Racers at Bonneville Salt Flats Pepper Potash Firm With Complaints

Wall Street Journal reported that people who race on the Bonneville salt flats blame potash miners for the deterioration of the area.

The market news is quoted as saying:

Just south of the salt crust, across Interstate 80, there’s a single potash mine. The mine sucks brine from under the flats, extracts the tiny percentage of potash, and lets the rest dry out into waste heaps of table salt. So much salt has been removed, the racers believe, that the crust itself is disappearing.

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