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To: Gib Bogle who wrote (17517)	8/4/2006 8:54:07 AM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 78410

n 1919 the operation was purchased by banker, Charles Wurtele. The company was now called the Goderich Salt Company and under Wurtele's direction it became the largest industry in Huron County. It attracted the attention of E.P. Taylor who took control of the company and eventually it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Domtar Limited. The name Sifto was introduced in 1955. Only since the late 1950s has salt actually been mined in the Goderich area. When it became apparent that rock salt was in a growth market, Sifto took action. A mining shaft was commenced in 1957 and completed in 1959. To meet the needs of municipalities requiring crushed rock salt for winter roads, in addition to domestic need for rock salt for water softeners, a second shaft became operational in 1968. A further increase in production was achieved when a third shaft was added in 1983. Today the mine complex employs more than 300 workers. At present, Sifto Canada employs over 500 workers. In addition to its Goderich facilities, it operates Saskatchewan's Unity plant employing 80 workers. Its high-grade products service markets from northwestern Ontario to the Pacific coast. Sifto's production process in eastern Canada is at the Amherst, Nova Scotia plant employing 70 workers. Its vapour recompression process produces an unequaled salt purity in North America. At a depth of 1,750 feet, the Sifto underworld, about one and one half miles wide, extends 2 miles into Lake Huron. The ceiling of the huge beehive complex average 45 feet in height. Thick pillars give the appearance of rooms that trucks travel through to carry rock salt to crushing and screening operations before it is hoisted to the surface in customized skips. tribunes.com Potash salt. (fertilizer) potashcorp.com potashcorp.com Ferrous Sulphate kellysearch.com Magnesium Chloride en.wikipedia.org