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Re:World's First Deep-Sea Mining Venture to Launch in 2019 by ptaipale on Friday March 24, 2017 @03:25PM (#13951513)
BTW, around here in Finland we had an undersea iron mine at the island of Jussarö. It last operated in 1954-1967.

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/FoJeqJRUS6R2

It's probably not unique; are there similar mines elsewhere? (I.e. the mine shaft is on dry land, but mine tunnels reach to dig minerals from areas that are actually underneath the sea floor).

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Re:World's First Deep-Sea Mining Venture to Launch in 2019 by desdiv on Friday March 24, 2017 @05:22PM (#13952319)
Similar island in Japan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashima_Island
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Re:World's First Deep-Sea Mining Venture to Launch in 2019 by porsupah on Friday March 24, 2017 @04:45PM (#13952079)
Indeed - the world's largest salt mine operates largely beneath Lake Huron:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKIuj4n_8PQ

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