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This major industrial undertaking has royal status and is the oldest of its type in Europe. The site is a serial property consisting of Wieliczka and Bochnia salt mines and Wieliczka Saltworks Castle.
When it opened in the 1970s, Boulby was the deepest mine in Europe, and it remains the deepest ... The mine was opened as a potash mine and the rock salt was produced as the miners pushed through ...
Now, the mine is cashing in on salt therapy, already a draw in the salt mines of eastern Europe and a synthetic clinic in Britain. A Pakistani woman poses for a picture with her child beside a mosque ...
But extracting the coveted salt means descending into dark caves, then blasting and carrying heavy rock. Faizan Panjwani: The problem is the massive size of the blocks that come from the mine.
Take a ride down an elevator 650 feet below the surface of Hutchinson, Kansas and you’ll find endless miles of tunnels that lead to active salt mines dating back over a century. “They mined ...
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