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Originally Posted by MikeTodd
Salt can be found almost anywhere.
The area in and around the Great Lakes is one of the biggest deposit on Earth stretching from Wisc., through Ill., Ind., Oh., into Penn.
Two of the largest salt mining operations in the world are outside of Cleveland.
The shits everywhere, it's not exactly at a premium.
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Not now, but it used to be. That was the pay for a Roman soldier.
In the Civil War, the South lacked it. The governor of NC opened salt mines on the coast of the state.