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Subject: Re: Day at the beach.Funny Paw
Meandering off on that tangent, was there ever any reason that people would
have once sprinkled salt on snow?
It melts the stuff. In many places, it is common to sprinkle vast amounts of salt on the highways to keep them free of ice.
We have a potash mine not far from here, and they are now selling one of their tailings materials (potassium chloride, I believe) as both an ice melter and as a salt replacement for water softeners.
William Robb
