The Salt Mines

We went to the salt mines.  We walked down 27 floors of stairs to start  our tour, and we took an elevator out.  This mine is no longer being mined, but they get a lot of money from tourists.  This is how far down it is.

This is a barrel of salt being lifted.

This is a Barrel of salt on a cart

This is a monument to the salt miners.

This is a carving of someone giving salt to a queen. It was carved out of salt by the salt miners.

This is what people call cauliflower salt – it tastes good.

This is a sculpture of a miner burning off methane gas because it is explosive.

This is a crank that 4 men would push and bring up barrels of salt.

These are some stairs the miners used to use to climb up and down in the mine. A lot of people of died from falling.

This is a big cavern with a lot of supports.

This is a place that barrels of salt would be put on  a sled with rollers and the horses brought it to where it would be pulled up  with the cranks. The horses never saw daylight.

This is David – he is fun to play with, and he just went home to Boston.