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=== Salt mining === Salt was discovered more than 1000 feet below the surface in Livingston County in the early 1880s. Salt mines opened in the towns of Leicester (Cuylerville), Livonia, Mount Morris, and York ([[Retsof, New York|Retsof]]). The Retsof mine became the largest salt-producing mine in the United States and the second largest in the world.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Goodman|display-authors=etal|first=William M.|date=September 5, 2009|title=The History of Room-and=Pillar Salt Mines in New York State|url=http://www.worldsaltsymposium.org/download/the-history-of-room-and-pillar-salt-mines-in-new-york-state-2/|journal=Beijing 9th World Salt Symposium|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507143339/http://www.worldsaltsymposium.org/download/the-history-of-room-and-pillar-salt-mines-in-new-york-state-2/|archive-date=May 7, 2018|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> The industry was a major employer throughout most of the 20th century until the mine collapsed and flooded in 1994.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mine collapse fractures a county|last=Mills|first=Steve|date=March 20, 1994|work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle}}</ref> American Rock Salt opened a new mine in 1997 at Hampton Corners in the Town of Groveland and soon afterwards became the largest operating salt mine in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanrocksalt.com/|title=American Rock Salt|access-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321082917/https://www.americanrocksalt.com/|archive-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref>
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