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unusual facts about salt mine



1844 in the United Kingdom

Winsford rock salt mine opens in Cheshire; by 2012 it will be Britain's oldest working mine.

Merkers-Kieselbach

The Merkers area of the municipality is famous for its salt mine, in which large amounts of Nazi gold, and many stolen works of art were discovered by the United States Army in 1945.

Żupy krakowskie

It managed salt mines and salt works in two neighboring towns (known as the Royal Salt Mines collectively), Wieliczka Salt Mine in Wieliczka and Bochnia Salt Mine in Bochnia (city rights, 1253), as well as river salt ports on Vistula and, only in 17th century, a salt work in Dobiegniewo.


see also

Compass Minerals

Winsford – home of Britain's largest rock salt mine, owned by Compass Minerals

Exportadora de Sal, S.A., of C.V.

The salt mine was established around the Ojo de Liebre coastal lagoon taking advantage of the heavy salinity of the place.

George Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

George Christian then attempted to purchase the district of Dorheim, including the salt mine of Nauheim, which was very important for the economy of Hanau.

Melanie Murray

She was born in the Northumberland Strait Peninsula of Malagash, Nova Scotia where her father worked in the salt mine after he returned from the Second World War.

Prussian State Archive Königsberg

Most of the collection, including its most valuable documents, were evacuated from Königsberg before the end of World War II and stored in a salt mine at Grasleben.

The Tomb of Frederick the Great

In March 1943 they were taken into an underground bunker in Potsdam-Eiche and then in March 1945 to the salt mine at Bernterode in Eichsfeld (Thüringen).