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Uniquely Utah: Making a living off the salt of the earth

Posted at 9:35 PM, Nov 13, 2016
and last updated 2016-11-13 23:35:08-05

In this week's edition of Uniquely Utah, Todd Tanner takes us to central Utah, where they've been mining a massive, millions-of-years-old salt deposit for decades.

The Bosshardt family has been operating the Redmond Mine for three generations, ever since an ancestor started the mine in the hopes of supplementing the family income. See the video above for a look inside the massive operation.