I always thought that mine was in a salt dome into which they'd drilled a couple of wells. Into one they pump hot water and from the other they pump out near saturated brine which is then evaporated. That would make the tour a little more technical....
--Ediger -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Don Cooper" <wavyca...@gmail.com> > > Yeah - I'd like the low sodium tour, please! :-) > > Alternately, I wonder what it would take to get a job there or otherwise > "intern". > Got that explosives permit.... > > -WaV > > On 8/8/07, John P. Brooks <jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > Do they offer a low sodium tour for half price? > > > > > > > > On 8/8/07 10:42 AM, "David Locklear" <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I mentioned last year that I wanted to try to organize a tour > > > to a salt cavern. > > > > > > I finally got a response from United Salt Corp. > > > > > > http://www.unitedsalt.com/ > > > > > > Here is the e-mail they sent me today. > > > > > > > > > > > > We do offer field trips by appointment only. The cost is $150 per person > > > with a maximum of 8 people per tour. Please contact Ben Straka at 936 > > 372 > > > 3931 for scheduling. > > > > > > I assume this is their facility in Hockley, Texas, which is just > > northwest > > > of Houston. > > > > > > I know of 2 or 3 cavers who have taken this tour and they said it was > > > interesting. > > > > > > I would like to do this someday. > > > > > > David Locklear > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > > > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
