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My name is Greg Norris
I'm the plant manager of American Rock Salt Hampton Corners Mine
My name is Joe Bucci
I'm the co-founder and vice chairman of American Rock Salt Mine
Today we're going to be going underground
approximately as deep as the World Trade Centers were tall
and with that, let's go underground!
every three-foot drop is about a billion years of deposition
and as we transcend the ground
we're traveling approximately 300 feet a minute.
It takes about 90 seconds to make the full trip.
Here we are 1283 feet underground.
The second-largest producing salt mine in the world
My grandfather came from southern Italy at the turn of the century and drove a mule in the old mine
My dad came home from World War II and rose to the position of plant manager
and we are all very proud to be a part of this industry.
At the present time I'm standing next to our underground mining office
which has all the modern technology that you would find any place on the surface
Here we are in the cage, we are going down now
or any modern office building.
To experience this, you have to be here in person
but it is the darkest place in the world.