Posted on 12/14/2020 8:46:40 PM PST by texas booster
Two employees are still unaccounted for at the Cargill Salt Mine at Avery Island after a roof collapse in the mine early Monday morning.
The facility has been shut down while rescue operations and an investigation into the incident are underway. According to a statement from the company, local rescue workers and members of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration are on site.
There were 18 employees on shift at the time of the collapse. The other 16 employees have been evacuated without any reported injuries.
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Avery Island? Isn’t that where Tabasco sauce is made?
The salt mines in the area are very pure.
Yeah.
“Avery Island? Isn’t that where Tabasco sauce is made?”
That is correct. The central portion of Avery Island is actually a salt dome. Thus it is about 70 feet above sea level. The salt does not reach the surface but it is close.
That is terrible news. They will be in my prayers as well. For those that don’t know, MSHA makes OSHA look like frat boys when it comes to safety enforcement so this is troubling, to say the least.
Praying with you!
Salt mines my dad’s bro (RIP) worked in under Detroit. I recall going down there as a 5-7 y/o with uncle and seeing big trucks in what was like an underground city. More memory jogs from FR. Sheesh. T
He died many, many years later in Monrovia CA. Emphysema. Dad saw him go out and cold turkeyed his 2-pack a day Pall Mall habit. Dad made it to 80 in Kingman AZ with sis. Took care of mom who battled Parkinson for 20 years. Tough assignment. Sometimes I wonder about Parkinson and if it’s related to...dunno.
She had brain implant to control tremors. Worked pretty good. Didn’t do much for seize ups...stiffness at night. RIP parents.
Bless you.
Aren’t they afraid that if they mine out too much salt, the island will tip over?
A world without Tabasco sauce? Horrifying!
Aren’t they afraid that if they mine out too much salt, the island will tip over?
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No but one wonders about the danger of any kind of surface mine in that part of the world given the geology, water table etc.
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The lake drained like a bathtub.
Damn fine hot sauces. Louisiana is my favorite with Dixie a close runner up. For most things and my taste buds, Tabasco is too hot and masks the flavor that I like. I just taste hot and not much pepper if that makes sense. The one exception that comes to mind is I like a squeeze of lemon and Tabasco with half shell oysters.
- That very thing happened in Louisiana once.
- In 1980 at Lake Peignure in LA Texaco drilled in the middle of the lake into a salt mine.
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Just followed up on those links..... very interesting and I can’t believe I missed that event (I worked in a salt mine many years ago).... and it occurred just a few miles to the northwest of Avery Island.
Watch this video.
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