David EilersDecember 22, 2023

Jeeps in the Detroit Salt Mines

UPDATE: More on the Detroit Salt Mines from this February 1959 issue of Jeep News.

I saw a reference to jeeps in Detroit's salt mines on Facebook. After a some research, I found a few more images. The salt is used exclusively as road de-icer.

You can read more about the salt mines here: http://blogs.detroitnews.com/history/2000/01/22/the-ghostly-salt-city-beneath-detroit/ and here https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/2017/07/detroit_salt_mines_inside_mich.html
You can see large images of the mine here.

truck-detroit-salt-mines — https://ephemeraldetroit.blogspot.com/2015/06/salt-city-beneath-detroit-booklet-1971.html

1 Comment

Allan J. KnepperDecember 22, 2023 at 8:42 PM
David.....good stuff...keep it coming. When I worked for GM in my first stint at the Tech Center in Warren in 1980's, I was schooled by the locals about salt. They explained that Detroit and surrounding areas sat on top of huge salt mines. They explained that there were hardly any snowplows......they just salted and salted and salted until everything turned to slush.....I found out they were right !!