Sanford Salt Wells The Midland Daily News has a brief feature on a salt well drilled near Sanford by Douglass Houghton, Michigan's first state geologist. Had the drilling project not run short on cash and then hit a boulder, Sanford might have become the chemical capital instead of Midland. Read Historic 'white gold' well flows in Sanford in the Midland Daily News Also see State Salt Well No. 1 from Michigan Historical Markers Posted/updated Jul 26, 2006 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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