What lies beneath Sevier Lake in Millard County, Utah? It turns out a rare form of potash can be found in the brackish waters below the surface of the dry lake bed. In this week’s story we go out with an exploratory team who is trying to determine where the minerals lie and whether a mining operation would be feasible on the lake.
However, this isn’t your typical kind of mining, in fact in many cases it is similar to harvesting. Malia Bascom has the story.