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The Hidden World of Underground Salt Mining!

841K views · May 24, 2025 · People & Blogs

Comments · 820

  • @refixed · 1 year ago

    The irony of going 500m underground to then risk falling 50m in the air...

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  • @drooplug · 1 year ago

    I love how they put you guys in that salt camo around all that heavy equipment.

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  • @stuntman85001 · 1 year ago (edited)

    The irony of me watching this while currently 1000m underground in a potash mine on my break

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  • @jacobray-2026 · 1 year ago

    That geologist was insanely friendly and awesome. Whoever you were dude, great work!

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  • @Gerrito11 · 1 year ago

    As a German i have to say it's strange that an american has to come here and show me with such a raw video how awesome salt mining here is. Great content, love it.

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  • @GraysonEscue · 1 year ago

    I just can’t get over how your channel isn’t more popular

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  • @CharlesNewkirk-lb6uh · 1 year ago

    The translator who is bilingual, is an asset to his company and to the world thank you!!! 🙏

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  • @morkovija · 1 year ago

    Props to editor for being a man of culture at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5kz31dGSFs&amp;t=1505">25:05</a>

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  • @hardwareful · 1 year ago

    &quot;Salt does not pose a danger to the body because it&apos;s natural&quot;<br>Well silica dust is also natural, but salt immediately dissolves. &quot;Endogenous&quot; is a better term for Na+ and Cl- ions, which the body manages well on the grams-per-day scale.

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  • @rekire___ · 1 year ago

    But still not as salty as league of legends player

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  • @RobertKohut · 1 year ago

    Well seasoned employees, I&apos;m sure.... :-)

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  • @iamgriff · 1 year ago

    I live in Detroit Michigan above a gigantic salt mine. You would never know it is there, right in the middle of the city.

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