Cleveland police have confirmed that the investigation will be led by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Beneath the surface of Lake Erie lies the sprawling salt mine where workers extract ...

About 2,000 feet under Lake Erie, 30 miles east of Cleveland in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, you'll find a vast site called the Morton Salt Mine. Since 1959, the Fairport Harbor Morton Salt Mine has ...

Before this year, Erie County has also bought up to 150,000 tons of salt from Compass Minerals, which is headquartered in Kansas but has an active salt mine in Hamilton, Ont. After the Buy ...

"I'm not sure that people connect the large piles of salt to the massive mining operation happening 2,000 feet below the lake." Workers can enter the mine by taking a four-minute elevator ride.