Salt mining is a light in recession's tunnel
Joe Bucci of American Rock Salt and well-known in the salt industry, was the featured subject of an AP article on salt mining and ARS's Hampton Corners, NY mine. The story continues:
Since a shaft was sunk in 2000, 1,000 acres have been mined of up to 4.4 million tons a year and the payroll has grown to 275. Today, Bucci and the other two executives guide operations at the single biggest-producing rock salt mine in the United States.
With $190 million in sales and rising profits from two snowy winters, American Rock Salt supplies much of New York and Pennsylvania and icy points from Wisconsin to Virginia.