by H.R. Milner with the name Canada Salt Company. In 1952, Chicago Morton Salt Company bought great interest in the company and its subsidiary, Canadian Rock Salt Company, was founded. In 1954, Canadian Industry Limited left Windsor, leaving Morton and the Canadian Rock Salt Company in Windsor.

In 1954, a dump appeared on the Prospect St. mine, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. It also causes the public to fear its security. The Windsor Mine engineers convinced the public that the area was safe, and spent weeks cleaning up the mess. Fifty thousand meters of content is required.

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Coordinates

200 Morton Drive, Windsor, ON 42.25559 Ã‚ Â° N 83.10386 Ã‚ Â° W < span>/ 42.25559; -83.10386
30 Prospect Avenue, Windsor, ON 42.28673 Ã‚ Â° N 83.09156 Ã‚ Â° W / 42.28673; -83.09156